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This gallery depicts a number of the various tags currently available for Editor use. Copy the tag code (and modify as required) onto the target page for the tag to appear.
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This gallery depicts a number of the various templates that are currently available for Editors use. Copy the tag code (and modify as required) onto the target page for the template to appear.
  
==Article Tags==
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{{seealso|Help:Authoritative Templates}}
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{{seealso|Help:Warning Templates}}
  
===Article Editting===
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==Header Templates==
{|class="wikitable" border="1"|Information
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These are templates that you add to the top of articles to describe special conditions the page contents is under for the reader.
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===Page Information===
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:''{{lcs|Page Information templates}}''
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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;
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|-
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! Template Name
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! Template Preview
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! Template Code
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! See for more Information
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|-
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| BattleTech Essay
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| {{BattleTech Essay}}
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| '''<nowiki>{{BattleTech Essay}}</nowiki>'''
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| {{lts/|BattleTech Essay}}
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|-
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| Under Construction
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| {{Underconstruction}}
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| '''<nowiki>{{WIP}}</nowiki>'''
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| {{lts/|WIP}}
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|-
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| Announced Product
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| {{AnnouncedProduct}}
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| '''<nowiki>{{AnnouncedProduct}}</nowiki>'''
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| {{lts/|AnnouncedProduct}}
 
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|-
! Tag Name
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| Moratorium
! Tag Template
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| {{moratorium}}
! Tag Code
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| '''<nowiki>{{moratorium|the ending date of the moratorium}}</nowiki>'''
! Page
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| {{lts/|moratorium}}
 
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|-
| Stub: article
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| Apocryphal Product
| {{stub}}  
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| {{ApocryphalProduct}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki>'''  
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| '''<nowiki>{{ApocryphalProduct}}</nowiki>'''
| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:Stub]]
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| {{lts/|ApocryphalProduct}}
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|-
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| Apocryphal: Article
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| {{ApocryphalArticle}}
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| '''<nowiki>{{ApocryphalArticle}}</nowiki>'''
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| {{lts/|ApocryphalArticle}}
 
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| Stub: section
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| Product contains Rules
| {{sectionstub}}  
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| {{Rules}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{sectionstub}}</nowiki>'''  
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| '''<nowiki>{{Rules}}</nowiki>'''
| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:Sectionstub]]
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| {{lts/|Rules}}
 
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|-
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| style="font-size:80%"|
 
| style="font-size:80%"|
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
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===Article Improvements===
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{{main|:Category:Article Improvement Templates}}
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These are templates that can be used to improve pages, such as links to the main articles, see also, and other such improvements for readability.
  
===Article Information===
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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;
{|class="wikitable" border="1"|Information
 
 
|-
 
|-
! Tag Name
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! Template Name
! Tag Template
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! Template Preview
! Tag Code  
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! Template Code  
! Page
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! See for more Information
 
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|-
 
| Main link
 
| Main link
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| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{main|The other article}}</nowiki>'''
 
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{main|The other article}}</nowiki>'''
 
| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:Main]]
 
| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:Main]]
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|-
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| Nutshell
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| {{nutshell|''stuff written here''}}
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| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{nutshell|''stuff written here''}}</nowiki>'''
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| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:Nutshell]]
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| Other Uses
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| {{otheruses|'''subject type'''|'''a different subject type'''|other subject article}}
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| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{otheruses|''subject type''|''a different subject type''|''other subject article''}}</nowiki>'''
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| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:Otheruses]]
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|-
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| See Also
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| {{seealso|The other article}}
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| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{seealso|The other article}}</nowiki>'''
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| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:Seealso]]
 
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| Succession  
 
| Succession  
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| style="font-size:80%"| [[:Category:Succession templates]]
 
| style="font-size:80%"| [[:Category:Succession templates]]
 
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| Apocryphal content starts
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| {{ApocryphalContentStart}}
| style="font-size:80%"|  
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| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{ApocryphalContentStart}}</nowiki>'''
| style="font-size:80%"|  
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| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:ApocryphalContentStart]]
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| Apocryphal content ends
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| {{ApocryphalContentEnd}}
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| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{ApocryphalContentEnd}}</nowiki>'''
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| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:ApocryphalContentEnd]]
 
