From RationalWiki
This is a list of templates on RationalWiki.
Various categories of template are NOT listed :Copyright notices can be found here; Userboxes are here and subpages.
If you know of a template that is not listed here, feel free to add it to the list. Simply use the template with these parameters:
- name - The template name (the wikilink is added automatically)
- description - Short description of the template
- parameters - Number of parameters
- instructions - Does this thing come with its own instructions?
- uses - Which templates are used by this template
- usedby - Which templates use this one?
- notes - Comments, requests, etc.
Unneeded parameters can be left out. For ease of use, here is the copy-paste template. Just fill in the fields:
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| Template
| Description
| Parameters
| Instructions?
| Uses
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| !
| Used to create the pipe character in templates
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| Esoteric
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| ((
| Used to create the {{ character pair in templates
| 0
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| Esoteric
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| ))
| Used to create the }} character pair in templates
| 0
| N
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| Esoteric
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| A-Z
| Navigation aid
| none
| no
| Inserts an A-Z nav bar
| This page for starters
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| ACD
| defunct
| one - substitute text for article name
| no
| Lulzifying articles all over the place
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| Age
| gives age or period between two dates
| 3 or 6
| yes
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| Created on WP by Ed Poor
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| ASaward
| "The Adam and Steve Award"
| 3
| N
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| ASaward2
| "The Bucket of Cold Water Award"
| 3
| N
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| According to
| Front page article
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| According to/Archive1
| Front page article/archive
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| According to/Archive2
| Front page article/archive
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| Adjective
| random selection from a list of adjectives
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| Adverb
| random selection from a list of adverbs
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| Aln
| Aligns text in a cell
| one - l(eft), r(ight) or (c)enter
| no
| In tables
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| Default is center
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| AlphanumericTOC
| Very complicated Table Of Contents generator. Probably best left alone. Contains many references to WP pages
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| Yes But ...
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| Delete?
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| AOTW Descriptions
| bottom section for AOTW
| no
| no
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| AOTW
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| AOTW Intro
| text above rating sliders in AOTW
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| AOTW
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| AOTW Main
| AOTW and WIGO links for main page
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| main page
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| AOTW Navigation
| navigation links for AOTW and WIGO
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| AOTW and WIGO
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| Archivedvandalism
| Header for (sub)page of vandalism. If the page is a subpage of the affected page use bare , else use "
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| Archivelinks
| Page header showing links to archived pages - limited to about 60 archive pages
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| Y
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| Many talk pagesnotes=Obsolete, but keep
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| Archivelinks dpl
| A dpl version of "Archivelinks". Removes page limit.
| 5
| Y
| Archivenewlink
| Talkpage
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| Archivenewlink
| Generates a "new archive page" link
| 1
| Y
| !
| Archivelinks dpl, Talkpage
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| Article approved
| Link is to User:DocSock
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| Redundant
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| Award
| RW AWARD For defence above and beyond the call of duty
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| Away
| Use ONLY on User Page, Links to user's talk page "User is busy in real life and may not respond swiftly to queries"
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| QuoteBox
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| Template
| Description
| Parameters
| Instructions?
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| Used by
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| Batshit insane
| Banner - title says it all
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| BibleGuide
| Navbox for guides to Bible books
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| Bible Belt
| List of links to US states in the "Bible Belt" with map showing states in red
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| Blank
| "This page intentionally blank"
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| nowhere
| ? (Elassint!)
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| Blasphemy
| Banner "Warning:this page may contain Blasphemy"
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| Blink
| Rather pointlessly puts wording into a blinking span - why not just use the HTML?
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| ?
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| Block
| Block notice: parameters: Period of block; five tildes to allow unblocking time to be shown. Instruc
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| Y
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| Block time
| Gives block duration,
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| Y
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| Blocked
| Bald statement of Block duration. Links to Block log
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| N
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| Bothan
| Many Bothans died to bring us this information.
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| N
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| Box
| Complex template that is nested to make dumb "warning" boxes
| 4
| N
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| Lots
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| Bullshit
| BANNER: Warning: Extreme Pseudoscience = Bullshit
| 0
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| Several
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| Template
| Description
| Parameters
| Instructions?
