Project Redcap:Templates
Because this site is powered by MediaWiki, it can use MediaWiki's templates. Templates are a formatting tool that present specific pieces of information in a consistent way. For example, the often-seen "citation needed" note is a template; so are the reference footnotes we use on this site. Templates can also be larger, like the info boxes describing Ars Magica products, such on The Sundered Eagle: the Theban Tribunal.
Installing New Templates
Only a few templates come with MediaWiki when one first installs it. The rest have the be manually imported. Contact us if there is a template you want to use, but is not currently installed.
Template Documentation
See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Template for information on using templates in general.
We copy templates liberally from Wikipedia to create a familiar appearance, so also consult Wikipedia for documentation on specific templates.
Suggested Templates
We encourage writers and editors to use the following templates, all of which are installed on Project: Redcap.
- Template:About
- Describes the content of a page to differentiate it from other pages. For an example, see Hermes' Portal: the italicized text at the top (beginning "This page is about...") comes from the template.
- Template:Reference_necessary
- Use this to flag sentences in the text where a page reference is needed to document a statement.