Minecraft Wiki:Templates/Basic Template List

Templates are a very good addition to the wiki. MessageBox templates are the easiest and most common template. All wiki users should know how they work, or at least where and when you use them. But since Templates are user created, they are often hard to find. The Template Category does not list all of them (although almost all). This page is a list of often used Templates

Page changing requests
 


 * Tells visitors that the page is pending deletion.
 * Page goes in the Pending deletion Category

 


 * Tells visitors that the page should be merged with another page.
 * Page goes in the Pending merge Category

 


 * Tells visitors that the page should be moved to a other location.
 * Page goes in the Pending move Category

 


 * Tells visitors that the page is too small and needs expansion.
 * Page goes in the Stub Category

 


 * Tells visitors that the page needs cleanup to meet quality standards.
 * Page goes in the Cleanup Category

 


 * Tags articles with a notice that they do not have any links going to them and are thus orphaned.

 


 * Tag that marks a section of a page for suggested split to a new article, so that it can get an admin's attention.
 * It adds the page to the Pending Splitting category.

 


 * Tag for pages that are being worked on, useful to avoid suspicion of an abandoned or spammy article.

 


 * Tag for pages that are part of a project, i.e. a translated page.

Content
 


 * Tells visitors that the statement is not supported by evidence.
 * Displays: Citation needed

 


 * Tells visitors that the statement does not give sufficient information. More information is needed to clarify.
 * Displays: More information needed

 
 * Makes a link. Puts the link in a reference list. Displays onsite a link to the list like this: [1]

''' is not set, pages using this template will be categorized into Category:Pages with videos.

Talk pages
 

Example:
 * Very useful in talk pages where a conversation thread has grown to the extent it's so far indented. This graphically guides the reader's flow back to the left to restart indentation.

  Example:
 * If you want to reply to a very high-level comment and there is an outdent above, use this template to shift the indentation back to the right.

  Examples: This text has been indented 4 levels. I don't think that will be good at all.
 * Used as replacement of  at the beginning of a comment to show the level of indentation or some custom text to the left margin of an indented comment. The comment will be automatically indented.

 User name  Example: Swpe
 * If someone forgets his signature, add this after their text.

Gives: –Preceding unsigned comment was added by Swpe (Talk&#124;Contribs) 12:34, 20 November 2010. Please sign your posts with

Custom Messages
Advanced explanation: Advanced Templates

You might not always know/can use these. Therefore here is a basic manual on making a custom message.

 
 * use:  | title = Text here , to create a title, which is bolded
 * use:  | text = Text here , to create a text below the title
 * Use:  | discuss = 1 , to show 'discuss' in the upper right corner. Which links to the talk page of the page it is on. Works only if you have set a title.

you should have at least a title or a text, and you can have only one of both of them. Use to create a new line.

Example:

 

Example:

 

Documentation
You can always search for the documentation of the template for help! Some templates do not have documentation.