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| − | Wikispooks | + | Wikispooks-authored templates<ref>This standard does not apply to templates imported elsewhere (e.g. from [[Wikipedia]]). For simplicity and maintainability these should be left as they are. Name collisions are dealt with on an ad hoc basis - something which has not proved difficult so far.</ref> should follow a [[WikiSpooks:standardisation|standard]] set in June 2014. Parameters must be of in lower case, connected by underscores if they consist of multiple words. - e.g. "birth_date". Capital letters are reserved for future use; the only currently approved use of capitals is the prefix "ON_" which indicates parameters that set {{on}}-specific data. As of January 2016, there may still be one or two templates do not yet follow this standard. |
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Revision as of 12:39, 31 December 2015
Mediawiki's system of templates provides a convenient macro-language to allow efficient re-use of material and standardisation of presentation. This page assumes that you are already familiar with them and gives a quick overview of how they are currently used on WikiSpooks.
Single Issue Templates
Wikispooks has some content-specific templates (i.e. relating to a particular page or couple of pages), mostly of a fairly simple nature - i.e. a badge or a list of links. These are gradually being replaced by SMW-based approaches which have shown themselves easier to maintain and generalise upon, so Single Issue Templates are deprecated as of January 2014 - although they can still be used if available, it is not recommended to create any more. Use the discussion page to start a debate about this.
Semantic Templates
- Full article: WikiSpooks:Semantic Templates
- Full article: WikiSpooks:Semantic Templates
Wikispooks uses the Semantic Mediawiki extension to allow integration of machine readable with human readable content. This is done exclusively through so-called 'Semantic Templates' as opposed to those that only handle human readable text, layout information, images etc.
Parameters
Wikispooks-authored templates[1] should follow a standard set in June 2014. Parameters must be of in lower case, connected by underscores if they consist of multiple words. - e.g. "birth_date". Capital letters are reserved for future use; the only currently approved use of capitals is the prefix "ON_" which indicates parameters that set official narrative-specific data. As of January 2016, there may still be one or two templates do not yet follow this standard.
Problems
If you discover a problem with a Wikispooks template, please report it by adding Template:TemplateProblem at the top of the template page.
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