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|}
  
 
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===Article Maintenance===
==User Tags==
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{{Category|Article Maintenance Templates}}
Remember to sign your posts to an Editor's talk page.
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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;
===Warnings===
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|-
{|class="wikitable" border="1"|Information
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! Template Name
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! Template Preview
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! Template Code
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! See for more Information
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|-
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| Article Deletion
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| {{deletion|1}}
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| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{deletion|1}}</nowiki>''' Note: replace '1' with reason for deletion
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| style="font-size:80%"| {{lts/|deletion}}
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| Article Merge
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| {{Merge|1}}
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| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{Merge|1}}</nowiki>''' Note: replace '1' with article to be merged with.
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| style="font-size:80%"| {{lts/|Merge}}
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|-
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| Article needs more citations
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| {{refimprove}}
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| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{refimprove}}</nowiki>'''
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| style="font-size:80%"| {{lts/|refimprove}}
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| Cleanup
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| {{cleanup}}
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| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{cleanup}}</nowiki>'''
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| style="font-size:80%"| {{lts/|cleanup}}
 
|-
 
|-
! Tag Name
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| Multiple Issues
! Tag Template
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| {{multipleissues}}
! Tag Code
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| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{multipleissues}}</nowiki>'''
! Page
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| style="font-size:80%"| {{lts/|multipleissues}}
 
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|-
| Blanking: Lvl 1
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| Plagiarism
| {{Message_box |id=Usrcvtext |backgroundcolor=white |image=Emblem-important.svg |heading=Please Do Not Remove Content From BattleTechWiki|message = Welcome to '''BattleTechWiki'''. It might not have been your intention, but your recent contribution removed content from {{#if:|[[:{{{1}}}]]|the encyclopedia}}. Please be careful when editing pages and do not remove content from BattleTechWiki without a good reason, which should be specified in the edit summary. Take a look at the [[Help:Getting Started|Getting Started]] page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia.  If you would like to experiment again, please use [[Help:Sandbox|the sandbox]]. {{#if:|{{{2}}}|Thank you. }}  }} <!-- Template:Blank-1 (First level warning) -->
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| {{Plagiarism}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{subst:Blank-1}}</nowiki>'''  
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| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{Plagiarism}}</nowiki>'''
| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:Blank-1]]
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| style="font-size:80%"| {{lts/|Plagiarism}}
 
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|-
| Blanking: Lvl 2
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| Stub: article
| {{Message_box |id=Usrcvtext |backgroundcolor=white |image=Nuvola_apps_important.svg |heading=Level 2 Warning: Please Do Not Delete Content (Level 2 Warning)|message = Please do not delete content from pages on '''BattleTechWiki'''{{#if:|, as you did to [[:{{{1}}}]]}}.  Your edits do not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use [[Help:Sandbox|the sandbox]] for test edits. {{#if:|{{{2}}}|Thank you. }} }}<!-- Template:Blank-2 (Second Level Warning) -->
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| {{stub}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{subst:Blank-2}}</nowiki>'''  
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| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki>'''  
| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:Blank-2]]
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| style="font-size:80%"| {{lts/|Stub}}
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|-
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| Stub: section
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| {{sectionstub}}  
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| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{sectionstub}}</nowiki>'''  
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| style="font-size:80%"| {{lts/|Sectionstub}}
 
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|-
| Blanking: Lvl 3
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| Sub-stub
| {{Message_box |id=Usrcvtext |backgroundcolor=Red |image=Nuvola_apps_important.svg |heading=Level 3 Warning: Please Stop Now|message = Please stop. If you continue to blank out (or delete portions of) page content, templates or other materials from '''BattleTechWiki'''{{#if:|, as you did to [[:{{{1}}}]]}}, you ''will'' be [[Policy:Blocking|blocked]] from editing. {{#if:|{{{2}}} |}}}} <!-- Template:Blank-3 (Third Level Warning) -->
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| {{Sub-stub}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{subst:Blank-3}}</nowiki>'''  
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| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{Sub-stub}}</nowiki>'''
| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:Blank-3]]
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| style="font-size:80%"| {{lts/|Sub-stub}}
 
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|-
| Blanking: Lvl 4
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| Update Needed
| {{Message_box |id=Usrcvtext |backgroundcolor=Red |image=Stop_hand.svg |heading=Level 4: Last Warning|message = This is your '''last warning'''. <br> The next time you delete or blank page contents from '''BattleTechWiki'''{{#if:|, as you did to [[:{{{1}}}]]}}, you '''will''' be [[Policy:Blocking|blocked]] from editing. {{#if:|{{{2}}}|}}}} <!-- Template:Blank-4 (Fourth Level Warning) -->
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| {{Update Needed|title}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{subst:Blank-4}}</nowiki>'''  
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| '''{{tl|Update Needed|title}}'''
| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:Blank-4]]
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| [[Template:Update Needed]]
 
