Help:Templates
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Templates are a modern convienience that are used widely across this wiki. Every template page has the prefix "Template:" so that you can easily identify them.
Usage
To call a template, you use the following
{{templatename}}
Templates can be as simple as this, but they can also be quite complicated, allowing numerous sections to be defined. It may look something like this
{{template|name=Fred|age=542|numberofcars=Lots}
or it may have been organised so that it's easier on the eyes, like this
{{template
|name=Fred
|age=542
|numberofcars=Lots
}}
Each section may automatically fill in part of a table, sentence... you name it. Often the areas won't be labelled to keep it simple
{{template|Fred|542|Lots}
though obviously you may have difficulty understanding this.
Templates can contain pretty much anything a normal Wiki page can contain. The {{Help}} template on the top right of this page will automatically add this article to the Help Category for example.
You do not need the "Template:" prefix to call a template however - the two sets of curly brackets do that for you.
Creation
Creating a template is somewhat confusing at first, and as they are often tables, may require a bit of HTML knowledge as well.
It's all triple curly brackets... I can't be bothered to explain it, someone else should instead.
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Types
There are several types of template as you could probably guess. MFGG currently has groups for
Some special ones have been covered in the rest of this guide.
