Wikipedia:Talk page templates
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To try to ensure some level of design consistency throughout Wikipedia, the template standardisation page explains how general templates should appear.
There are now ongoing discussions about article template standardisation.
Talk page templates
Talk page templates contain information intended for editors, not readers. Which templates on Wikipedia are actually Talk page templates, is a matter for some debate. For example, the cleanup template was originally created to be a talk page template, but is currently being used primarily as an article page template. Apparently, the notion in this case is that readers deserve to know that the article they are reading is still somewhat of a mess.
Chosen scheme
This scheme is to be used for all talk page templates. This scheme was accepted based on a vote. While this is not a firm policy, it is advised that any new talk page templates should be based on the standard design.
The following standards of design have been chosen:
- Background colour of #F8EABA and border colour (1px solid) is #C0C090
- Use of a table, not divs, and using two columns: one for an image, one for the text
- Size is 85% width and the whole template is centred
- Cell spacing is 3px
- The margin separating the templates is 3px
- The text is usually centre justified
- A picture, if one is used, is left aligned and approximately 50 pixels in width.
The style can be implemented using class="messagebox standard-talk". Template tables can be created as follows:
{| class="messagebox standard-talk"
|-
| [[Image:icon.png|none|50px| ]]
| '''Header text''' <br /> Supporting text
|}
Examples
- Featured content
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This article is a current featured article candidate. A featured article should exemplify Wikipedia's very best work, and is therefore expected to meet several criteria. Please feel free to leave comments. |
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Talk page templates is a featured article, which means it has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. If you see a way this page can be updated or improved without compromising previous work, please feel free to contribute. |
- WikiProjects
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The [[:Image:{{{1}}}|spoken word version]] of this article is part of WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia, an attempt to produce recordings of Wikipedia articles being read aloud. If you would like to participate, visit the project page, where you can join the project and find out how to contribute. |
See also
- Wikipedia:Templates and its sub-pages for further examples.