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link to Wiktionary:Wiktionary:Index of templates and link to Meta page about templates. + a definition of the purpose of this page. Lot's more to discover and collate for our use
(working on drafting or sourcing templates to be used in the implementation phase is a concrete job that can help us get closer to implementation) |
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'''This article is about templates in [[MediaWiki]] [[Wiki]] software and their application to reaching [[consumerium]] [[Consumerium Services|goals]].''' | |||
==Templates in development wiki== | ==Templates in development wiki== | ||
There are a few templates in use in this wiki. A complete list is [http://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=&namespace=10 here] with the only useful (and ones used) being: | There are a few templates in use in this wiki. A complete list is [http://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=&namespace=10 here] with the only useful (and ones used) being: | ||
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*[[Template:Fromwp]] - used to give credit when an article is adapted from Wikipedia | *[[Template:Fromwp]] - used to give credit when an article is adapted from Wikipedia | ||
*[[Template:Stub]] - a stadard stub message | *[[Template:Stub]] - a stadard stub message | ||
==Information on using templates on Meta== | |||
*[[m:Help:Template]] | |||
==Template use in Wikipedia== | ==Template use in Wikipedia== | ||
The template system in [[MediaWiki]] has evolved to a very powerful (and complicated in some cases) system for avoiding redundant manual work, and enabling consistent structure for articles that deal with a certain, shared area of knowledge. | The template system in [[MediaWiki]] has evolved to a very powerful (and complicated in some cases) system for avoiding redundant manual work, and enabling consistent structure for articles that deal with a certain, shared area of knowledge. | ||
All templates used in Wikipedia can be found | [All templates used in Wikipedia can be found http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=&namespace=10 here] (an automatically generated alphabetically ordered list) | ||
Some of Wikipedia's templates (such as those dealing with calendars and such) are directly applicable to the implementation wiki | Some of Wikipedia's templates (such as those dealing with calendars and such) are directly applicable to the implementation wiki | ||
Surfing around Wikipedia one encounters many complex templates that may include nested templates and parameters. | Surfing around Wikipedia one encounters many complex templates that may include nested templates and parameters. | ||
==Template use in Wiktionary== | |||
*[[Wiktionary:Wiktionary:Index_to_templates|Wiktionary's index to templates]] has some good explanations of the different kinds of templates used there and their application | |||
==Template use in Implementation wiki== | ==Template use in Implementation wiki== | ||