NovaRoma:Templates

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Contents 1 Template basics 1.1 Templates to add standard text 1.2 Templates to add an article to a category 1.3 Templates can have variables 2 Dates 3 Laws 4 Macellum 5 Temples 6 Tables 7 Article formatting 8 Article protection 9 Wiki maintenence

Template basics

• Templates let us put things onto pages automatically.
• Templates are added by putting the template's name in {{double braces}}.
• One advantage of using templates is that a change to a template will change that template on every page that uses the template.

Templates to add standard text

Templates can be used to add standard text to an article. The text can be formatted and images can be included.

Example: If you type

{{ArticleStub}}

then the "boilerplate" for stub articles will be included in the article, like this:

Templates to add an article to a category

If a template includes a category tag (example: [[Category:NovaRoma]]) then any article that contains that template will be included in the category.

Templates can have variables

Values can be passed to templates. The syntax is like this:

{{TemplateName | VariableName=Value}}

Dates

See: Help file on using date templates

Laws

See NovaRoma:Legal system for all issues concerning the upkeep of laws in the Nova Roma website.

Macellum

Temples

• Template:Virtualtemple for virtual temples to the Dii Consentes
• Template:Virtualtemple-d-i for virtual temples to the Dii Inferni

Tables

Tables of various kinds of information.

• Template:Table Pontifices Current Pontifices.

Article formatting

Putting information on pages in a uniform way.

• Template:CitizenBox Put a picture of a citizen in a box, with links to bio and Album Civium pages.

Article protection

These templates are used by magistrates to protect pages:

• {{Template:Praetores}}

• {{Template:CuruleAediles}}

Wiki maintenence

These templates generally add a banner and place the article in a category

• ArticleStub for articles that need expansion.

• Use the "Translation" template for articles that need translation from scratch.

{{Translate|languagecode}}

languagecode is one of: LA, Latin, DE, German, ES, Spanish, FR, French, IT, Italian, PT, Portuguese, EN, English

languagecode is not case sensitive.

• Use the "Cleanup" template for articles that need translation cleanup.

{{Cleanup|languagecode}}

languagecode is one of: LA, Latin, DE, German, ES, Spanish, FR, French, IT, Italian, PT, Portuguese, EN, English

languagecode is not case sensitive.