User:Anonymax/Sandbox

Userboxes

Some examples and tests of the more sensible userbox template, using existing templates for content/colours.

Nationality

Americunt

Americunt: This user is an Americunt and refuses to use unnecessary vowels. Uncle Sam would be proud!

Americunt v2

Americunt: This user is an Americunt and refuses to use unnecessary vowels. Uncle Sam would be proud!

Australian

Australian: This user hails from the land down under and lives in constant fear of bush fires. When the eBarrier Reef comes, this user will be unable to read the CWCki.

Britfag

Britfag: I say! This user is a Britfag who, by order of The Queen (God Save Her), is required to use unnecessary vowels. Jolly good!

Canuckfag

Canuckfag: This user hails from the Great White North and has milk in bags. Cet utilisateur est originaire du Grand Nord Blanc et a du lait dans des sacs.

Eurofag

Eurofag: This user is a Eurofag and insists on using unnecessary vowels.

Mexicant

Mexicant: This user is a day laborer from Mexico who edits CWCki for 35 cents an hour. Este usuario es un jornalero de México que escribe en CWCki por 4 pesos la hora. ¡VIVA MEXICO!

Religious Stance

Agnostic

Agnostic This user is agnostic and finds your claims about deities highly skeptical.

Atheist

Atheist This user is an Atheist and refuses to believe that there is a god.

Help Stuff

Templates

What are they?

Templates are a simple way to insert content in to an article without having to use a lot of Wiki markup. They are most often used for complex things like navigation boxes at the foot of articles, of fancy infoboxes.

• Templates are stored in the Template namespace e.g. Template:Captain's Log
• When a template is updated, the changes are rolled out everywhere the template is used
• They can make use of variables, to insert information in specified places in the template.

How do I use one?

Inserting a template in to an article varies according to the template being used.

• For a simple template without any parameters, you use the code {{templatename}}
• If a template has named parameters, you use the code {{templatename |paramname=Some |paramname2=Content}}
  • Spaces are not needed between parameters, but can help make the template more readable to editors
  • In the template code, named parameters appear as {{{varname}}}. Text you enter for that parameter will be inserted in its place.
• If the template doesn't have named parameters, any text placed after a vertical pipe | is treated as a numbered parameter: {{templatename|Some|Content}}
  • In the template code, numbered parameters appear as {{{1}}}. Each subsequent pipe adds a new numbered parameter.

Be careful with pipes

Any vertical pipes placed within the template braces {{ }} will be interpreted as the start of a new parameter. If you need to insert a pipe as part of a parameter's content, use: {{!}} ^(Usage)