StrategyWiki:Templates

For information regarding the creation of templates, please see Guide/Templates.

Templates should only be created to graphically arrange data, and/or to ease the creation of additional pages or elements of pages. Keep in mind that templates should be used to reduce the amount of code on a page via repeated use.

Every template must be placed within a category, either Category:Templates or Category:Guide-specific templates.

If you want to modify a template it's usually good to discuss it within the talk page if it's a major change. Locked templates such as Template:Infobox require a sysop/admin to make the change so discussion is of course critical.

Categorization, careful naming, and maintaining a hierarchy is key in ensuring that our templates don't get cluttered. Templates are critical for reducing redundancy, but they are powerful tools that must be given respect and much thought so that they don't in themselves become redundant.