Grigoripedia:Templates

Templates are reusable pieces of wiki markup language used to format pages, display important notices, create navigation links, and automatically organize articles for maintenance purposes.

Templates are stored in the Template: namespace, and they can be added to pages by placing the template name inside double braces. For example:

{{Stub}}

Templates keep Grigoripedia consistent and professional by allowing the same message, layout, or formatting style to be reused on any page. They also make page creation and upkeep much easier.

Box templates

Notice templates

Notice templates display important notices on an article. They should usually not be removed.

Article notices may be content warnings or other notices.

Content warning templates include:

• {{Mature content}} — a warning that an article or section contains mature content with significant sexual themes.
• {{Sensitive content}} — a warning that an article or section contains content that is sensitive or potentially disturbing to some people.
• {{Other content warning}} — a customizable content warning about an article or section.

General notice templates include:

• {{External scholarship}} — a notice that an article or section is primarily about a topic external to Satano-Grigorism.
• {{Specialized terminology}} — a notice that an article heavily contains specialized Satano-Grigorist terminology.

Navigation templates

Navigation (nav) templates help readers move between related pages.

• {{Main}} — links to the main article for a topic that has a section in another article.
• {{See also}} — links to related articles.
• {{Distinguish}} — notes that an article should not be confused with another topic.
• {{Hatnote}} — a fully custom hatnote/navnote whose contents must be written by the editor.

Work templates

Work templates identify pages that need editing, expansion, cleanup, sourcing, or other maintenance work. They usually add articles to their corresponding maintenance categories when applied. All articles with work templates applied can be found by navigating the category tree in Category:Needs work.

Regular work templates include:

• {{Stub}}
• {{Needs expansion}}
• {{Needs cleanup}}
• {{Needs sources}}
• {{Needs other work}}

Page element work templates include:

• {{Needs images}}
• {{Needs infobox}}

Priority work templates include:

• {{High priority}}

Serious issue work templates include:

• {{Accuracy disputed}}
• {{Outdated information}}

Other work templates include:

• {{Placeholder}} (also usable as {{Plc}} or, for simple version, {{Plcs}})

Utility templates

Utility templates are used to make formatting, documentation, and similar tasks simpler and easier.

Text formatting templates include:

• {{Scripture quote}}
• {{Slim scripture quote}} (also usable as {{Ssq}})
• {{FAQ entry}} (also usable as {{Qa}})
• {{Smallcaps}} (also usable as {{Sc}})
• {{Ellipsis}} (also usable as {{Ell}})
• {{Insertion}} (also usable as {{Ins}}
• {{Quiet}}
• {{Quiet same size}} (also usable as {{Qss}})
• {{Quiet brackets}} (also usable as {{Brac}} or {{Qb}})

Documentation templates include:

• {{Tl}}
• {{Para}}
• {{SEO}}

Page element templates

Page element templates create elements such as images, galleries, and infoboxes.

Page element templates include:

• {{Infobox being}}
• {{Infobox Watcher}}

Creating templates

To create a new template, make a new page in the Template: namespace. For example:

Template:Example

A template can then be used on another page with:

{{Example}}

Template notes or documentation should usually be placed inside <noinclude> tags so that the documentation appears only on the template page itself. If this is omitted, it will appear everywhere the template is used.

Categories that should apply to all pages using the template should usually be placed inside <includeonly> tags.

Template documentation

Basic template documentation should at least explain what the template does, where and how it should be used, what category or categories it adds, any parameters it accepts, and what kind of template it is.

See also

• Grigoripedia:Maintenance
• Grigoripedia:Stub
• Category:Templates