Category:Utility Templates

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These templates provide shorthand for producing common code, like styling text or quoting code blocks, and can be used to save on typing.

Contents 1 Shorthand 2 Text Styling 3 Textboxes 4 Quotations 5 Useful Functions 6 Wiki Syntax Escaping

Shorthand

Can't be bothered to type out all that code? Try these.

• [[wikipedia:]] link - Creates a link to a page on the English Wikipedia, with optional ability to set text.

  [[wikipedia:Main page]] → wikipedia:Main page

  [[wikipedia:Main page|Main Page on Wikipedia]] → Main Page on Wikipedia

• {{Usr}} - Links to a user.

  {{Usr|Example User}} → Example User

• {{@}} - Links to a user, and shows an @ symbol before their name.

  {{@|Example User}} → @Example User

• {{tl}} - Links to a template.

  {{tl|Example Template}} → {{Example Template}}

• {{cl}} - Links to a category.

  {{cl|Example Pages}} → Category:Example Pages

• {{il}} - Links to an image.

  {{il|Example.jpg}} → Example.jpg

• {{elc}} - Colours the text of an external link.

  {{elc|Example Page|red}} → Link Text

• {{sel}} - A shorthand method of including the CSS class "stealthexternallink" when linking to an external URL.

  {{sel|http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Example_page|Example Page}} → Example Page

• {{ec}} - Been edit conflicted? Use this so it doesn't seem like you ignored the person who gave you the conflict.

  {{subst:ec}} Your Message. →

  Template:EC

  Edit conflicted Your Message.

Text Styling

Need so make your text look prettier? Try these.

• {{c}} - Changes the colour of your text, and optionally highlights it.

  {{c|red|some text}} → some text

  {{c|red|some text|yellow}} → some text

• {{h}} - Highlights your text.

  {{h|yellow|some text}} → some text

• {{z}} - Changes the size of you text.

  {{z|75%|some text}} → some text

• {{s}} - Strikes out text in a clean way than the <s> HTML tag, select it to reveal it.

  {{s|some text}} → some text

• {{t}} - Gives your text a "title", usually seen when you mouseover it.

  {{t|some title text|some text}} → some text

• {{blink}} - Produces blinking text (on some browsers), illegal for signatures according to policy.

  {{blink|some text}} → some text

Textboxes

Need a textbox, or a way to display text prominently? Try these.

• <pre> tag

  For large blocks of text, it creates a box, tries to preserve formatting and automatically nowiki's text. It will stretch off the page for text that is too wide. Try {{Pre}} for a box that wraps text.

  <pre>some text</pre> →

  some text

• <code> tag

  For smaller blocks of text, it creates a subtle inline box and displays text in a monospace font. It will stretch off the page for text that is too wide. Try {{CodeInline}} for a better box that wraps text.

  <code>some text</code> → some text

• {{Code}}

  Similar to {{Pre}} but with slightly different colours.

  {{Code|some text}} →

  some text

• {{CodeInline}}

  For smaller blocks of text, it creates an obvious inline box and displays text in a monospace font. Better than the <code> tag.

  {{CodeInline|some text}} → some text

Quotations

Need to quote somebody on something? Use these.

• {{Squote}} - For a simple style of quote.

  {{Squote|Example Quotation|Attributation}} →

  Example Quotation —Attributation

• {{Quote}} - A large quotebox, for quoting wiki users.

  {{Quote|Example User|Example Quotation}} →

Example User said:

Example Quotation

• {{Divquote}} - A large quotebox, for quoting wiki users.

  {{Divquote|Example User|Example Quotation}} →

Example User said:

Example Quotation

Useful Functions

Various templates that do something quite useful.

• {{Custom Title}}

  Creates text which appears on the page where the title usually sits, so it looks like the page has a different title. This doesn't actually change the title, and will break on skins other than Monobook or UrbanDead, so use only when needed.

• {{Purge}}

  Creates a link on a page which will puge the cache from the wiki sever when clicked. Parameters allow for purging specific pages and control of link text and title.

• {{TOCright}}

  Floats the table of contents to the right, allowing text to wrap around it.

• {{TOCleft}}

  Floats the table of contents to the left, allowing text to wrap around it.

• {{ThumbRight}}

  For most pages, you can use wiki syntax for a thumbnail on the right. If you page has a coloured background, use this template to remove the ugly white border. Comparision shown on a grey background.

Wiki Syntax Escaping

Do you need to just display a character without the wiki thinking it means something special? Use these.

• {{!}}

  If you need a "real" pipe symbol (|) in a template variable, use this. The wiki will then treat is as a pipe only once the template evaluates. Useful if you want to put wiki table syntax into a template variable.

• {{*}}

  Need an asterisk at the beginning of a line without it becoming a bullet point? Use this.