AVID:Page Templates

Page Templates

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In this tutorial page, we will be explaining the purposes of the most common templates that we use in pages. For easier reading, we will be splitting the page into sections.

Page templates

Template	Description	Syntax	Output
Template:About	Hatnote template which links to other pages with similar titles	{{About|page templates|the full tutorial guide|AVID:Tutorial Guide|other uses|Category:AVID}}	This page is about page templates. For the full tutorial guide, see AVID:Tutorial Guide. For other uses, see Category:AVID.

Copyright templates

Template	Description	Syntax	Output
Template:Advertisement capture	The image is sourced from a copyrighted advertisement	{{Advertisement capture}}

Comment templates

Template	Description	Syntax	Output
Template:Abstain	Decide not to vote towards or against a specific proposal	{{Abstain}}	Abstain
Template:Approved	Used to signify administrative approval for a proposal. The text within the template is customizable	{{Approved}} {{Approved|reasoning}}	Approved reasoning

Maintenance templates

Template	Description	Syntax	Output
Template:Archive	The page is an archive of older material	{{Archive}}
Template:AvailabilityExamples	When an Availability section needs specific sources and/or examples	{{AvailabilityExamples}}	[Examples?]

Navigation boxes

Template	Description	Syntax	Output
Template:Animation-Navbox	A table of articles related to the animation category	{{Animation-Navbox}}
Template:Australian TV Stations	A table of articles related to local television stations based in Australia	{{Australian TV Stations}}

Text-based templates

Template	Description	Syntax	Output
Template:Abbr	When writing an abbreviation, mouse over text to reveal a tooltip containing its meaning	{{abbr|AVID|Audiovisual Identity Database}}	AVID
Template:Age	Calculates the number of years from a specified date to today	{{age|1999|5|16}}	25

Miscellaneous templates

Template	Description	Syntax	Output
Template:Archive navigation and Template:Archive number	Easily navigate between different archives	{{Archive navigation}}	← Archive 1 | Archive 2 | Archive 3 →
Template:Archive top and Template:Archive bottom	Archives a discussion in its original form	{{Archive top|reasoning and signature}}{{Archive bottom}}
Template:Archives	Lists the archives of a page	{{Archives}}