User:Sparkit/templates

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This is a suggestion for Wikipedia:Template standardisation/article.

NOTES:

These samples are GIFs, thus look blurred. I DO NOT propose that templates be made of GIFs. In usage these would be made of wikicode, CSS/HTML. (My CSS skills are ... ummmmmm... weak.)
I'll timestamp any changes I make in the update section below.

CONCEPT:

no graphics
color bar on right indicates urgency or importance
Standard width for attractive stacking.
Notices for editors only all have "EDITOR NOTICE" on first line, one or two word description below, and link to discussion page.
All are designed to go on article pages.

Style:

just slightly darker than background of page.

UPDATES

Made them all the same width for stacking. -->>sparkit|TALK<< 15:45, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
Stacking sample. -->>sparkit|TALK<< 15:45, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
Other notes section. -->>sparkit|TALK<< 16:57, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
Plain "Editor Notice" sample. -->>sparkit|TALK<< 17:38, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
Updated explaination about GIF usage. -->>sparkit|TALK<< 19:37, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

Categories of template

Deletion

Location: top center
Style: see above
Duration: temporary

VFD {{vfd}}:

Delete {{delete}}:

Disambiguation

Location: bottom center
Style: just type and bars
Duration: permanent

Disambig {{Disambig}}:

This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists articles that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, consider going back and changing the link to point directly to the intended article.

Disputes and warnings

Location: top center
Style: see concept above
Duration: as long as it takes

POV {{POV}}:

Merge {{Merge}}:

Maintenance

Location: top right
Style: see concept above
Duration: temporary

Cleanup {{Cleanup}}:

Wikify {{Wikify}}:

Source details

Location: bottom
Style: plain text
Duration: permanent

1911 {{1911}}:

This article incorporates content from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

Spoilers

Location: inline
Style: plain text with bars
Duration: permanent

Spoiler {{Spoiler}}:

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Stacking

Message stacking would look like this.

or this...

Other notes

Use the word "Discussion" when referring to discussion pages. Use "Talk" only in the user namespace.
Each template's Discussion page should have "Purpose" and "Instructions" at the top.
"Editor Notice" could be used plain, with no words below it, to point editors to the discussion page.

Color coded bar may not work for people with color blindess or the like. Reserch needed.