TechInfoDepot:WikiProject Templates



A group of TechInfoDepotians has formed this WikiProject to better manage TechInfoDepot's myriad templates. This page and contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other TechInfoDepotians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the project's talk page and see the to-do list there.

Goals
The main goal of this WikiProject is:
 * To help manage the template namespace of TechInfoDepot.

Scope
It consists of:
 * 1) Conducting efforts to better organize, document and display all templates in the template namespace, including: navigation templates, infobox templates, inline templates linking country articles, stub types, image copyright tags and user language templates (Babel).
 * 2) Solving specific templates issues, such as standardisation and locations.
 * 3) Improving the general documentation on how to create and use templates, in addition to improving the documentation pages of the individual templates.
 * 4) Clean-up of the unused, unneeded and/or redundant templates, using the templates for discussion (TfD) process and guidelines.
 * 5) Providing help and guidance in creating, updating, correcting and testing templates.

Children

 * The Infobox Watch – a central location for infobox designers to assist each other
 * WikiProject Inline Templates – for inline templates
 * WikiProject Stub sorting – for stub templates
 * WikiProject Succession Box Standardization
 * WikiProject user warnings – for user talk namespace template messages

Related

 * WikiProject Categories – maintain TechInfoDepot's category system
 * WikiProject Category Suppression – automatic categorization and suppression of it in templates
 * WikiProject Microformats – addition of microformats to appropriate templates

Participants
To become a participant, add your name to the list below. If you like, you can proudly show your participation by adding one of the following templates to your user page:
 * (small userbox)
 * WikiProject Templates member (large userbox)
 * (topicon)

Template namespace

 * Display all templates.
 * A better organisation of templates into subpages.

Navigation templates

 * List all navigational templates.
 * Make a good organisation of the page's sections, and consider splitting the page into topical subpages.
 * Precise the location of each template (side or bottom).
 * Create a good guideline that organise and maybe standarise the creation of navigational templates.

Infobox templates

 * List all infoboxes.
 * Make a good organisation of the page's sections, and consider spliting the page into topical subpages.

Country referencing templates

 * List all country-referencing templates, including countries and nations that no longer exist.
 * Solving the issues on the used country codes and flags.

Best template-related pages
These pages are the best pages concerning lists of templates, and should be examples for other template-related pages.
 * Image copyright tags: It's a complete list of all Image copyright tags, with a description of each template. In addition to a great categorisation and documentation of these tags.
 * Stub types: Also a complete list of stub templates, well categorised, and with statistics.

Project banner

 * WikiProject Templates *deleted* (as of Jan 2010) see TfD discussion

Internal links

 * tl and its redirect template
 * example: tl,


 * tic
 * example: tic


 * ti
 * example: ti


 * lt
 * example:


 * ltt
 * example:


 * ttl (t=talk, l=links)
 * example: Template talk:ttl


 * tlx
 * example:

Sandboxes

 * Template sandbox
 * x1
 * x2
 * x3

Types

 * Image copyright tags
 * Manual of Style (infoboxes)
 * Category:Infobox templates
 * Navigation templates
 * Template messages
 * Stub types
 * Userboxes

Guidelines

 * TechInfoDepot:Categories, lists, and navigation templates
 * TechInfoDepot:Criteria for speedy deletion
 * TechInfoDepot:High-risk templates
 * TechInfoDepot:Taxobox usage
 * TechInfoDepot:Template namespace
 * TechInfoDepot:User page

Projects

 * TechInfoDepot:Infobox standardisation
 * TechInfoDepot:Template limits
 * TechInfoDepot:Template locations, ongoing survey
 * TechInfoDepot:Template standardisation
 * TechInfoDepot:Transclusion costs and benefits
 * TechInfoDepot:WikiProject Inline Templates

Help pages

 * Help:A quick guide to templates
 * Help:Advanced templates
 * Help:Template
 * Help:Variable

Meta-pages

 * m:Help:A quick guide to templates
 * m:Help:Advanced templates
 * m:Help:Template
 * m:Help:Variable

Other proposals

 * TechInfoDepot:Avoid using meta-templates (rejected)
 * TechInfoDepot:Criteria for speedy deletion/Proposal/T1
 * TechInfoDepot:Huge message boxes (rejected)
 * TechInfoDepot:Templates for deletion/Proposal - a failed proposal

Requests

 * TechInfoDepot:Requested templates
 * TechInfoDepot:Templates for discussion