Templates are valuable tools. They're used to improve the quality of an article, discuss certain aspects of an article, make an informative User page, to communicate with others, clarify the licensing of images and organize images. Here's how to apply them to a page:
Edit Steps
- 1Know what the template says. You might very well have someone question you on something in it and you don't even know what it says.
- 2Click on the Edit tab at the top of a page.
- 3Apply a template to a specific location on the page.
- 4Click on Preview, at the bottom of the page, to review the desired effect.
- 5Write a note in the Edit Summary, at the bottom of the page, to clarify the application of the template.
- 6Click on Save Page, at the bottom of the page, to save your changes.
Edit Template List
Edit Tips
- Try to correct an article rather than apply a template.
- Most of these templates automatically insert the date for you.
- Have a full understanding of each template before applying it to a page.
- Click here to correct articles that are in need of attention.
- Ask for new templates in the Village Pump.
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Last edited:
May 21, 2012 by June Days
Categories:
Making and Using Templates
Recent edits by: Arina&usataia;, Codes for us, Cordeliabedelia (see all)
