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Templates allow us to automatically format information a certain way. For example, the Clean Up template always looks like this: {{Cleanup}}

In order to include a template, place the template name between two pairs of curly brackets:

<pre><nowiki>{{Cleanup}}</nowiki></pre>

Some templates allow variable input. {{Example|The example template for example!}}

You simply put a pipe character after the template name and then put the text. A new pipe for each variable:

<pre><nowiki>{{Example|The example template for example!}}</nowiki></pre>

We have several templates that we use at the moment, but see the [[:Category:Template|template category]] for the full collection.

==== Cleanup ====

Indicates that this article needs to be cleaned up/improved. Mark articles with the Cleanup template if they contain a lot of spelling errors, unwieldy layout, etcetera.

==== Deprecated ====

Indicates that this article is no longer required and is no longer being maintained.

==== Merge ====

Indicates that the contents of an article is duplicated somewhere else. Duplication of information will almost certainly lead to inconsistencies when changes are applied to only a part of the duplicate information, and as such should be avoided at all cost. Instead, articles should link to one another to reference information. If you find articles that have significant duplicate information, mark them with the Merge template. The Merge template takes one argument, the name of the other article containing the duplicate information:

<pre><nowiki>{{Merge|Second Wiki How To Guide}}</nowiki></pre>

=== Discussion ===

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 Templates allow us to automatically format information a certain way. For example, the Clean Up template always looks like this: {{Cleanup}}
+In order to include a template, place the template name between two pairs of curly brackets:
+<pre><nowiki>{{Cleanup}}</nowiki></pre>
+Some templates allow variable input. {{Example|The example template for example!}}
+You simply put a pipe character after the template name and then put the text. A new pipe for each variable:
+<pre><nowiki>{{Example|The example template for example!}}</nowiki></pre>
+We have several templates that we use at the moment, but see the [[:Category:Template|template category]] for the full collection.
+==== Cleanup ====
+Indicates that this article needs to be cleaned up/improved. Mark articles with the Cleanup template if they contain a lot of spelling errors, unwieldy layout, etcetera.
+==== Deprecated ====
+Indicates that this article is no longer required and is no longer being maintained.
+==== Merge ====
+Indicates that the contents of an article is duplicated somewhere else. Duplication of information will almost certainly lead to inconsistencies when changes are applied to only a part of the duplicate information, and as such should be avoided at all cost. Instead, articles should link to one another to reference information. If you find articles that have significant duplicate information, mark them with the Merge template. The Merge template takes one argument, the name of the other article containing the duplicate information:
+<pre><nowiki>{{Merge|Second Wiki How To Guide}}</nowiki></pre>
 === Discussion ===