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ParserFunctions allow for the conditional display of table rows, columns or cells (and really, just about anything else). But Parser functions have some limits. But Parser functions have some limits. Basic use
If just 2 columns are being swapped within 1 table, then cut/paste editing (of those column entries) is typically faster than column-prefixing, sorting and de-prefixing. Another alternative is to copy the entire table from the displayed page, paste the text into a spreadsheet, move the columns as you will.
Date sorting does not work for columns with only the year before the month (no day). Adding data-sort-type=date or data-sort-type=isoDate to the column header does not help. Click each column header a couple times in the tables below to see. Note the column headed data-sort-type=isoDate may sort correctly in some browsers, but it is not reliable.
For advice on writing style and formatting in a bullet-point format, see Wikipedia:Styletips; For summaries of some Wikipedia protocols and conventions, see Wikipedia:Dos and don'ts; If you don't want to use wikitext markup, try Wikipedia:VisualEditor instead; To ask a question, see Wikipedia:Questions to locate the appropriate venue(s)
Not a guideline per se, but a handy guide to national varieties of English. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stand-alone lists (WP:STANDALONE) Goes into greater details than MOS:LISTS. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables (WP:TABLES) The use and formatting of wikitables. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting (MOS:TEXT)
Sometimes there is a need to transpose columns and rows (move rows to columns, and columns to rows). For simple tables, this can be done via the "transpose rows and columns" function of Copy & Paste Excel-to-Wiki , or via the "transpose" feature of a third-party spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel , the free web-based Google Sheets , or ...
It is preferable that any templates requiring intricate control structures or conditional expressions be written in or converted to Lua modules because wikitext is not well-designed for this purpose. Many bugs are associated with the difficulty in dealing with some awkward features in the markup language which lead to coding errors.
Citations quick! – simplistic examples of two preferred ways of doing footnotes (reference). Citation templates – list of reference templates. Columns – explains how to make columns. HTML – explains how to use HTML in text. Musical symbols – explains the basic coding of music symbols. Sound files – explains the basic coding sound files.