Template:TechInfoDepot how-to
|  | This help page is a how-to guide. It explains concepts or processes used by the TechInfoDepot community. It is not one of TechInfoDepot's policies or guidelines, and may reflect varying levels of consensus. | 
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This is the page banner template for TechInfoDepot how-to.
It can be placed on top of administration pages (not-articles) when appropriate (see WP:INFOPAGES for details). This usually means pages in the "TechInfoDepot:" and "Help:" namespaces, but sometimes how-to guides also exist as user subpages.
Categorization
If a page that uses this template is in the "TechInfoDepot:" or "Help:" namespace, then this template adds Category:TechInfoDepot how-to to the page.
If the page is in the "User:" namespace, it will be put into Category:User essays.  If your page is just a draft, please use the |nocat= parameter to prevent categorization, until it is finished.
If it is in some other namespace, it will not be auto-categorized, and it may be in the wrong place.
Usage
This template can be used as is, like this:
But it can also take up to three shortcuts as parameters. It then displays a small shortcut box inside it. Like this:
Then it looks like this:
|  | This help page is a how-to guide. It explains concepts or processes used by the TechInfoDepot community. It is not one of TechInfoDepot's policies or guidelines, and may reflect varying levels of consensus. | 
If you want to feed more than one or two shortcuts then the shortcut box becomes too high, which doesn't look good. In such a case it is better to use a Template:shortcut (talk links edit) box directly below this template, like this:
Optional parameters
- |1=or- |sc1=,- |shortcut1=,- |shortcut=, or first unnamed parameter – First shortcut. Don't include- [[...]]linking brackets in this or other shortcut parameters.
- |2=or- |sc2=,- |shortcut2=, or first unnamed parameter – Second shortcut
- |3=or- |sc3=,- |shortcut3=, or first unnamed parameter – Third shortcut (deprecated; please use separate Template:Shortcut for three or more)
- |interprets=or- |page=or- |pages=– Specify name of page (policy, process, etc.) that this essay provides advice about. For a single page, it is not necessary to include- [[...]]linking brackets;. This will replace the wording "some aspect or aspects of TechInfoDepot's norms and practices". If more than one page and/or any notes are intended, links must be manually coded, e.g.:- |interprets=[[TechInfoDepot:Verifiability]] policy and the [[TechInfoDepot:Identifying reliable sources]] guideline
- |sort-by=– Specify a sort key for the category. For example, if the how-to page is TechInfoDepot:Producing maps with xplanet and you want it category-sorted to appear under "X", use- |sort-by=Xplanet, Producing maps with. This has no effect on the user essays category.
- |category=– Specify a complete wikilink (i.e, do include the- [[...]]linking brackets) to one or more categories to override the default Category:TechInfoDepot how-to. May include a category sort; example:- [[Category:WikiProject Underwater Basketweaving|Article structure advice]]This parameter does not replace the Category:User essays categorization for pages in the "User:" namespace, but can be used to add them manually to Category:TechInfoDepot how-to, in addition to the automatic user category.
- |nocat=yor- |demo=y– Bypass all categorization, when the template is used for demo purposes, e.g. in template documentation, on talk pages, etc.
- |style=– Pass arbitrary CSS to the Template:Ombox base template that this template uses.
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See also
- {{How-to}}– the cleanup/dispute tag for articles written in a "how-to" style.
- {{Information page}}– the banner template for pages that are more just informational than directly instructional like WP:GOV.
- {{Essay|interprets=}}– the banner template for pages that are more opinionated then instructional or technical; there are several parameters and variations.
- {{Supplement|interprets=}}– to tag a well-established page that adds something to a policy or guideline, to make up for a deficiency, and when it is referenced in the guideline or policy like WP:BRD.
- TechInfoDepot:Template index/TechInfoDepot namespace – for other "TechInfoDepot:"-namespace banner templates.
| Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages. Subpages of this template. | 



