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help a quick guide to templates wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 creating editing and using templates toggle creating editing and using templates subsection 1 1 parameters 1 2 editing existing templates 2 template link template 3 faq 4 examples 5 wikipedia specific help toggle the table of contents help a quick guide to templates 14 languages español eesti فارسی gaeilge 日本語 کٲشُر norsk bokmål ਪੰਜਾਬੀ සිංහල slovenščina српски srpski తెలుగు türkçe 粵語 edit links help page talk english read view source view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read view source view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wiktionary wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia wikimedia project page or help page this help page is a how to guide it explains concepts or processes used by the wikipedia community it is not one of wikipedia s policies or guidelines and may reflect varying levels of consensus shortcut h tqg h tqg wikitext cheatsheet all wikitext sound files visual files tables templates quick guide html within wikitext pipe trick v t e this is a quick overview of templates full details can be found in help template and mw manual advanced templates a template is a wikipedia page created to be included in other pages it usually contains repetitive material that may need to show up on multiple articles or pages often with customizable input templates sometimes use mediawiki parser functions nicknamed magic words a simple scripting language template pages are found in the template namespace this means any page whose title begins with template such as template foo can be used for that purpose the content from a template titled template foo can be added into a wikipedia page by editing a page and typing foo into it when then viewing the page foo is automatically replaced by the content of the page template foo if the page template foo is later altered all the pages with foo in them will change automatically among other things templates are used to add recurring messages to pages in a consistent way to add boilerplate messages and to create navigational boxes when a template is automatically expanded and appears on a page it is said to be transcluded templates are documented or should be at their pages thus if you want to know how to use a template whose name is foo perhaps because you ve seen foo in the source of an article then go to template foo the documentation itself will usually be located at template foo doc but is also transcluded onto the template foo main page creating editing and using templates you can start a new template in the same way that you would start an article page the only difference is that its title must start with template once you have made the template for example template foo you can add foo to the pages that you want to use it on every page using referencing this template shows the same information text each time that a user visits it when the template is updated all pages containing the template tag are automatically updated alternatively if you do not wish the page to reflect future updates to the template you can add subst foo to the pages on which you want to use the boilerplate text the system fetches a one time copy of the template text and substitutes it into the page in place of the template tag if anyone edits the template afterwards pages that used the subst keyword do not update sometimes that is what you want if the template that you want to edit looks like foo you would go to template foo to edit it to get there type template foo in the search box see search or make a wikilink like template foo somewhere such as in the sandbox and click on it once you are there just click edit or edit this page at the very top of the page not the documentation edit button lower down and edit it in the same way that you would any other page you can add anything that you would add to a normal page including text images and other templates when editing templates that are in use it is a good idea to do so in a sandbox as described in the template sandbox and test cases how to guide parameters templates can have parameters which the page can dynamically incorporate into the transcluded page instead of just the template name like foo an embedded template tag would have additional values separated by vertical bars e g foo july lc yes here july is the value of the first unnamed parameter yes is the value of the named parameter lc writing the template page for a template with parameters is more complicated than for a template with no parameters see help template editing existing templates when you edit a template that is in use it can affect many pages throughout wikipedia all at once wikipedia template editor use has tips to help avoid problems template link template to include the actual full name of the template as text including the surrounding braces in a wikipedia article apply the template link template the primary motivation to do this is in instruction and documentation a short example is the code tl foo generates foo faq how can i find out how to use an existing template to see the documentation for the template whose name is foo go to template foo how do i find out where a template is used to list all pages onto which a template is transcluded use special whatlinkshere and type in template templatename more info can i use a template in more than one project no if you want to use it on two different language wikipedias for example you would need to create it twice are template names case sensitive yes except usually on most wikis 1 the first letter how can i add parameters see help template for instructions i edited the template so why didn t the page it is used on change wikipedia and your computer both store webpage caches or saved copies and don t always show you an updated page first try to bypass your browser s cache by pressing opt cmd r ctrl shift r or ctrl f5 if that fails you may need to purge the page s cache which can be done several different ways perhaps the easiest way to do this is by clicking edit on the page in which the template appears and then clicking on publish changes without having changed anything there is no need to fill in the summary field since there will not be any history of this as a change generated can i move a template to a new name yes this works in exactly the same way as normal page moves when a page called for inclusion is a redirect page the redirect target is included instead can i use a template within a template yes how do i add a new template you start a new template in the same way you would start a normal page the only difference is that its title must start with template don t forget to document it so that other editors can use it where is the manual for the programming language used to write templates the language inside templates is the same language as regular wiki markup but template writers tend to use the more complex available functions such as if statements see wikipedia s help template and wikimedia s mw help template including all of advanced functioning help pages listed toward the bottom of that page how do i use templates in visualeditor see help visualeditor editing templates examples w en template stub an often used message at english wikipedia w en template biological classification a template with parameters at english wikipedia b en template generalchemtoc a horizontal menu bar at english wikibooks w en template underwater work a template as a simple table with a picture at english wikipedia wikipedia specific help help template more details m help templates details from wikimedia mw manual advanced templates advanced details from wikimedia wikipedia template namespace the usual namespace for templates wikipedia transclusion transcluding templates wikipedia substitution substituting templates wikipedia template messages categorised list of links to available templates v t e wikipedia help pages visit the teahouse or the help desk for an interactive q a forum faqs reference desks noticeboards cheatsheet directories village pumps about wikipedia administration purpose principles policies and guidelines what wikipedia is not disclaimer parental advice making requests who writes wikipedia help for readers faq copyright glossary mobile access navigation other languages saved pages searching students viewing media contributing to wikipedia advice for young editors avoiding common mistakes etiquette 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