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This is an explanatory essay. It contains the advice or opinions of one or more BattleTechWiki contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of BattleTechWiki's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints. |
Usage[edit]
Use this template carefully, only when there is a well-established consensus at the relevant policy or guideline page to use this template on an essay that links from the relevant policy or guideline.
The noun supplement does not mean "an interpretation" nor just "something added". It means precisely "something added, especially to make up for a deficiency", in this case a lack or gap in an official BattleTechWiki's policy or guideline. The intent is to further elaborate on BattleTechWiki's policies or guidelines in an impartial and informative manner.
- Note: this template does not indicate a "higher status" within the community for an essay, but is used to denote that the essay in question has wide acceptance to be linked from said policy or guideline page. If consensus changes or content is outdated and the essay is no longer referenced in a policy or guideline, change the tag to the more common
{{Essay|interprets=}}
or{{Information page}}
template, as appropriate.
Parameters[edit]
This template has an |interprets=
a.k.a. |pages=
parameter that must be used. Replaces "such guidance" with "the foo" where "foo" is a link to one or more policies or guidelines and label(s) for what they are, e.g.:
|interprets=[[BattleTechWiki:No original research]] policy
|interprets=[[BattleTechWiki:Manual of Style]] guideline
|interprets=[[BattleTechWiki:No original research]] and [[BattleTechWiki:Neutral point of view]] policies
|interprets=[[BattleTechWiki:Verifiability]] policy and [[BattleTechWiki:Identifying reliable sources]] guideline
You can also use {{section link}}
to produce better-looking links to page sections, e.g.: |interprets={{section link|BattleTechWiki:Article titles#Deciding on an article title}} policy
, which renders as "the BattleTechWiki:Article titles § Deciding on an article title policy".
The template also has optional |shortcut=
, |shortcut2=
, |shortcut3=
, and |shortcut4=
parameters that can be used to add a Shortcut: box to the right-side, with up to four shortcuts.
No description.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 shortcut1 | first shortcut
| String | suggested |
2 | 2 | no description | Unknown | optional |
3 | 3 | no description | Unknown | optional |
4 | 4 | no description | Unknown | optional |
Pages | pages | no description | Unknown | optional |
Interprets | interprets pages | Parameter that must be used'''. Replaces "such guidance" with "the {{var|foo}}" where "{{var|foo}}" is a link to one or more policies or guidelines {{em|and}} label(s) for what they are
| String | required |
Shortcut | shortcut | Parameters that can be used to add a ''Shortcut:'' box to the right-side
| Unknown | optional |
Shortcut1 | shortcut1 | no description | Unknown | optional |
Shortcut2 | shortcut2 | no description | Unknown | optional |
Shortcut3 | shortcut3 | no description | Unknown | optional |
Shortcut4 | shortcut4 | no description | Unknown | optional |
Category | category | no description | Unknown | optional |
Examples[edit]
{{supplement|interprets=[[BattleTechWiki:Neutral point of view]] policy}}
- becomes:
This is an explanatory essay on BattleTechWiki:Neutral point of view policy. It contains the advice or opinions of one or more BattleTechWiki contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of BattleTechWiki's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints. |
{{supplement|interprets=[[BattleTechWiki:Neutral point of view]] policy|shortcut=BTW:SHORTCUT|shortcut2=BTW:SHORTCUT2}}
- becomes:
This is an explanatory essay on BattleTechWiki:Neutral point of view policy. It contains the advice or opinions of one or more BattleTechWiki contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of BattleTechWiki's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints. |
{{supplement|interprets=[[BattleTechWiki:Neutral point of view]] and [[Policy:Real People]]}}
- becomes:
This is an explanatory essay on BattleTechWiki:Neutral point of view and Policy:Real People. It contains the advice or opinions of one or more BattleTechWiki contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of BattleTechWiki's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints. |
Categorization[edit]
This template adds a page to Category:Supplemental pages, by default. If the page is in userspace (e.g. is a draft of a supplement, or is a mistaken use of the template for something intended to remain a user essay), it will instead be put into Category:User essays.
If there is a need to put the page in an eventual more-specific subcategory, this can be accomplished with |category=
, using a fully wikilinked category as input. E.g.:
{{Supplement|interprets=[[BattleTechWiki:Manual of Style]] guideline |category=}}
This feature should not be used to add an additional category (as this would remove inclusion in Category:Supplemental pages or any subcategory thereof). To add additional categories, simply put them at page-bottom, as usual.
See also[edit]
{{Information page}}
– the banner template for pages that are more just informational and non-opinionated{{BattleTechWiki how-to}}
– the banner template for pages that are more directly instructional and non-opinionated.{{Essay|interprets=}}
– the banner template for pages that are more opinionated then instructional or technical; there are several parameters and variations.