Template:Editing advice
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Usage
Use {{subst:Editing advice}}
- The use of the Show preview button.
- The use of the summary editing form field.
- The use of sandboxes.
Parameters
- Specifically calling for or omitting advice
- All the above mentioned advice will be provided by default, but specifying particular advice is possible. In this use case, omitted parameters will not be provided i.e.
{{subst:Editing advice|about=sandbox}}previewandsummary.{{subst:Editing advice|about=preview summary}}sandbox.- The order in which these params are written is not important, but using lower case is.
- Inserting links to specific pages
- If
previewadvice is being given, up to 3 pipe separated ( e.g. this is separated from | this ) pages may be mentioned as examples of where this feature seems like it might have been useful.{{subst:Editing advice|Example|Foobar}}summaryandsandbox.{{subst:Editing advice|about=preview|Example}}summaryandsandboxadvice, and link to Example.- The order in which these params are written is not important, but using The correct case is i.e.
{{subst:Editing advice|Foobar|about=preview sandbox|Example}}{{subst:Editing advice|Foobar|Example|about=preview sandbox}}
- The order in which the pages are given is the order they will appear in the advice i.e.
{{subst:Editing advice|Foobar|Example}}{{subst:Editing advice|Example|Foobar}}
- The order in which these params are written is not important, but using The correct case is i.e.
- The talk page section heading
- By default, the template will create a level 2 ( e.g. == This == ) section heading of "Some general editing advice", which can be disabled or changed i.e.
{{subst:Editing advice|section=no}}{{subst:Editing advice|section=Some things you might like to know}}{{subst:Editing advice|section=Some things you might like to know|Example|about=preview sandbox}}- create a level 2 section heading of "Some things you might like to know",
- show advice about the use of sandboxes and the Show preview button and link to Example.
- The order in which the params are written is not important.
- Different advice for registered vs. IP editors
sandboxadvice will automatically change depending on the use case.- IP editors will be guided to Wikipedia:Sandbox, whilst registered editors will be advised to create their own, or if they already have, they'll be guided to it.
- Automatic signature
- The template will automatically sign for you. The template must always be substituted, and is specifically for use on user talk pages and may give unexpected results ( by design ) in other namespaces.
See also
- {{subst:PleaseCite}} - Advice about the importance of citations.
- {{subst:Warn}} - Advice about when, why and how to warn vandals.
- {{subst:Welcome to Wikipedia}} - A cornucopia of welcoming advice for registered or IP editors, in a friendly layout.
- {{subst:Sofixit}} - Advice to be bold.
- Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace - Tables of templates for the User talk namespace.