Help:Introduction to Templates - Revision history

Jnc: /* Infoboxes */ Clarify

2025-02-13T11:10:16Z

‎Infoboxes: Clarify

Jnc: /* Templates and Categories */ We generally oppose having templates add pages to Categories

2024-11-04T11:29:15Z

‎Templates and Categories: We generally oppose having templates add pages to Categories

Jnc: Grammar typo

2024-05-08T13:04:41Z

Grammar typo

Jnc: /* Vertical text */ Add example of their use

2024-05-08T12:52:45Z

‎Vertical text: Add example of their use

Jnc: /* Vertical text */ Make apparent that args can include spaces

2024-04-08T11:25:36Z

‎Vertical text: Make apparent that args can include spaces

Jnc: Document vertical text templates

2024-04-08T11:21:54Z

Document vertical text templates

Jnc: /* Infoboxes */ Use correct URL

2024-02-17T20:19:02Z

‎Infoboxes: Use correct URL

Jnc: /* Infoboxes */ Complete list of infoboxes

2024-02-17T20:06:23Z

‎Infoboxes: Complete list of infoboxes

Jnc: /* Expandable navigation boxes */ typo

2024-02-15T18:30:49Z

‎Expandable navigation boxes: typo

Jnc: /* Infoboxes */ Improve explanation of template argument documentation

2024-02-08T18:05:57Z

‎Infoboxes: Improve explanation of template argument documentation

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 * [[Template:Infobox App]] - for applications (similar to Software above)
-Go to each template for an overview of the values you can use with that template (they are self-documenting).
+Go to each template for an overview of the values you can use with that template (the templates are self-documenting).
 There are a few other specialized ones; a complete list is [https://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3APrefixIndex&prefix=Infobox&namespace=10&hideredirects=1 here]. If these are not sufficient, or you have any requests or comments, you can discuss it on the [[Help talk:Introduction to Templates|talk page of this article]] -- the people writing the infoboxes are watching these talk pages.

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	You can find an example of their use [[VAX-11/750/Backplanes\|here]].		You can find an example of their use [[VAX-11/750/Backplanes\|here]].
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		+	==Templates and Categories==
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		+	We generally oppose having templates add pages to [[Help:Introduction to Categories\|Categories]]. Although this seems like a good idea, experience has shown that in practice, the down-sides of not having the category/categories right there in the page source, to easily see, outweighs the benefits.

	==External links==		==External links==

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−	Templates are a way to include in an article blocks of MediaWiki [[source]] which have been given a name. They used in the Computer History Wiki to prevent the reduplication of work and help provide a uniform layout. They are invoked with the special [[syntax]] ''<nowiki>{{name}}</nowiki>''.	+	Templates are a way to include in an article blocks of MediaWiki [[source]] which have been given a name. They are used in the Computer History Wiki to prevent the reduplication of work and help provide a uniform layout. They are invoked with the special [[syntax]] ''<nowiki>{{name}}</nowiki>''.

	For example, we have the template ''<nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki>'' to indicate a short, very incomplete article. Instead of having to include this text manually on every such article, placing the text <nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki> in an article produces:		For example, we have the template ''<nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki>'' to indicate a short, very incomplete article. Instead of having to include this text manually on every such article, placing the text <nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki> in an article produces:

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	There are two templates to produce vertical text (for example, in table entries): <nowiki>{{VerticalTextUp\|</nowiki>''Text to go up''}} and <nowiki>{{VerticalTextDown\|</nowiki>''Text to go down''}}. In tables, you may have to use 'rowspan="N" \|' attributes on those entries to create long vertical boxes for them to go in.		There are two templates to produce vertical text (for example, in table entries): <nowiki>{{VerticalTextUp\|</nowiki>''Text to go up''}} and <nowiki>{{VerticalTextDown\|</nowiki>''Text to go down''}}. In tables, you may have to use 'rowspan="N" \|' attributes on those entries to create long vertical boxes for them to go in.
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		+	You can find an example of their use [[VAX-11/750/Backplanes\|here]].

