Help:Templates

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List of useful content templates

Citation

Citation is important because it allows the wiki to demonstrate that a statement is true and beyond dispute. Articles with statements lacking citations run the risk of becoming disputed, and this is often more complicated than providing a good citation in the first instance.

Consider first what you are citing in order to decide which template is most appropriate.

Books
{{Cite}} for citing print products (novels or sourcebooks)—in general, you can use {{Cite/Name of book|page number}}—see Category:Citation templates for a huge list. Every book with a facts page should have a matching citation template created automatically.
Web sites
{{Cite web}} for citing a website. Individual web pages are rarely cited often enough to justify a subtemplate.

Informational boxes (infoboxes)

See also: Help:Infoboxes

Infoboxes concisely summarize common elements among related articles.

Real-world pages

  • {{Infobox|Accessory}} for a non-book accessory product.
  • {{Infobox|Book}} for an article about an adventure, sourcebook, or novel.
  • {{Infobox|Map}} for an article about a map product.
  • {{Infobox|Miniatures}} for an article about a tabletop miniature product.

In-setting pages

Navigational templates (navboxes)

See Category:Navboxes for a list of available navbox templates.

Navboxes provide a means for navigating between related articles, such as a nation's settlements, a creature's species, or products within a product line.

Successionbox

Another type of navigational template is a successionbox designed to link successive lineages, such as for heads of state. The basic form is here: {{Successionbox}}; but see Category:Navigational templates for a list of available pre-made successionbox templates.

Chronology