User:Addyrielle/Helpful index

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A

  • Align templates
    • Used to Force blocks of text and images to be wrapped around by other text (with the exception of ForceCenter).
    • Can also be used to align the table of contents when using the __TOC__ tag.
    • Theoretically it could also be used for making block letters/drop caps (having text wrap around the letter).
    • They allow you to set things like background colour!
    • List of Yppedia align templates.
  • Archipelago
    • Category tag = [[Category:''Nameof'' Ocean archipelagos]].
  • Art
    • The fanart, avatar, etc. image tags automatically place them in the correct art category.
    • See Image for image tags.
  • Avatar image tag
    • {{Avatar|artistname|recipientname}} - Artist and user attribution for avatars used on the YPP forums.

B

  • Building pages
    • Infobox building Template - to whack on building pages.
  • Border around image - See image.

C

  • Centre/Center
    • <center>Text that you want to be centred</center>
    • Template:ForceCenter
  • Character image
    • Needs {{character image}} tag.
  • Cleanup
    • {{Cleanup}} - for articles that need to be cleaned up to a higher standard of quality.
    • {{Cleanupfor}} - for providing more information on areas that need cleaning.
    • Eg: {{cleanupfor|adding the {{tl|Infobox pirate}} template}}
  • Clothing
    • {{clothing image}} - For clothing images.
  • Comment
    • <!---Comment gets whacked in here. --->
  • Contest entry image tag
    • {{Contestentry}} - Artist attribution notice for fan art images entered in contests.
  • Current
    • For newly released/modified features of the game, use {{current}}.

D

  • {{DEFAULTSORT:Great Ones}}</nowki> Used to make searches for "Celtic Pride" lead to the page titled "The Great Ones", for example. * '''Delete''' ** <nowiki>{{delete}} For pages you want deleted.
  • Disputed
    • {{Disputed}} - for articles that contain factual inaccuracies or questionable statements with no references. Automatically whacks it on the category page for "Accuracy Disputes" (adds the category tag).

E

  • Event
    • [[Template:Event|Template]] to whack on event pages.

F

  • Fact check requested
    • Paste {{factcheck}} at the end of the sentence/fact that needs checking (it makes a little 'verify' appear there, and adds the page to the 'Fact check requested' category page).
  • Familiars
    • Category tag = [[Category:Familiars|*]] - For pages like Octopus.
    • Familiars owned (ie: not won, but bought); Example.
  • Fanart image tag
    • {{Fanart}} - Artist attribution notice for fan art images.
  • Float (image) right
    • [[Image:imagename.png|frame|text to display under it]]
    • OR [[Image:wiki.png|thumb|Wikipedia Encyclopedia]]
  • Font/text
    • <font color="red">Text to be coloured.</font color>
    • <small>Text that you want to be small.</small>
    • <u></u> underline; <s></s> strike through.
    • Font size
      • <font size=(1-6)>Text</font size>
      • <small>Text</small>
      • <big>Text</big>
  • Forums
    • [[Category:Y!PP Forums]]

G

  • Gallery
    • <gallery>List of images (and optional text)</gallery>
    • Gallery examples
    • The egg page has an example where the max number of pictures per row is set.

H

I

  • Ice
    • {{Testing}} - for things being tested on the Ice Ocean that haven't been implemented on the production oceans yet.
  • Image
    • [[Image:Image name.png]] Just sticks the picture, as-is, onto the page.
    • Border - [[Image:Image name.png|border]] - Makes a 1px border around the image. Doesn't seem to be customisable, sadly.
    • <gallery>List of images (and optional text)</gallery> - See Gallery.
    • Float right
      • [[Image:imagename.png|frame|text to display under it]]
      • OR [[Image:wiki.png|thumb|Wikipedia Encyclopedia]]
    • Image tags.
    • Resize (image): [[Image:wiki.png|30 px]]
  • In-use
    • {{Inuse}} - for articles currently undergoing a major edit by an editor; you can also use {{Inusefor}} or {{Inuseuntil}} as necessary.

J

K

L

  • Language
    • {{Language-1|en}} - makes the box that says "This user is a native speaker of English". There are ones for other languages, too - See here for a list!
  • Line breaks
    • Just leave a line blank.
    • This line of text <br> will break in the middle.
    • More information can be found here!
  • Links
    • [[Interwiki link|Text to be displayed]]. Eg:
      • [[Another Yppedia page name|Another page on Yppedia]]
      • [[#Section name|Another section of the same page]]
      • [[Pagename#Section name|A section of another page]] Matches must be exact in spelling, case, and punctuation. If you link to a non-existent section, it will just take you to the top of the specified page.
      • Links with a | in them are called 'piped' links.
    • Links to other pages on the web:
      • [http://link.com Text to display] (Just leave a space in-between the link and the text to be displayed.)
  • Lists
    • Use asterisks for dot points. Double asterisks make the second level dot point, and so on.
    • Making tables/lists in colums
    • Numbered lists can be created using #s instead of asterisks. A double # (##) gives you the next level of dot point (eg. 1.2).
  • Lowres
    • {{Lowres}} - for images whose resolution makes them unsuitable.

