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This article is about available templates. For policy regarding templates, see GSWiki:Template policy.

This page is currently under construction. The information contained within should not be considered fully accurate and/or complete.

Templates are used to duplicate the same content across more than one page. Changing a template in one place will immediately propagate the changes to all the pages that use it.

This page lists templates of this wiki. To insert a template into a page, type {{TemplateName}} (this is known as a tag) somewhere on the page, whether it be at the top or at the bottom or in a certain section. Every page with that tag in it will display the template text. TemplateName is the name after the colon symbol, e.g. the TemplateName for Template:Cleanup is Cleanup, so typing {{Cleanup}} will add that tag to a page.

Article namespace

Maintenance

Template	Use	Where to put it
{{cleanup|Reason}}	Article needs attention for various reasons	Top
{{Incomplete|Reason}}	Article missing vital information	Top
{{InUse}}	You are currently working on major changes to this article	Top
{{NPOV}}	Article is presented in a biased voice	Top
{{Obsolete|Reason}}	Article is outdated	Top
{{Stub}}	The article only contains basic information and there is unknown vital information to add	Bottom
{{Sectstub}}	Same as above, but for a specific section	Underneath the header of the section
{{Under Construction}}	The article is undergoing major changes, but not necessarily in progress	Top
{{NeedPic}}	Article is in need of pictures (outside of the infoboxes)	Top
{{Too big}}	Article contains too much extraneous code or prose	Top

Related articles

Template	Use	Where to put it
{{Main|article}}	Section has a relevant article	Section header
{{HasGuide}}	Article has a relevant guide subpage In Development	Top
{{Hasdialogue}}	Article has a transcript of dialogue In Development	Relevant section
{{HasMMG}}	Article has a relevant money making guide In Development	Top
{{Has quick guide}}	Article has a step-by-step version In Development	Top
{{Awards}}	Award Creation for the Wiki	Top
{{Countdown}}	Creates a countdown/timer for an event	Top

List creation

Template	Use
{{Alphabetical header}}	Create a formatted A–Z table of contents
{{top}}	Link to return to top of the article

Inline templates

Template	Use
{{Anchor}}	Used to anchor a word on a page to be used as direct link to that word from another page
{{fact}}	Statements needs a reliable source cited
{{AnchorText}}	Give the text an id attribute for direct linking
{{(s)}}	Specific to supporters only
{{purge}}	Add a link to refresh a page cache
{{section link}}	Link to a section of another article

Formatting

Template	Use
{{collapse}}	Used to make a box with content that is expandable and collapsable
{{Iconbox}}	Used to display a image with a title and description
{{clear}}	Clear space after floating elements
{{nbsp}}	Intentional non-breaking spaces
{{}}	Literal "=" to avoid interpretation as syntax
{{*}}	Inserts a bold bullet
{{GSFont}}	Use the in-game font
{{Nowrap}}	Keeps text on a single line
{{Red}}	Makes text Red
{{Blue}}	Makes text Blue
{{Green}}	Makes text Green
{{Yellow}}	Makes text Yellow
{{UD}}	Link to update articles
{{Small}}	Makes certain text very small font size.
{{Desc}}	Used to display and icon size image with a description
{{Quote}}	Quote content or phrase
{{Plainlist}}	Create a plain unbulleted list
{{Spoiler}}	Display content within a expandable spoiler
{{Hover}}	Used to create dotted underlined text with tooltip
{{Hover box}}	Used to create dotted underline text with hover box

Disambiguation and redirection

Not to be confused with redirection pages which use #REDIRECT [[Page title]] on the first line.

Template	Use	Where to put it
{{Otheruses|description|other|link}}	Other uses of the term	Top
{{redirect|Location}}	Article is main use of a term, links to disambiguation	Top
{{redirect3|Location|Misc}}	Article is main use of a term, link to custom articles	Top
{{Confuse|page}}	Similarly named articles that might cause confusion	Top
{{wp|Article}}	Linking to a Wikipedia article inline	Inline; best limited to trivia; only use for distinct and unique terms

Infoboxes

Template	Use
{{Infobox Item}}	Any item In Development
{{Infobox Event}}	An event In Development
{{Infobox ENPC}}	Attackable/Enemy NPCs In Development
{{Infobox NPC}}	Non-attackable NPCs In Development
{{Missionbox}}	Mission information In Progress
{{Modbox}}	Mod information
{{Infobox Pcts}}	Planets, Cities, towns and other settlements In Development
{{Infobox Shop}}	Stores and markets In Development

Navboxes

Template	Use	Where to put it
{{Locals}}	Navbox for Location pages	Bottom
{{Attributes}}	Navbox for Attribute pages	Bottom
{{Items}}	Navbox for Commodity/Item pages	Bottom
{{Mods}}	Navbox for Mod Type pages	Bottom
{{Wiki Index}}	Navbox for General Use Index	Bottom
{{Ships}}	Navbox for Ship pages	Bottom
{{Editing Guides}}	Navbox for all editing guide pages	Bottom

Categorical

Template	Use	Where to put it
{{Deleted content}}	Content completely removed from the game	Top
{{Recurring content}}	Content that was once accessible, and can be made accessible again On Hold	Top
{{Bugged|Reason}}	Content is in maintenance, disabled and/or bugged with fix expected in future update/patch.	Top
{{Current}}	Article is undergoing constant change due to dynamic or constantly changing nature	Top
{{Historical article}}	Subject no longer exists (either entirely or in this form)	Top
{{Future}}	Unreleased content	Top

Requests

Template	Use	Where to put it
{{D|Reason}}	Article needs immediate deletion	Top

Talk: namespace

Template
{{Talkheader}}
{{Archive list}}
{{Archive}}

File: namespace

Template	Use
{{C-GeminiStation}}	Official Images used by Gem are copyrighted by Gem's Creator

User: namespace

Many different userboxes are available for placement on a user's page. See GSWiki:Userboxes for a listing.

Template	Use
{{UserInfo}}	Used on User Pages for a profile box

Old Templates Needing Redesign

Ambox means Article Messagebox. As the name mentions, these templates should be placed at the top of a page. They create a box with notable information.

• Template:UnderConstruction (Replaced with Template:Construction.)
• Template:ArticleUpdate (Replaced with Template:Obsolete.)
• Template:Rewrite (used when an article or sections of a page need a complete revision or rewrite.)
• Template:Merge (used to highlight articles that are candidates for merging with another article. If there is a page that has info that really should be on another page, tag that page with this headbox.)
• Template:Move (used to highlight articles with a request for a name-change.)
• Template:Split (used to highlight articles that need division. If there is data on a page that should be separate and be its own page, tag that page with this template.)
• Template:Expand (used to highlight articles that need expansion. Only used if a page has no headbox and has hardly any content on it.)
• Template:Delete (used when an article needs to be marked for deletion - read here first before using.)
• Template:Stub (used for pages with few or insufficient information.)
• Template:Links (used to highlight articles with poor hyperlinks.)
• Template:Copy edit (used to highlight articles that have poor grammar, style, cohesion, and spelling.)
• Template:Category (used to highlight poorly categorized pages/articles.)
• Template:Welcome (used on either user page or user talk page of a newly registered user. See page for more info.)

See also

• GSWiki:Template policy/Personal templates