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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 this template uses the same boilerplate text each time that a user visits it. When the template is updated, all pages containing the template tag are automatically updated.
This page is used by {{User sandbox+}}. See that page for more details. See that page for more details. Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox ( create | mirror ) and testcases ( create ) pages.
Occasionally it is useful to create an empty page - For example a template can be made such that, depending on a parameter, it produces either just a standard text or also an additional text. This is done by having it call another template, of which the name is a parameter; one version of the other template contains the additional text, the ...
TemplateStyles allow custom CSS pages to be used to style content without an interface administrator having to edit sitewide CSS. TemplateStyles make it more convenient for editors to style templates; for example, those templates for which the sitewide CSS for the mobile skin or another skin (e.g. Timeless) currently negatively affects the display of the template.
The MediaWiki software, which drives Wikipedia, allows the use of a subset of HTML 5 elements, or tags and their attributes, for presentation formatting. [1] However, most HTML functionality can be replicated using equivalent wiki markup or templates.
A template is a Wikipedia page whose purpose is to be transcluded or substituted in another page. Templates are usually in the template namespace, but don't have to be. Pages can transclude or substitute any page, not just templates; what makes a page a template is the page's purpose. Calling a template means transcluding or substituting one. A ...
This template implements a version of the functionality provided by the HTML <pre> tag. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Text 1 The text which should be wrapped in pre tags. String required Style style Optional css styling applied to the pre tag String optional Width width The width of the pre box String optional Space space The way white space is ...
This template is used in system messages, and on approximately 3,940,000 pages, or roughly 6% of all pages. Changes to it can cause immediate changes to the Wikipedia user interface. To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage .