UESPWiki:Archive/CP Documentation Template

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New Template

While we are adding the tl templates, I think it would be good to add the documentation template used on Wikipedia, with obvious changes made appropriate for UESP. The only thing is that something needs to be added to the common.css. I think it would be extremely useful for separating the docs and creating consistency for all of the templates. I am willing to transition them, but I was just wondering what other people thought. –Elliot ^talk 05:03, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

We already have a standard, as used on several templates. –rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 05:43, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes, and I am proposing a small change. I see no harm in separating it a little more to make it clearer and perhaps more legible (in terms of understanding) for editors who want to use templates. –Elliot ^talk 05:48, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm, I guess I will just start updating templates that still use the pre tags. No need to complicate things! –Elliot ^talk 08:27, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

I'd rather wish the issues described here were resolved. They prevented me from further editing template documentations. What kind of boxes the older documentations have seem less important to me, I never quite liked Wikipedia's format for documentation. I feel it's better to have full articles (headers and such) about the more complex templates than just an infobox. --Timenn-<talk> 08:39, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

My intent was just a separation one. We would keep everything like normal, just put it in another box to make it look cleaner. My thing is that we don't need to necessarily explain everything about the template. If it is wanted, then we could show an example(s) that shows how each parameter is portrayed when used. But again, I don't think it is necessary to be so blunt. They usually do make sense when you start previewing them. I do kind of wish the #preview could be retained, however, it isn't necessary. A simple sandbox is good enough (it has worked for me). But if we can keep the #preview, then we should. –Elliot ^talk 08:49, 4 August 2009 (UTC)