Gaiapedia:Templates

There are many templates in use in ; these are only a subset, representing some of the most important and commonly used ones.
 * Category:Templates should cover all templates in the wiki, categorized into the various subcategories.
 * The Template namespace always has all templates in the wiki, sorted alphanumerically.

What are templates?
Wiki templates provide a means to insert the same content over and over in different (or the same) pages. This saves editors the hassle of duplicating the same text again and again, and also helps ensure consistency.

Templates are generally shown with the format required to use the template, surrounded by a double pair of curly braces (e.g.   ). Clicking the template name takes you to the template's page, where you can see what it looks like and how it is used.

Detailed instructions on the usage of each template should exist on either the template page itself (inside "noinclude" tags) or the template's talk page.

For more information on templates, see Help:Templates, Wikia Templates and Wikipedia Templates.

Nominate an article for deletion
This is the reason
 * Add this to an article to nominate it for deletion. It will add the article to Category:Candidates for Deletion.
 * Add this to an article for pages that qualify for speedy deletion.

Stubs
stub
 * When a page has little or no useful information, then it is likely a stub. This template will include them in Category:Stubs, and is used to list which articles need expanding.
 * For more information, see Help:Stubs.

Clear
clr, plus clrl and clrr
 * This template is used to reduce the amount of non-wikicode used on pages, replacing the code . Its use should generally be avoided.
 * You can use clr instead of the HTML tag that clears space below things like images, pictures and tables, so the following stuff doesn't begin until the bottom of the image, picture or table box.
 * You can also use clrl or clrr to clear only left or right floats.

For
name
 * Use at the top of articles as a simple "for x see y" template.

Main article
main article
 * Use at the start of a section to link to the main article on it.

Right-aligned Table of Contents
tocright tocleft
 * This template floats the table of contents (toc) on the right or left. It should only be used when absolutely necessary, to keep consistent design.

Sandbox
Please leave this line alone (sandbox heading)
 * A template that should be used to head up all Project:Sandbox pages.

T is for template
template
 * This template allows you to show example template code (with a link to the templates) without using the template itself. It is used extensively on this page.

Credit listings
Inspired by the Phineas and Ferb Templates page

Stubs
Stubs are very short pages that may be a candidate for updating and expansion.