User:Sparkit/templates

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This is a suggestion for Wikipedia:Template standardisation/article.

NOTES:

• These samples are GIFs, thus look blurred. I DO NOT propose that templates be made of GIFs. In usage these would be made of wikicode, CSS/HTML. (My CSS skills are ... ummmmmm... weak.)
• I'll timestamp any changes I make in the update section below.

CONCEPT:

• no graphics
• color bar on right indicates urgency or importance
• Standard width for attractive stacking.
• Notices for editors only all have "EDITOR NOTICE" on first line, one or two word description below, and link to discussion page.
• All are designed to go on article pages.

Style:

• just slightly darker than background of page.

UPDATES

• Made them all the same width for stacking. -->>sparkit|TALK<< 15:45, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
• Stacking sample. -->>sparkit|TALK<< 15:45, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
• Other notes section. -->>sparkit|TALK<< 16:57, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
• Plain "Editor Notice" sample. -->>sparkit|TALK<< 17:38, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
• Updated explaination about GIF usage. -->>sparkit|TALK<< 19:37, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Categories of template 1.1 Deletion 1.2 Disambiguation 1.3 Disputes and warnings 1.4 Maintenance 1.5 Source details 1.6 Spoilers 2 Stacking 3 Other notes

[edit] Categories of template

[edit] Deletion

• Location: top center
• Style: see above
• Duration: temporary

VFD {{vfd}}:

Delete {{delete}}:

[edit] Disambiguation

• Location: bottom center
• Style: just type and bars
• Duration: permanent

Disambig {{Disambig}}:

[edit] Disputes and warnings

• Location: top center
• Style: see concept above
• Duration: as long as it takes

POV {{POV}}:

Merge {{Merge}}:

[edit] Maintenance

• Location: top right
• Style: see concept above
• Duration: temporary

Cleanup {{Cleanup}}:

Wikify {{Wikify}}:

[edit] Source details

• Location: bottom
• Style: plain text
• Duration: permanent

1911 {{1911}}:

This article incorporates content from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

[edit] Spoilers

• Location: inline
• Style: plain text with bars
• Duration: permanent

Spoiler {{Spoiler}}:

[edit] Stacking

Message stacking would look like this.

or this...

[edit] Other notes

• Use the word "Discussion" when referring to discussion pages. Use "Talk" only in the user namespace.
• Each template's Discussion page should have "Purpose" and "Instructions" at the top.
• "Editor Notice" could be used plain, with no words below it, to point editors to the discussion page.

• Color coded bar may not work for people with color blindess or the like. Reserch needed.