Wiki Templates

Related topics: Page Templates, Wiki Markup Reference

List of wiki templates that are used in formatting areas/items that recur frequently across different pages. Some templates are simple and do not require any parameters while others do. A more complete description is given below.

List of Templates

More information for each template can be found by clicking on the template name.

• {{Creature Class}} - Icon image and link to a creature class.

Table of Contents

• {{LeftToC}} - Table of contents appears on left side with text wrapping along the right.
• {{RightToC}} - Table of contents appears on right side with text wrapping along the left.
• {{Quest Links}} - Placed in quest summary header provides ToC like links to the major sections of a quest writeup.
• {{Exemplar ToC}} - Floats an exemplar image and Table of Contents on the right (text will wrap on the left).

Navigation

• {{Related}} - List of related topics, replaces "See also" links. For one to twenty links.
• {{Patch Navigation Links}} - Group of links that navigates to next, previous, and all patches.
• {{Announcements Navigation Links}} - Group of links that navigate to next, previous, and all announcements.
• {{Patch Announcements Links}} - Formats links to current, original, and archived pages.

Quotations

• {{Turbine Developer}} - Quote block for a Turbine Developer comment.

Archive of Internet Article

• {{Turbine 2008}} - Archived internet articles from Turbine's website following the redesign in August 2008.
• {{Turbine 2005}} - Archived internet articles from Turbine's website between the redesign in August 2005 and August 2008.
• {{Turbine 2003}} - Archived internet articles from Turbine's new website in 2003 and the redesign in August 2005.
• {{Microsoft Games}} - Archived internet articles from Microsoft Games.
• {{Microsoft Zone}} - Archived internet articles from the Microsoft Zone.
• {{Zogblaster}} - Archived internet articles from Turbine's website zogblaster.com.

Parameters

A parameter, or argument, is information that the template needs to complete its job. If a parameter is required, you must include it, if it is optional you can omit it if it doesn't apply. For example if someone gives you a to do list, the purpose of the list is clear, you are supposed to do the items on the list. But for any given list, the items will differ. A template that requires parameters is the same idea. Since a to do list can be very long, the template might include 30 optional parameters, meaning you could have a list from zero to thirty items long. Parameters are separated with single pipes ( | ). Here's an example of formatting a to do list with three items using the fictional ToDoList template:

{{ToDoList|Buy milk.|Return videos.|Wash car.}}

How the list is formatted will depend on exactly how the actual template is setup, but here is one possibility:

To Do List

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1. Buy milk.
2. Return videos.
3. Wash car.