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|-
| Blanking: Only Warning
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| Very Long
| {{Message_box |id=Usrcvtext |backgroundcolor=Red |image=Stop_hand.svg |heading=Level 4: Only Warning|message = This is your '''only warning'''. <br> The next time you delete or blank page contents from '''BattleTechWiki'''{{#if:|, as you did to [[:{{{1}}}]]}}, you '''will''' be [[Policy:Blocking|blocked]] from editing. {{#if:|{{{2}}}|}}}} <!-- Template:Blank-4im (Fourth Level Warning) -->
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| {{verylong}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{subst:Blank-4im}}</nowiki>'''  
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| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{verylong}}</nowiki>'''
| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:Blank-4im]]
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| style="font-size:80%"| {{lts/|verylong}}
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|}
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===In-line Article Maintenance===
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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;
 
|-
 
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| Fanon: tag removal
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! Template Name
| {{Message_box |id=Usrcvtext |backgroundcolor=white |image=Emblem-important.svg |heading=Please Do Not Remove the Fanon tags from fan created articles or stories|message = Welcome to '''BattleTechWiki'''. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed content from {{#if:|[[:{{{1}}}]]|a fan-created article or story}}. The tag has been returned to the page(s) concerned. Per [[Policy: Canon]], all fan-created content must be designated as such. Please take a look at the policy to learn more about contributing fan creations ('fanon') to the encyclopedia.  If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact me or any other active [[BattleTechWiki:Administrators|Admin]]. {{#if:|{{{2}}}|Thank you. }}  }} <!-- Template:Blank-1 (First level warning) -->
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! Template Preview
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{subst:FanonWarning-1}}</nowiki>''' 
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! Template Code
| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:FanonWarning-1]]
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! See for more Information
 
|-
 
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| Moratorium
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| Citation Needed
| {{Moratorium Violation}}
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| {{cn}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{Moratorium Violation}}</nowiki>'''
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| '''<nowiki>{{citation needed}}</nowiki>''' or '''<nowiki>{{cn}}</nowiki>'''  
| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:Moratorium Violation]]
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| [[Template:citation needed]]
 
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| When?
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| {{when}}
| style="font-size:80%"|
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| '''<nowiki>{{when}}</nowiki>''' or '''<nowiki>{{when?}}</nowiki>'''
| style="font-size:80%"|
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| [[Template:when]]
 
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===Follow-ups===
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==Single Source Information==
{|class="wikitable" border="1"|Information
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These are used when information regarding a particular topic needs to be placed on multiple pages. If/when that information changes, the template may go through one edit, propagating the information to all targeted pages.
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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;
 
|-
 
|-
! Tag Name
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! Template Name
! Tag Template
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! Template Preview
! Tag Code  
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! Template Code  
! Page
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! See for more Information
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|-
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| Rank Style
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| too detailed for preview (see last column)<br>used on articles to explain the acceptable reasons for capitalizing rank titles
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| '''<nowiki>{{RankStyle}}</nowiki>'''
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| [[Template:RankStyle]]
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==Fanon/Not Canon==
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|-
 
|-
| Blocked: regular
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! Template Name
| {{Message_box |id=Usrcvtext |backgroundcolor=beige |image=Nuvola apps kblackbox.png |heading=You Have Been Blocked|message = You have been [[Policy:Blocking|blocked]] from editing for violating the '''BattleTechWiki''' community's [[:Category:Policies|policies]]. If you believe this block is unjustified you may contest this block by replying here on your '''[[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|talk page]]''' by adding the text '''<nowiki>{{unblock|''your reason here''}}</nowiki>'''. }} <!-- Template:Block-Reg -->
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! Template Preview
| style="font-size:80%"| ''' <nowiki>{{subst:Block-Reg}}</nowiki>eg '''
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! Template Code
| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:Block-Reg]]
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! See for more Information
 
|-
 
|-
| Blocked: threat
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| Fanon
| {{Message_box |id=Usrcvtext |backgroundcolor=beige |image=Nuvola apps kblackbox.png |heading=You Have Been Blocked for Threats (Legal or Personal)|message = As a result of your comments made at '''[[{{{1}}}]]''' you have been '''[[Policy:Blocking|blocked]]''' from editing '''BattleTechWiki''' for a period of time, for posting what could be seen as a threat against another user on BattleTechWiki. BattleTechWiki does not tolerate such actions. Users who make threats, whether legal, personal, or professional, that in any way are seen as an attempt to intimidate another user, are immediately blocked.
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| {{Fanon}}
See [[Policy:No personal attacks]] and [[Policy:No legal threats]] for more information. <br>If you believe this block is unjustified you may contest this block by replying here on your '''[[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|talk page]]''' by adding the text '''<nowiki>{{unblock|''your reason here''}}</nowiki>'''. }} <!-- Template:Block-Threat -->
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| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{Fanon}}</nowiki>'''
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{subst:Block-Threat}}</nowiki>'''
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| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:Fanon]]
| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:Block-Threat]]
 
