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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==
{| class="wikitable"
! Template
! Description
! Syntax
! Output
|-
|[[Template:About]]
|Hatnote template which links to other pages with similar titles
|<code><nowiki>{{About|page templates|the full tutorial guide|AVID:Tutorial Guide|other uses|Category:AVID}}</nowiki></code>
|{{About|page templates|the full tutorial guide|AVID:Tutorial Guide|other uses|Category:AVID}}
|}
==Copyright templates==
{| class="wikitable"
! Template
! Description
! Syntax
! Output
|-
|[[Template:Advertisement capture]]
|The image is sourced from a copyrighted advertisement
|<code><nowiki>{{Advertisement capture}}</nowiki></code>
|{{Advertisement capture}}
|}
==Comment templates==
{| class="wikitable"
! Template
! Description
! Syntax
! Output
|-
|[[Template:Abstain]]
|Decide not to vote towards or against a specific proposal
|<code><nowiki>{{Abstain}}</nowiki></code>
|{{Abstain}}
|-
|[[Template:Approved]]
|Used to signify administrative approval for a proposal. The text within the template is customizable
|<code><nowiki>{{Approved}}</nowiki></code><br><code><nowiki>{{Approved|reasoning}}</nowiki></code>
|{{Approved}}<br>{{Approved|reasoning}}
|}
==Maintenance templates==
{| class="wikitable"
! Template
! Description
! Syntax
! Output
|-
|[[Template:Archive]]
|The page is an archive of older material
|<code><nowiki>{{Archive}}</nowiki></code>
|{{Archive}}
|-
|[[Template:AvailabilityExamples]]
|When an Availability section needs specific sources and/or examples
|<code><nowiki>{{AvailabilityExamples}}</nowiki></code>
|{{AvailabilityExamples}}
|}
==Navigation boxes==
{| class="wikitable"
! Template
! Description
! Syntax
! Output
|-
|[[Template:Animation-Navbox]]
|A table of articles related to the animation category
|<code><nowiki>{{Animation-Navbox}}</nowiki></code>
|{{Animation-Navbox}}
|-
|[[Template:Australian TV Stations]]
|A table of articles related to local television stations based in Australia
|<code><nowiki>{{Australian TV Stations}}</nowiki></code>
|{{Australian TV Stations}}
|}
==Text-based templates==
{| class="wikitable"
! Template
! Description
! Syntax
! Output
|-
|[[Template:Abbr]]
|When writing an abbreviation, mouse over text to reveal a tooltip containing its meaning
|<code><nowiki>{{abbr|AVID|Audiovisual Identity Database}}</nowiki></code>
|{{abbr|AVID|Audiovisual Identity Database}}
|-
|[[Template:Age]]
|Calculates the number of years from a specified date to today
|<code><nowiki>{{age|1999|5|16}}</nowiki></code>
|{{age|1999|5|16}}
|}
==Miscellaneous templates==
{| class="wikitable"
! Template
! Description
! Syntax
! Output
|-
|[[Template:Archive navigation]] and [[Template:Archive number]]
|Easily navigate between different archives
|<code><nowiki>{{Archive navigation}}</nowiki></code>
|{{Archive navigation}}
|-
|-
|[[Template:Archive top]] and [[Template:Archive bottom]]
|Archives a discussion in its original form
|<code><nowiki>{{Archive top|reasoning and signature}}{{Archive bottom}}</nowiki></code>
|{{Archive top|reasoning and signature}}{{Archive bottom}}
|[[Template:Archives]]
|Lists the archives of a page
|<code><nowiki>{{Archives}}</nowiki></code>
|{{Archives}}
|}
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