M

  • Merchandise
    • [[Category:Merchandise]]<nowiki> - For pages about real-life Puzzle Pirates merchandise! * '''Merge''' ** To propose that an article be merged with another article, use <nowiki>{{mergeinto|name of article you want it merged into}}
  • Missing image
    • {{missing image}} - For an image that is needed for an article, but which has not been uploaded yet.
  • 'My' templates
    • My pet templates [1]
    • My trinket templates [2]

N

  • Neutral point of view
    • Template - to whack on articles that do not show a neutral point of view (discuss on the page's talk page).
  • NOEDITSECTION
    • __NOEDITSECTION__ is used to remove section edit links.
  • Noinclude
    • <noinclude>Stuff that you don't want included in the template, but you want to be written on the page (eg. usage notes).</noinclude>
  • Nowiki
    • <nowiki>When you want code to come out as the text you typed - not turned into what it is supposed to make. </nowiki>

O

  • Obsolete
    • For pages about things that are no longer present in the game (Eg: Azure Ocean).
    • {{obsolete}}
  • Oceans
    • [[Category:Oceans]]
    • [[Category:Family oceans]] - Eg: Crimson.
  • Ocean masters
    • Template to make the OM navigational box (with the pictures of the dollies, etc. = {{OMs}}
    • [[Category:Ocean Masters]]
  • Opinion
    • {{Message_box|id=Opinion|backgroundcolor=AntiqueWhite|image=Opinion.gif|heading =Eg: The values used in this article are for the purposes of demonstrating relative values only.|message = Eg: The actual mechanical values behind the puzzle are undisclosed.}}
  • Outdated
    • Oudated crew/flag information seems to have the category tag added automatically (perhaps from the 'Last Updated' date).

P

  • Pets
    • My pet templates [3].
  • Portrait background images - See Image.

Q

R

  • Redirect
    • #REDIRECT [[Name of page you are redirecting to]]. Doesn't show up properly in preview, but works when you save the page.
    • To redirect to a section of another page, use #REDIRECT [[Page name#section name]].
    • Shouldn't be used on userpages.
    • Disambiguation and redirection templates [4]
    • {{R from alternate name}} - eg. buildings that have changed name - whack on the redirect page/old name page.
  • Resize (image)
    • [[Image:wiki.png|30 px]]

S

  • Special event characters
    • [[Category:Special event characters]]
  • Strike through (text)
    • <s></s> strike through.
  • Stub
    • {{piratestub}}{{buildingstub}}{{flagstub}}{{stub}}{{sectstub}}{{crewstub}}
  • Sub-pages
    • Need category tag
    • [[Category:Subpages:Avatars]]
    • [[Category:Subpages:Blockades]]
    • [[Category:Subpages:Pets]]
    • [[Category:Subpages:Portraits]]
    • [[Category:Subpages:Ships]]
    • [[Category:Subpages:Shoppes and Stalls]]
    • [[Category:Subpages:Trinkets]]
    • Random ones that don't fit any other category = [[Category:Subpages:Miscellaneous]] (Eg. Furniture, houses, etc.)

T

  • Table of contents
    • {{CompactTOC}} - for a horizontal, rather than the default vertical, table of contents.
    • {{CompactTOC2}} - for a horizontal table of contents (also contains anchors to 'see also' and external 'links' sections).
    • {{TOCright}} aligns the TOC right.
  • Technical issue
    • Use {{technical issue}} for articles that relate to a technical issue within the game.
  • Templates
    • Adrielle's helpful notes!
    • Yppedia list of templates [5].
    • Template in development:
      • {{Indevelopment}} - for templates currently in development; a 'template in beta' message.
  • Terminology
    • [[Category:Terminology]] (Eg: Alliance, Fame, Crew, etc.).
  • Testing
    • {{Testing}} - for things being tested on Ice that haven't been implemented on the production oceans yet.
  • Text
    • <font color="red">Text to be coloured.</font color>
    • <u></u> underline; <s></s> strike through.
    • For text size, see font.
    • For text alignment, see Align templates.
  • Third person
    • {{Third person}}- for articles that need to be rewritten in third person.

U

  • Underline (text)
    • <u></u> underlines the selected text.
  • Update
    • {{update}} - For articles that need updating.
  • Usage notes
    • {{Usage|Usage notes go here!}}. Whack noinclude tags around it, so it doesn't become a part of the template, and so it doesn't get pasted onto pages where the template is pasted.

V

W

  • Warnings for talk pages
  • Wrong title
    • {{wrongtitle}} to indicate a title which cannot be properly replicated due to technical limitations (if you can't change it, but it's wrong).

X

Y

Z

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