 
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| Blocked: Indefinite
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| Not Canon
| {{Message_box |id=Usrcvtext |backgroundcolor=beige |image=Nuvola apps kblackbox.png |heading=You Have Been Blocked Indefinitely|message = You have been [[Policy:Blocking|blocked]] from editing for violating the '''BattleTechWiki''' community's [[:Category:Policies|policies]]. If you believe this block is unjustified you may contest this block by replying here on your '''[[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|talk page]]''' by adding the text '''<nowiki>{{unblock|''your reason here''}}</nowiki>'''. }} <!-- Template:Block-Reg -->
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| {{NotCanon}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{subst:Block-indefinite}}</nowiki>'''  
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| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{NotCanon}}</nowiki>'''
| style="font-size:80%"| Template:Blocked-indefinite
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| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:NotCanon]]
 
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[[Category:Help|Template Gallery]]
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[[Category:Policies|Template Gallery]]

Latest revision as of 13:24, 25 August 2022

This gallery depicts a number of the various templates that are currently available for Editors use. Copy the tag code (and modify as required) onto the target page for the template to appear.

Header Templates[edit]

These are templates that you add to the top of articles to describe special conditions the page contents is under for the reader.

Page Information[edit]

Category:Page Information templates (Edit Discussion links Page history)
Template Name Template Preview Template Code See for more Information
BattleTech Essay {{BattleTech Essay}} links talk view
Under Construction {{WIP}} links talk view
Announced Product {{AnnouncedProduct}} links talk view
Moratorium {{moratorium|the ending date of the moratorium}} links talk view
Apocryphal Product {{ApocryphalProduct}} links talk view
Apocryphal: Article {{ApocryphalArticle}} links talk view
Product contains Rules {{Rules}} links talk view

Article Improvements[edit]

These are templates that can be used to improve pages, such as links to the main articles, see also, and other such improvements for readability.

Template Name Template Preview Template Code See for more Information
Main link {{main|The other article}} Template:Main
Nutshell {{nutshell|''stuff written here''}} Template:Nutshell
Other Uses
This article is about subject type. For a different subject type, see other subject article.
{{otheruses|''subject type''|''a different subject type''|''other subject article''}} Template:Otheruses
See Also {{seealso|The other article}} Template:Seealso
Succession see here for example see Category:Succession templates Category:Succession templates
Apocryphal content starts

Apocryphal Content Starts

The information after this notice comes from apocryphal sources; the canonicity of such information is uncertain.
Please view the reference page for information regarding their canonicity.

{{ApocryphalContentStart}} Template:ApocryphalContentStart
Apocryphal content ends

Apocryphal Content Ends

{{ApocryphalContentEnd}} Template:ApocryphalContentEnd

Article Maintenance[edit]

Category:Article Maintenance Templates

Template Name Template Preview Template Code See for more Information
Article Deletion {{deletion|1}} Note: replace '1' with reason for deletion links talk view
Article Merge {{Merge|1}} Note: replace '1' with article to be merged with. links talk view
Article needs more citations {{refimprove}} links talk view
Cleanup reason= parameter to this Cleanup template – replace it with {{Cleanup|reason=<Fill reason here>}}, or remove the Cleanup template.
{{cleanup}} links talk view
Multiple Issues {{multipleissues}} links talk view
Plagiarism


{{Plagiarism}} links talk view
Stub: article


{{stub}} links talk view
Stub: section


{{sectionstub}} links talk view
Sub-stub


{{Sub-stub}} links talk view
Update Needed {{Update Needed}} Template:Update Needed
Very Long


{{verylong}} links talk view

In-line Article Maintenance[edit]

Template Name Template Preview Template Code See for more Information
Citation Needed [citation needed] {{citation needed}} or {{cn}} Template:citation needed
When? [when?] {{when}} or {{when?}} Template:when

Single Source Information[edit]

These are used when information regarding a particular topic needs to be placed on multiple pages. If/when that information changes, the template may go through one edit, propagating the information to all targeted pages.

Template Name Template Preview Template Code See for more Information
Rank Style too detailed for preview (see last column)
used on articles to explain the acceptable reasons for capitalizing rank titles
{{RankStyle}} Template:RankStyle

Fanon/Not Canon[edit]

Template Name Template Preview Template Code See for more Information
Fanon {{Fanon}} Template:Fanon
Not Canon {{NotCanon}} Template:NotCanon