	==External links==		==External links==

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 ==Vertical text==
-There are two templates to produce vertical text (for example, in table entries): <nowiki>{{VerticalTextUp|</nowiki>''TextToGoUp''}} and <nowiki>{{VerticalTextDown|</nowiki>''TextToGoDown''}}. In tables, you may have to use 'rowspan="N" |' attributes on those entries to create long vertical boxes for them to go in.
+There are two templates to produce vertical text (for example, in table entries): <nowiki>{{VerticalTextUp|</nowiki>''Text to go up''}} and <nowiki>{{VerticalTextDown|</nowiki>''Text to go down''}}. In tables, you may have to use 'rowspan="N" |' attributes on those entries to create long vertical boxes for them to go in.
 ==External links==

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 | Unused || colspan=7 | Length || Trapped || Written || colspan=2 | Unused || Direction || colspan=3 | Access Control
 {{16bitoctal-bitout‎}}
 ==External links==

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 Go to each template for an overview of the values you can use with that template (they are self-documenting).
-There are a few other specialized ones; a complete list is [https://gunkies.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex&prefix=Infobox&namespace=10&hideredirects=1 here]. If these are not sufficient, or you have any requests or comments, you can discuss it on the [[Help talk:Introduction to Templates|talk page of this article]] -- the people writing the infoboxes are watching these talk pages.
+There are a few other specialized ones; a complete list is [https://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3APrefixIndex&prefix=Infobox&namespace=10&hideredirects=1 here]. If these are not sufficient, or you have any requests or comments, you can discuss it on the [[Help talk:Introduction to Templates|talk page of this article]] -- the people writing the infoboxes are watching these talk pages.
 ==Registers==

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 | successor = [[Apple II]]
 }}
-</pre>
+</pre>{{Infobox Machine
 | name = Apple I
 | manufacturer = [[Apple Computer]]
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 Go to each template for an overview of the values you can use with that template (they are self-documenting).
-If these are not sufficient, or you have any requests or comments, you can discuss it on the [[Help talk:Introduction to Templates|talk page of this article]] -- the people writing the infoboxes are watching these talk pages.
+There are a few other specialized ones; a complete list is [https://gunkies.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex&prefix=Infobox&namespace=10&hideredirects=1 here]. If these are not sufficient, or you have any requests or comments, you can discuss it on the [[Help talk:Introduction to Templates|talk page of this article]] -- the people writing the infoboxes are watching these talk pages.
 ==Registers==

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 }}
 </pre>
-which is placed, as above, in the template page <nowiki>[[Template:Nav Hidden Help]]</nowiki; and when invoked with <nowiki>{{Nav Hidden Help}}</nowiki>, it will produce the following navigation box:
+which is placed, as above, in the template page <nowiki>[[Template:Nav Hidden Help]]</nowiki>; and when invoked with <nowiki>{{Nav Hidden Help}}</nowiki>, it will produce the following navigation box:
 {{PartiallyCollapsibleNavBox
 | templateName = Nav Hidden Help

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 | successor = [[Apple II]]
 }}
-produces the box on the right of the screen here. The 'Infobox Machine' template is the general template for most computer systems in this wiki. See [[Template:Infobox Machine]] for an overview of the values you can use with this template.
+produces the box on the right of the screen here. (The 'Infobox Machine' template is the general template for most computer systems in this wiki.)
 To avoid the insanity of a haphazard set of datasheets for a million different devices, we've got some basic templates in place which we <i>really</i> would like you to use:
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 * [[Template:Infobox OS]] - for operating systems
 * [[Template:Infobox App]] - for applications (similar to Software above)
 If these are not sufficient, or you have any requests or comments, you can discuss it on the [[Help talk:Introduction to Templates|talk page of this article]] -- the people writing the infoboxes are watching these talk pages.