Templates used on this site

This is a list of templates we use for MediaWiki. They can generally be accessed through this website (http://laussy.org) by entering Template:NameOfTemplate as the last part of the URL.

Arguments are passed to template with {{{1}}} (2, 3, etc. for several arguments).

List

anchor

{{anchor|anchorforanchor}} Puts an anchor to refer to this spot. One can then refer to [[#anchorforanchor|the anchor]] the anchor like this within the same page or [[Blog:Sandbox/buggy#anchorforanchor|for another page]] for another page.

cite

A cite template to quote in a way similar as you would do with $\mathrm{\TeX}$ and bibTeX is described in this blog post.

contactme

Puts whatever should read when I need someone to contact me:

{{contactme}}

done

{{done}} puts a little "checked" marker, like this, while {{done|that was great!}} adds a wz-tooltipthat was great!.

gpx

Offers to "Download the gpx file for this track." {{gpx|Media:AbedularCanencia-27Oct2013.gpx}}

download

Puts a logo

fr

pdf

{{pdf}} puts an icon like this and {{pdf|File:myfile.pdf}} links to it .

pright

Inserts a right-aligned paragraph. This is a weak counterpart to quote but is not a float, so is less fragile.

{{pright|This text.}}

reads

This text.

quote

Inserts a quotation. See Template:Quote for documentation.

see

☞ {{see|Fabrice}} is pointing on Fabrice (used with pages shortcuts).

stub

Warns of pages that are still so much in construction, they're not really nice to visit.

{{stub}}

This page is still largely in progress.

TeX

$\mathrm{\TeX}$

thisday

Provides the clickable date of a given day, e.g.,

{{subst:thisday|30|September|1977}}

gives 30 September (1977). See also today.

today

Provides the clickable date of today, e.g.,

{{subst:today}}

gives 15, November (2009).

update

Indicates an {{update}} possibly with a date 16 July 2023 {{update|16 July 2023}}.

hour

Gives the local hour (shortcut for {{LOCALTIME}} or {{CURRENTIME}}; still have to fix timezone issue), e.g.,

{{hour}}

gives {{subst:LOCALTIME}}.

multicol

From Wikipedia's multicol. Use as:

{{multicol}}
This text appears in the first column.
{{multicol-break}}
This text appears in the second column.
{{multicol-break}}
This text appears in the third column.
{{multicol-end}}

to read:

This text appears in the first column.

This text appears in the second column.

This text appears in the third column.

<nowiki>
You need to create the three corresponding pages<wz tip="Template:Multicol, Template:Multicol-break and Template:Multicol-end.">$^*$</wz>, which are shortcuts for divivision of the page with floats.
<nowiki>

wl1, wl2, wl3

For featured articles.

```
{{wl1}}
```
is to be put on stubby articles in progress (all of them).
```
{{wl2}}
```
is to be put on good & interesting articles that could/should be improved but remain okay in their present state.
```
{{wl3}}
```
is to identify great content, that we are proud of.

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