All The Tropes Wiki Project, Part XXVIII

[Bob Schroeck]

So... in chatting this morning with new user TrueUtopian about marking up pages, it occurred to me that we have never actually explicitly documented the various templates we've set up over the years to make marking up pages a little easier. Over the course of the day I've started assembling a list with the intent of creating a new page in the project namespace that we can direct users to. It's not supposed to be exhaustive, just listing the most commonly used templates.

So, below, find that list, partially coded for display. If there's anything that I've left out so far that folks think should be in it, please let me know.

{{examples|Template List}}

'''Non-alphanumeric'''

;{{tl|=}}
:Replaces equals signs in URLs and other text passed as a parameter to another template (such as YouTube links used as attributions in quotes). The equals sign is used in an optional template syntax for identifying a parameter, so if you pass one in plaintext, it gets mistaken for part of the markup and the entire parameter gets eaten and ignored.


'''A'''

actorroles


'''C'''

cleanup

context

;{{tl|creator}}
:One of the core page type templates. This template must be the first line of a creator page for the wiki to recognize it ''as'' a creator page. It displays the top-of-page menu in its creator page configuration and adds the category "Creator" to the page.

creatorstub

creatortropes

creatorworks


'''D'''

Dead link

Deathtrope

Delete

Disambiguation

DOTA


'''E'''

Endingtrope

;{{tl|example}}
:Inserts the "Examples of (trope name) include:" banner, automatically populating the trope name with the name of the current page. This template can take various parameters to change what it displays; follow the link to see its documentation page.

;{{tl|Examples on subpages}}
:Displays a banner reading "Examples of (trope name) are listed on these subpages:" followed by a list of all the subpages below the trope page that have media type names.


'''F'''

;{{tl|Fake heading}}
:Formats a line of text as though it were a second-level header. Useful when you want the visual appearance of a header without having it appear in or force a change in the location of the page's table of contents.

franchisetropes


'''M'''

Megacrossover List

MIA

Multiple Works Need Separate Pages


'''N'''

Needs Disambiguation

Needs More Examples

Needs More Info

Needs Recap


'''Q'''

quote


'''R'''

reflist


'''S'''

stub


'''T'''
;{{tl|trope}}
:One of the core page type templates. This template must be the first line of a trope page for the wiki to recognize it ''as'' a trope page. It displays the top-of-page menu in its trope page configuration and adds the category "Trope" to the page.

Trope Needs Examples

tropecodifier

;{{tl|tropelist}}
:Inserts the "Tropes used in {work name} include:" banner, automatically populating the work name with the name of the current page. This template can take an alternate page name or entirely different banner text as a parameter; see its documentation page.

tropemaker

tropenamer

tropestub

tropesub-subpagefooter

tropesubpagefooter


'''U'''

Unmarked Spoilers

;{{tl|Useful Notes}}
:One of the core page type templates. This template must be the first line of a Useful Notes page for the wiki to recognize it ''as'' a Useful Notes page. It displays the top-of-page menu in its Useful Notes page configuration, adds the category "Useful Notes" to the page, and displays the "useful note" icon in the upper right corner of the page.


'''V'''

verify


'''W'''

when

where

who

;{{tl|work}}
:One of the core page type templates. This template must be the first line of a work page for the wiki to recognize it ''as'' a work page. It displays the top-of-page menu in its work page configuration and adds the category "Work" to the page. It also can take a parameter in the form "wppage=(Wikipedia page)", which will direct the menu's Wikipedia button to a specific page at [[The Other Wiki]]; the button usually tries to go to a Wikipedia page with the same name as the current page, and this parameter is used when we have a different name for a work than Wikipedia uses.

Work Needs Tropes

workstub

worksubpagefooter


'''Y'''
;{{tl|Years or months ago}}
:When passed date information, calculates the number of years or months (if less than one year) between the passed date and the current date, then inserts text to that effect into the page. Allows us to indicate the age or duration of a work (among other things) in such a way that it automatically self-updates.

Thanks.