Battlestar Wiki:Template List

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The followng is a list of templates used in this Wiki. To look at all Templates within this Wiki click here.

Citations

Main article: Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad

Endnote/Footnote References

• {{ref}} - Used next to text which requires a notation.

  Example: Gaius Baltar claimed that Sharon Valerii talked with an Aerelon accent. Template:Ref

• {{note}} - Used in the endnote/footnote section of a page, which will automatically jump the user to the point where this note is referenced in the article.

  Example: Template:Note The "Aerelon" accent is more likely a conceit, as actress Grace Park speaks with an American accent.

• {{From RDM blog}} - Used to cite RDM's blog.

  Example: Cally was studying to be a dental assistant, and her enlistment was almost up prior to the Fall of the Colonies. (

From RDM's Sci-Fi Channel Blog

• {{source}} - Used to link to a subpage which contains source information.

  See Mercury class battlestar for an example of proper implementation of this template.

To Wikipedia

• {{WPBOX}} - Prints out a box which contains a link to Wikipedia. See the assassination article for its use.

For Demonstrations

• {{tl}} - This is meant to print pseudo syntax on how to use a template.

  For example: In order to insert a spoiler tag, enter: {{spoiler}}

Formatting

• {{u}} - Meant for

This page is silly. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

You have found a link that leads nowhere... deliberately.

Reasons?

The reason for this is to clean up the Special:Wantedpages, thus making our lives easier behind the scenes.

So, what links lead here?

There are too many to bother wasting our time listing. So here's a list of pages that link here. text without needing to use the HTML equivalent.

• {{s}} - Meant for Template:S text without needing to use the HTML equivalent.

Special Formating

• {{start box}} - Start of a Red Box
• {{end box}} - End of Red Box

• {{succession box}} - Used to Succession's; Chain of Commands or Leadership Structure; Must be placed between {{start box}} and {{end box}}

  For example: {{succession box|before=Unknown|title=[[Government|Vice-President of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol]]|after=Unknown}}

Data Blocks

• {{Ship Data}} - Used to display ships basic info
• {{Book Data}} - Used to display the book series
• {{Star Data}} - Used to display Actor/Actresses basic info
• {{Character Data}} - Used to display the character info
• {{Episode Data}} - Used to display the Episode series

Spoilers

• {{spoiltext}} - Meant for blacking out text which is spoilerific, as per the Spoiler Policy.
• {{spoiler}} - Meant for warning readers and contributors that a page contains spoilerific information, which should be placed on the very first line(s) of the spoiler-inclusive content of the page as per the Battlestar Wiki:Spoiler Policy.

Warnings and Other Messages

• {{copyvio}} - Prints out a warning message on an article page, stating that the content of that page has been identified as a copyright violation and should be deleted in order to avoid copyright infringement issues.
• {{delete}} - Prints out a note and request for a page to be deleted.
• {{deletebecause}} - Does the same as {{delete}}, with the exception that the user can add a reason, which is then added to the box in a predetermined place.
• {{speedydelete}} - Speedy Delete Reqested (Reason must be given)
• {{derivative}} - Used on a page using content which is derived from another non-wiki website's pre-existing content.
• {{derivative2}} - Used on a page using content which is derived from another wiki's pre-existing content.
• {{disambig}} - Used on a disambiguation page.
• {{expansion}} - Prints out a note requesting that the page be expanded.
• {{imagevio}} - Prints out a warning message on an image description page that the image has been identified as a copyright violation, and thus should be deleted.

In-Use

• {{inuse}} - Shows people that a page is going under major edit at the time.
• {{translation}} - Tells people that the current page in undergroing Translation.
  • Example: {{Translation|[[French]]}}

Portal's

• {{subst:portal Skeleton}} - subst: must be used!
• {{portal Browsebar}} - Used to display the major portal's for the site

Official Tags

• {{policy}} - Policy Tag
• {{Proposed policy}} - Proposed Policy Tag
• {{project}} - Add's to the project Tag; Add the Project Name in the tag also
• {{needtranslate}} - Needs Priority On Translating

Re-imagined Series definition: the process of using the FTL engines to make an near-instantaneous apparent faster-than-light transport of a ship from one point in space to another

Re-imagined Series definition: initial skills training; can refer to basic military indoctrination, and arms and ground training ^{(TRS: "Fragged")}; and basic flight training ^{(TRS: "Miniseries")}