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User:MyNameIsJason/Sandbox/List of templates

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General use

Name Purpose Doc Alias Parameters Use Alterations Drafts
Template:PN Makes a piped link with an apostrophe s tacked on yes Template:Possessive name yes Pages using it none none
Template:Selftitled Makes a piped link to an album without "(album)" displaying yes Template:S/T yes Pages using it Template:Selftitled2 none
Template:Selftitled2 Makes a piped link to an album with "(album)" displaying yes yes Pages using it Template:Selftitled none
Template:Tab box Makes a box for song pages that auto-links to a tab page for the song none none Pages using it Template:Tab box 2 none
Template:Tab box 2 Makes a box for song pages that links whatever you put int none yes Pages using it Template:Tab box none
Template:Wiki A simple template for linking to Wikipedia articles yes yes Pages using it Template:Wiki2
Template:Wiki3
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Template:Wiki2 A template for linking to Wikipedia articles that allows you to "name" the generated external links more easily yes yes Pages using it Template:Wiki
Template:Wiki3
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Template:Wiki3 A template for linking to Wikipedia articles that adds a superscore "w" next to them yes yes Pages using it Template:Wiki
Template:Wiki3
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Template:Edit this template Adds a superscript "Edit this template" link in the upper-right-hand corner of wherever you've added it none none Pages using it none none
Template:Reference list Adds a category header and the mediawiki code to list references none Template:References list none Pages using it Template:Footnote list none

Calendar and navigation

See Category:Month calendars
Name Purpose Doc Alias Parameters Use Alterations Drafts
Template:Releases by year table Creates a box with links to categories that gather releases by year none none Pages using it none none
Template:MONTHCalendar Creates a calendar-style box which links to every day in the given month. none none Pages using it none none

Interview/review page templates

See Category:Interview templates
Name Purpose Doc Alias Parameters Use Alterations Drafts
Template:BAND MEMBER interviews navbox data - YEAR Adds links to the Interview Navbox template for a certain band member's interviews from a certain year none n/a none Example: Template:Matt Sharp interviews navbox data - 1994 none none
Template:PUBLICATION interviews navbox data Adds links to the Interview Navbox template for a certain publication's interviews none n/a none Example: Template:Rolling Stone interviews navbox data none none
Template:Interview headline Adds a headline to the top of an interview page yes Yes, not named Pages using it Template:Interview headline subtitle none
Template:Interview headline subtitle Adds a headline to the top of an interview page, with a subtitle. yes Yes, not named Pages using it Template:Interview headline none
Template:Navbox Weezer interviews Adds a navbox and populates with navbox data from the above templates yes Yes, not named Pages using it Category:Navigation Templates (needs expansion) none
Template:Interview headline none yes Pages using it see below none
Template:Interview headline none yes Pages using it see above none
Template:Interview headline none yes Pages using it see above none

Concert page templates

Name Purpose Doc Alias Parameters Use Alterations Drafts
Template:Draft concert page date Uses the pipe trick to create, for example, the following: 01/05/2022, which links to Weezer concert: 01/05/2022 none yes Pages using it Template:Draft concert page date 2 Is a draft itself
Template:Draft concert page date 2 Attempts to do the same thing with the info from the Concert Infobox. not working great. none yes Pages using it Template:Draft concert page date Is a draft itself
Template:Infobox Concert draft Attempting to do the same thing from the above template, but within the Infobox and using data you've already entered into other parts of the template none yes Pages using it none Is a draft itself, see Template:Infobox Concert
Template:Setlist Steals the formatting from Template:Track listing to organize setlists none yes Pages using it See Template:Track listing none

Quotes

See Category:Quote box templates
Name Purpose Doc Alias Parameters Use Alterations Drafts
Template:BAND MEMBER quote "I ended up making a generic quote box with a modular image." - HMC yes yes Single-source quote boxes (Template:Alone liner notes, Template:VCD liner notes, etc.), generic, can be filled in w/ any image Template:Quote box, featured quote stuff. none
Template:Karl Koch quote 2 Gives a Karl quote w/o needing a source. yes yes Pages using it Template:Karl Koch quote (requires source) none

Featured content

See Category:Featured content templates
Name Purpose Doc Alias Parameters Use Alterations Drafts
Template:Featured CONTENT headline (i.e. Template:Featured article headline) Generates a headline no none none
Template: Featured CONTENT table YEAR, (i.e. Template:Featured article table 2022) Allows you to edit a list of featured content that needs to simultaneously appear in two places on the wiki (i.e. Category:Featured article and Weezerpedia:Featured article) none none Pages using it none
Template:Featured song artwork Streamlines the process of embedding artwork image on the featured song page none none Pages using it none
Template:Featured quote code Most streamlined version of this. You enter (1) the headline, (2) speaker's name [this also pulls up an image of that speaker], (3) quote, (4) source (which also populates the source into its respective spot in Template:Featured quote links). Not being used much. none yes Pages using it yes, see below none
Template:Featured quote code 2 A bit more convoluted. named parameters are: headline, image, quote, person, source, sourcelink (should be manual piped link that reads "see full SOURCE TYPE (i.e. "article").) none yes, named Pages using it yes, see above/below none
Template:Featured quote code 3 This one is best for "excerpts" which are quotes that include more than one speaker. it gives a generic =w= image instead of a single speaker and includes an indented sub-header that starts "From: ...". named parameters are: headline, article (usesd for subheader), image, quote, person, source, sourcelink (manual piped link like above) none yes, named Pages using it yes, see above none
Template:Featured image code Gives an image and 4-line caption including: description, photo credit, date, and gallery link. parameters = (1) image, (2) image size, (3) description, (4) photo credit (5) date, (6) gallery yes yes Pages using it none yes, see below
Template:Featured image code draft A beta version for use in a more streamlined overall process for featured image. Using redirects, we can make this template auto populate File:Featured image MONTH YEAR, so you don't even have to know how to embed images to be able to use this template. named parameters = caption, author, date, gallery, size. yes yes Pages using it none is itself a draft