Help:Commonly used templates

Use these tags either to help edit an article or create established formatted articles.

List of Template Tags

[[Category:Insert Category Name Here]]

Use this tag to automatically link an article with articles linked to the same name. Even if you don't know if a category exists, consider adding it, because you'll start the category yourself by doing so. Insert the tag at the bottom of the page, with the category's name in place of Insert Category Name Here.

{{cleanup}}

Use this tag to mark a page for generic cleanup. Currently, any problem falls into this category.

{{cn}}

Use this tag following a possibly-questionable statement, in order to request a proper reference be cited.

{{deletion}}

Use this tag to mark a page for review for deletion by an Admin. Write your reason for deletion over Enter your reason here. Please review Help:Deletion before placing this tag.

{{details}}

Use this tag if you wish to highlight link providing more detail than the sub-section in which it's placed. e.g., in the Clans article, a subsection on Clan Blood Spirit would have '{{details}}', and would produce text saying "For more details on this topic, see Clan Blood Spirit." The link would then direct the Reader to the full Clan Blood Spirit article.

To use this tag, replace Article name with the name of the page which is being linked. If it would make more sense than using the default text, include the Optional parameter; replacing it with meaningful text. e.g., {{details}} which would produce text similar to the prior example only "this topic" would be "this particular clan".

{{disambig}}

Place this tag at the bottom of a disambiguation article.

#REDIRECT [[real article name here]]

This redirects a link to a different article than the one linked. The usual purpose for this is to directly link an acronym or abbreviation (ex: AFFS or 'Mech) to an article with the full name (ex: Armed Forces of the Federated Suns or BattleMech). This redirect will then automatically send all so-named links (throughout the BattleTechWiki) directly to the proper page. Place the tag on an empty article — it won't work otherwise.

{{tl}}

This tag is for making links to templates. You may even include one or more optional parameters. Replace Template name with the name of the template you're linking to. Replace Optional parameter with a short, meaningful description of what you put as that parameter. You can have up to three optional parameters. Note that most editors will rarely need to use this tag, its primary purpose is to help with creating pages like this one, or giving an example to a new editor.

{{stub}}

Place this tag at the top of an article you feel needs to be expanded in order to be fully considered an article. Expand on your concerns in the article's discussion page.

{{unsigned}} or {{unsigned}}

Place this tag at the end of an unsigned post. Replace Username with the name of the user who left the comment. If you use the second example, you can include a comment of your own by replacing Optional comment with your own text. This parameter is useful for adding a timestamp, should you happen to know when the unsigned post was originally made.

{{verify}}

Place this tag at the top of an article or in a section you feel needs to be referenced, possibly due to a statement that may not be commonly known. Expand on your concerns in the article's discussion page.

{{Wikipedia}}

Place this tag at the top of an article that has a sister article (with the same name) at Wikipedia. It will automatically make properly formatted link that leads to the sister page.