Template:General wiki templates/links

• Template:! This template is used for creating a pipe, in wikitables contained in Parser functions.
• Template:!! This template is used for creating two pipes, in wikitables contained in Parser functions.
• Template:!( This template is a shorthand for [. It is useful when making help pages.
• Template:!(!( This template is a shorthand for [[. It is useful when making help pages.

(

• Template:( This template is used for creating an open brace bracket, in wikitables contained in Parser functions.
• Template:(( This template is a shorthand for {{.
• Template:(((This template is a shorthand for {{{. It is useful when writing template creation help.

)

• Template:) This template is used for creating a close brace bracket, in wikitables contained in Parser functions.
• Template:)! This template is a shorthand for ]. It is useful when making help pages.
• Template:)!)! This template is a shorthand for ]]. It is useful when making help pages.
• Template:)) This template is a shorthand for }}. It is useful when documenting templates.
• Template:))) This template is a shorthand for }}}. It is useful when writing template creation help.
• Template:)^ This template is a shorthand for >. It is useful when making help pages; and for advanced substitution templates

-

• Template:- This template is a shorthand for br clear="all" />. It moves any content following the template on a new line

B

• Template:Box moreThis template makes an additional yellow box, as the next part of a two column box by default which is started by Box start}}. Syntax
• Template:Box startThis template starts a yellow box, as the first part of a two column box by default.
• Template:Box1 startThis template starts a blue box, as the first part of a two column box
• Template:Box2 startThis template starts a colored box, as the second part of a two column box
• Template:Box3This template is used to encapsulate something in a box
• Template:Boxes endThis template end a box, as the last part of a two column box.

C

• Template:ClearThis template is a shorthand for br style="clear:both;" />. It moves any content following the template below any objects floating to the left and/or right (TOCs, infoboxes, images, etc..).
• Template:ClrThis template is a shorthand for div style="clear:both;"> /div. It moves any content following the template below any objects floating to the left and/or right (TOCs, infoboxes, images, etc..).
• Template:ClrlThis template is a shorthand for br style="clear:left;" /. It moves any content following the template below any objects floating to the left (TOCs, infoboxes, images, etc..).
• Template:ClrrThis template is a shorthand for br style="clear:right;" /. It moves any content following the template below any objects floating to the right (TOCs, infoboxes, images, etc..).
• Template:Col-2This template starts a column, as part of a two-column template.
• Template:Col-beginThis template starts a column, as part of a two-column template.
• Template:Col-endThis template starts a column, as part of a two-column template.

D

• Template:DocumentationThis template is used to insert documentation on template pages.

E

• Template:Edit This template creates a clickable edit link for the given page name.
• Template:Episode-nav This templates is used to provide quick, consistent link to the previous and next episodes in a series
• Template:EqualsignThis template is a shorthand for =. It is useful when documenting templates; and in passing "=" as part of a parameter.

F

G

H

• Template:HeadingA This template produces an h2 heading enclosed in a coloured box.
• Template:HeadingB This template produces an h2 heading enclosed in a coloured box.
• Template:HeadingGradientThis template produces an h2 heading enclosed in a gradient that fades from a specified color to white.
• Template:HeadingRoundedThis template produces an h2 heading enclosed in a gradient that fades from a specified color to white.

I

• Template:IncompleteThis template is used on Answer Wikis to point out a question as partially answered and still needs to be finished answering
• Template:InfoboxThis template produces an infobox-style template.
• Template:Infobox advancedThis template produces a infobox-style template, without parameters being lost if a title is left out. It also has easier-to-use names.
• Template:InformationThis template produces an infobox-style template.

K

• Template:KeyThis template creates a button via CSS to represent a key press on a keyboard.

L

• Template:Lorem ipsumThis template outputs lorem ipsum filler text. It takes three parameters: the number of paragraphs to generate, paragraph prefix, and paragraph suffix. There are 10 distinct paragraphs. After this the text will be repeated.

M

• Template:MainThis template is used at the start of a section to link to the main article on that subject
• Template:Month nameThis template returns a month name for a number 1-12
• Template:Month name2This template returns a month name for a number 1-12. This version uses MediaWiki pages.

N

• Template:Navbox
• Template:Navbox ExtendedThis template is an extension of the basic navbox. It allows custom widths and background colors

P

• Template:PortalportraitThis template is used to create a small portrait box with rounded corners for character/actor combinations.
• Template:PurgeThis template creates a clickable purge link for the given page name.

Q

• Template:QThis template is used for quotes.
• Template:QplusThis template is used for quotes, but unlike Template Q which uses simple double quotes, this template uses left/right double quotes ( “...” ).
• Template:QuoteThis template displays text within enlarged quotes, and centers it on the page.

R

• Template:ReflistUse this template to create a reference list in small font for an article. Note that there is no consensus that small font size should always be used for all references; when normal-sized font is more appropriate on an article, use references instead.

S

• Template:SA template link with a variable number of example parameters (0-20), which can be used to show example inputs, but with subst: preceding the template name. Dependencies
• Template:SandboxThis template is placed at the top of sandbox pages. By using a template, it becomes easy to fix if users make a mistake while playing in the sandbox
• Template:Sidebar footerBetween Sidebar header and Sidebar footer, single column table formatted cells can be added to add information.
• Template:Sidebar headerBetween Sidebar header and Sidebar footer, single column table formatted cells can be added to add information.
• Template:SpacesThis template is used to make a series of non-breaking spaces.
• Template:SubarticleThis template is used at a Main Article to name its sub articles.
• Template:Successor BoxThis is a generic successor box. It may be used alone, or in conjunction with up to 31 Template:Successor Ext s.
• Template:Successor ExtThis is an extender for the generic Successor Box.

T

• Template:TA template link with a variable number of example parameters (0-20), which can be used to show example inputs, but with subst: preceding the template name.
• Template:T2A template link with a variable number of example parameters (0-20), which can be used to show example inputs, but not italicized or surrounded by angle brackets (<>).
• Template:Test Leaves a polite message advising that an edit has been considered a test and reverted. Use it as a "first warning" when a vandalistic edit might have been someone ignorantly fooling around. A polite message to such a person may convert him or her to being a keen serious contributor
• Template:Text superimpose Use this template to superimpose some text over an image.
• Template:Texttip Adds a simple text tooltip to text.
• Template:Tocalphabet This is a custom TOC intended for an alphabetical list with each letter having its own section/page. The default is to cause the TOC to not appear, and to give a link to each heading A through Z. It can be customized to link to other pages, or to allow the default TOC to appear.
• Template:ToclimitThis limits the level of heading displayed in the TOC. The TOC will appear where the heading is.
• Template:Tocright This template will float the article's table of contents (ToC) to the right. It will also force a ToC to appear even if it would not normally appear.

U

• Template:Unsigned This is for use when users do not sign their posts in talk pages.
• Template:User This template is used to show the user page, talk page, contributions, and block log of a user.
• Template:USERNAME This template is used to show the user page, talk page, contributions, and block log of a user.
• Template:Userpage This template is used to mark a user page.

W

• Template:WelcomeTo welcome a new contributor who has a user name, add this to the user's talk page.
• Template:WikifyThis template is used to indicate that an article either uses HTML tags instead of wikicode or the article is written in a non-encyclopedic format.Place the template to indicate the problem and remove it when the problem has been fixed.

^

• Template:^( This template is a shorthand for <. It is useful when making help pages; and for advanced substitution templates