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== Templates == | == Templates == | ||
− | The MediaWiki software used by NFSUnlimited has support for templates. This means standardized text chunks (such as boilerplate text) can be inserted into articles. For example, typing {{stub}} will appear as "This article is a stub. Feel free to contribute." when the page is saved. A template reference call must be included in two sets of curly brackets ({) and may contain other parameters. Here's some info on the templates in use by NFSUnlimited. | + | The MediaWiki software used by NFSUnlimited has support for templates. This means standardized text chunks (such as boilerplate text) can be inserted into articles. For example, typing {{stub}} will appear as "This article is a stub. Feel free to contribute." when the page is saved. A template reference call must be included in two sets of curly brackets ({) and may contain other parameters. Here's some info on the other templates in use by NFSUnlimited. |
− | === | + | === Work In Progress === |
+ | This is to mark a page as a Work In Progress (WIP). When you use this template, you're saying that the page is a work in progress and the information on it may not be complete. To use this template on a page, type <nowiki>{{WIP}}</nowiki>. Here's how the end result will look: {{WIP}} | ||
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+ | === Page In Use/Under Edit === | ||
+ | Use this template when you want to edit a page for a long time and don't want someone else editing at the same time. As a common courtesy, when this template is on a page a user should refrain from editing the page. Also as common courtesy, you should remove this template once you're done editing.<br/> | ||
+ | To use, just add <code><nowiki>{{inuse}}</nowiki></code> at the top of the article you want to work on. If you want to reserve it for a specific length of time and optionally, a message, use <code><nowiki>{{inuse|time (message)}}</nowiki></code>. If you want to reserve it until a certain time, or use a different custom message without the word "for," use <code><nowiki>{{inuse||for=|until (time)}}</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>. | ||
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+ | ==== Examples ==== |
Revision as of 03:28, 25 December 2006
The NFSUnlimited.net Need for Speed Wiki uses MediaWiki software which means anyone can easily edit any unprotected page and those changes will be immedeately visible to other users.
Please refer to Wikipedia for more information on special Wiki markup. This page will only cover the use of special templates specific to this Wiki.
Templates
The MediaWiki software used by NFSUnlimited has support for templates. This means standardized text chunks (such as boilerplate text) can be inserted into articles. For example, typingThis article is a stub. Feel free to contribute.
Work In Progress
This is to mark a page as a Work In Progress (WIP). When you use this template, you're saying that the page is a work in progress and the information on it may not be complete. To use this template on a page, type {{WIP}}. Here's how the end result will look:Page In Use/Under Edit
Use this template when you want to edit a page for a long time and don't want someone else editing at the same time. As a common courtesy, when this template is on a page a user should refrain from editing the page. Also as common courtesy, you should remove this template once you're done editing.
To use, just add {{inuse}}
at the top of the article you want to work on. If you want to reserve it for a specific length of time and optionally, a message, use {{inuse|time (message)}}
. If you want to reserve it until a certain time, or use a different custom message without the word "for," use {{inuse||for=|until (time)}}
or .
==== Examples ====