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You can spice up your pages by inserting some of our handy templates, which make adding information in the right format considerably easier.
You can spice up your pages by inserting some of our handy templates, which make adding information in the right format considerably easier.


==Page types==
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Use these to indicate that a page has certain properties.


===Stub===
===Stub===
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|<table align="center" width="50%" style="background-color:#FFC;"><tr><td align="center">'''This article is a stub.'''<br />''You can help out by [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=edit}} expanding it].''</td></tr></table>
|<table align="center" width="50%" style="background-color:#FFC;"><tr><td align="center">'''This article is a stub.'''<br />''You can help out by [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=edit}} expanding it].''</td></tr></table>
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===Waste of time===
===Waste of time===
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Articles marked "Waste of Time" are flagged on the page itself and dropped into a special category to make it very clear that they are not worth bothering with. Actually, that's not true - the article itself will be very worthwhile, but the subject of the article will be a waste of time.
Articles marked "Waste of Time" are flagged on the page itself and dropped into a special category to make it very clear that they are not worth bothering with. Actually, that's not true - the article itself will be very worthwhile, but the subject of the article will be a waste of time.


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|<table align="center" width="50%" style="border: 3px solid #ba0000; color: #ba0000;"><tr><td align="center">'''This file is a waste of time.'''<br />''You are advised to avoid it like the plague. Its file title sounds rather interesting but it may contain only dull papers that fail to illuminate the subject matter or it may not even be related to the subject suggested by the title.''</td></tr></table>
|<table align="center" width="50%" style="border: 3px solid #ba0000; color: #ba0000;"><tr><td align="center">'''This file is a waste of time.'''<br />''You are advised to avoid it like the plague. Its file title sounds rather interesting but it may contain only dull papers that fail to illuminate the subject matter or it may not even be related to the subject suggested by the title.''</td></tr></table>
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Revision as of 23:45, 25 January 2009

You can spice up your pages by inserting some of our handy templates, which make adding information in the right format considerably easier.


Stub

Stubs are short articles that are in need of some attention to make them truly useful. This template will also place the page in the Stubs category.

This code: Makes this:
{{Stub}}
This article is a stub.
You can help out by expanding it.

Waste of time

Articles marked "Waste of Time" are flagged on the page itself and dropped into a special category to make it very clear that they are not worth bothering with. Actually, that's not true - the article itself will be very worthwhile, but the subject of the article will be a waste of time.

This code: Makes this:
{{Waste of Time}}
This file is a waste of time.
You are advised to avoid it like the plague. Its file title sounds rather interesting but it may contain only dull papers that fail to illuminate the subject matter or it may not even be related to the subject suggested by the title.

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