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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

Categories of template

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Deletion

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  • Location: top center
  • Style: see above
  • Duration: temporary

VFD {{vfd}}:

Delete {{delete}}:


Disambiguation

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

Disambig {{Disambig}}:


Disputes and warnings

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

POV {{POV}}:


Merge {{Merge}}:


Maintenance

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

Cleanup {{Cleanup}}:


Wikify {{Wikify}}:


Source details

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  • Location: bottom
  • Style: plain text
  • Duration: permanent

1911 {{1911}}:

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


Spoilers

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

Spoiler {{Spoiler}}:

Stacking

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Message stacking would look like this.

or this...

Other notes

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  • 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.