Template:Helpbox

Template documentation

This template is used on many pages.

To avoid large-scale disruption and unnecessary server load, any changes to this template should first be tested in its /sandbox or /testcases subpages or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can then be added to this page in one single edit.

Please consider discussing any changes on the talk page before implementing them.

Template:Intricate template

This template uses TemplateStyles:

Template:Helpbox/styles.css

This template allows a help-related navigation template to be set up relatively quickly by supplying it with one or more lists of links.

Usual syntax

{{Helpbox
| name    =  <!-- or: | templatename = -->
| title   =  <!-- or, if templatename used: | name = -->

| group1  = 
| list1   = 

| group2  = 
| list2   = 

<!-- etc, to: -->

| group20 = 
| list20  = 

}}

Parameters

Required

title (or, if templatename used (see below), name): The template's title, centered at the top of the template.
list_n: (i.e. list1, list2, etc.) The body of the template, usually a list of links. Format is inline, although the text can be entered on separate lines if the entire list is enclosed within ‎<div>...‎</div>. At least one list parameter is required. Each list_n may be preceded by a corresponding group_n parameter, if provided (see below). There is a limit of 20 lists/groups in a template.

Optional

group_n: (i.e. group1, group2, etc.) If specified, text appears in a header displayed above list_n.
first unnamed parameter: Inline CSS for the template.
name (or, if name used as above, templatename): The template's pagename, activating the inclusion of the V•T•E links in its bottom righthand corner. Template:Helpbox's pagename, for example, is "Helpbox".

Example

{{Helpbox |width:17.5em
| name = Helpbox/doc
| class = plainlist
| title = [[:Category:Wikipedia policies|Wikipedia policy]]

| group1 = Article standards
| list1 =
*[[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|Neutral point of view]]
*[[Wikipedia:Verifiability|Verifiability]]
*[[Wikipedia:No original research|No original research]]
*[[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons|Biographies of living persons]]

| group2 = Working with others
| list2 =
*[[Wikipedia:Civility|Civility]]
*[[Wikipedia:Consensus|Consensus]]
*[[Wikipedia:No personal attacks|No personal attacks]]
*[[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution|Dispute resolution]]
*[[WP:LEGAL|No legal threats]]

| group3 = Global principles
| list3 =
*[[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not|What Wikipedia is not]]
*[[Wikipedia:Ignore all rules|Ignore all rules]]
}}

{{{title}}}
{{{group1}}}
{{{list1}}}
{{{group2}}}
{{{list2}}}
{{{list3}}} without {{{group3}}}
ditto {{{list4}}}
{{{group5}}}
{{{group6}}}
{{{list6}}} ...... etc ......
{{{group20}}}
{{{list20}}}