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{{rwbox|nocat=true|type=notice|text=''This is an '''[[:Category:Impressive|Impressive]]''' page, and is giving a <span style=color:green>+3</span> positive [[thoughts#Rec Room|thought]] to all [[colonist|colonists]] viewing this page. Please consider leaving the page as is, or decorating this page with [[sculptures]]. The impressiveness of this page at the moment is <b style="color:green">{{#expr:({{#time:s}}/4+95)round 0}}</b>. It has also been deemed the title: '''Demo'''. }}
 
{{rwbox|nocat=true|type=notice|text=''This is an '''[[:Category:Impressive|Impressive]]''' page, and is giving a <span style=color:green>+3</span> positive [[thoughts#Rec Room|thought]] to all [[colonist|colonists]] viewing this page. Please consider leaving the page as is, or decorating this page with [[sculptures]]. The impressiveness of this page at the moment is <b style="color:green">{{#expr:({{#time:s}}/4+95)round 0}}</b>. It has also been deemed the title: '''Demo'''. }}
  
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Revision as of 11:13, 30 August 2017

MediaWiki Help article: Help:Templates

Using Templates

Summary

Templates are to improve wiki efficiency by allowing editors to write less on pages by transcluding these preset templates. For example, if you type {{Stub}} this shows on the page:

In a nutshell, templates save up space and create consistency.

Parameters

Some templates take parameters. For instance, Template:Asof takes a value from A1 to the current alpha version.
Example:

{{Asof|A16}} luciferium can heal scars.

Result:
As of version 0.16.1393 (21 December 2016) luciferium can heal scars.

Templates like Template:Impressive take special parameters. The way to use them is to type the pipe (|) symbol, followed by the parameter name, an equals (=) sign, and then the value.
Example:

{{Impressive
|title=Demo
}}

Result:

Creating a template

Basics

Parameters