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Revision as of 03:57, 25 December 2006

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.

Contents

This Article Is A Stub

A stub is an article that either contains no information but exists, or containts too little information. One line is too little information. To mark an article as a stub, use {{stub}}. Please remove the template if you are adding information to the article. This is what will appear on the page:

Example

This article is a stub. Feel free to contribute.

Main Article

Sometimes you may need to quote an article or paraphrase it in another article. Use this template to refer back to the original article. To use it, type {{main|Original Article}}.

Example

{{main|Help:Editing}}

Main article: Help:Editing

Source

Use this template to quickly cite a source. Sources are required whenever you post something taken from another website. A source MUST be an external source, that is, it cannot be a part of the NFSUNlimited Wiki. If you want to refer to an article in this Wiki, use the Main Article template instead. To use the Source template, type {{source|website URL|website name}}.

Example

{{source|http://www.google.com|Google}}

SOURCE: Google

Work In Progress

Use this template 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:

Example

Templates Information icon.png This page is currently a work in progress.

This means that the information on the page may not be complete. Feel free to add pertinent information.
NOTE: You will get banned if you abuse your Wiki editing priviledges.

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 {{inuse||for=|custom message}}.

Examples

{{inuse}}
Templates Clock.png This page is currently undergoing a major edit for a short while.

As a courtesy, please do not edit this page while this message is displayed. The person who added this notice will be listed in the edit history. If this page has not been edited recently, please remove this template.
This message is intended to help reduce edit conflicts; please remove it between major editing sessions.

{{inuse|5 minutes}}
Templates Clock.png This page is currently undergoing a major edit for 5 minutes.

As a courtesy, please do not edit this page while this message is displayed. The person who added this notice will be listed in the edit history. If this page has not been edited recently, please remove this template.
This message is intended to help reduce edit conflicts; please remove it between major editing sessions.

{{inuse|5 minutes to fix broken links}}
Templates Clock.png This page is currently undergoing a major edit for 5 minutes to fix broken links.

As a courtesy, please do not edit this page while this message is displayed. The person who added this notice will be listed in the edit history. If this page has not been edited recently, please remove this template.
This message is intended to help reduce edit conflicts; please remove it between major editing sessions.

{{inuse|for=|to fix broken links}}
Templates Clock.png This page is currently undergoing a major edit to fix broken links.

As a courtesy, please do not edit this page while this message is displayed. The person who added this notice will be listed in the edit history. If this page has not been edited recently, please remove this template.
This message is intended to help reduce edit conflicts; please remove it between major editing sessions.

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