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| CPPOV
| BANNER: Includes picture of JC warns of leftist POV
| 0
| N
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| CPSpoof
| BANNER: Copy of Spoof Article on CP
| 0
| N
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| CPmotd
| I'm so glad I'm not a Liberal - (could be improved by using options?)
| 0
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| 1
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| Caselaw
| BANNER:Precis of Court Case
| 3
| N
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| Several
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| CatTree
| Creates tree of sub-categories to Parameter category
| 1
| Y
| dpl,catTreesub
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| CatTreeSub
| Used in CatTree
| 0
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| CatTree
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| Cd end
| Just a </div></nowiki>
| 0
| N
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| Cd top
| Discussion closed Parameter = outcome of discussion. Use with "Cd end"
| 1
| y
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| Citation/authors
| Complex Template, Many parameters. Presumably copied from Wp without instructions
| up to 9+
| N
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| several; Template core/other
| get instructions fromWP
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| Citation/core/other
| Complex Template, Many parameters. Presumably copied from Wp without instructions
| up to many
| N
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| several
| get instructions fromWP
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| Clade
| creates cladistic type trees
| several
| Y
| userboxtop, & userboxbottom
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| not simple to use (ex WP)
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| Clear
| Forces content below this template to not wrap around the content above it.
| 0
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| CollapseComment
| Allows inline Show/Hide comments
| 3
| yes
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| InlineSnarkLink StrikeLink
| Jeeves/August '08
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| Conservapedia
| Page Header for CP related items. List of CP articles, auto categorises as CP
| 0
| N
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| LOTS
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| Construction
| Redirects to Template WIP
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| Cover
| Banner for cover story nomination or approvalseveral links & auto categorisation
| 1
| Y
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| LOTS
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| Coverstory
| Random Selector for Main page display
| 0
| Y
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| 1
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| Cp
| Link referring to CP article of same or different name
| 1
| Y
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| Lots
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| Cpa
| Link referring to CP pages of same or different name
| 1
| Y
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| Cpu
| Link referring to CP Users of same or different name
| 1
| Y
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| Mainly Conservapedia:Active users
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| Cpub
| Same as {{cpu}} but in bold
| 1
| Y
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| Mainly Conservapedia:Active users
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| Cquote
| Quotation template using quotation marks & allowing addition of author & source. Good explanation (fromWP?)
| 5
| Y
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| Lots
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| Cquote/doc
| Documentation for Cquote
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| CreationBotPratt
| Option for really silly creation supporting quotes
| 0
| N
| options
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| Crusher of Vandals
| Big "C" & warning (Should be a Userbox?)
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| Move to UserBoxes?
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| Description
| Parameters
| Instructions?
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| Delete
| BANNER Invitation to dicuss future of page on talk page
| 0
| N
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| 9
| Deprecated
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| Delete2
| BANNER better than above allows reason to be given
| 1
| Y
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| 0
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| Deleted
| Banner Deleted & protected to prevent re-creation
| 0
| N
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| Delete-userreq
| pointless deletion request
| 1
| N
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| delete?
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| Dered
| instead of redding linked but absent pages, inserts a ref
| 1
| Y
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| redirects to ispage (frivolous?)
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| Discrimlaw
| Header for articles on US Discrimination Law
| 0
| N
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| Dog latin
| Makes as many paragraphs of Doggy Doo as you ask for
| 1
| Y
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| Copy of this
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| Dumbening warning
| Warns on quality of article
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| 4
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| Dup
| Flags duplicate articles
| 1
| Yes
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| Weaseloid Oct 08
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| Dynamic reference
| Generates small link to On dynamic URL references
| 0
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| Template
| Description
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| Instructions?
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| Used by
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| ED
| ED has a page on PAGENAME or parameter
| 1
| N
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| Edit Warring
| Banner advising that article has been subject of EW
| 0
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| Elect
| Uses template presdays & adds option of witty events that will happen on that day
| 0
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| options
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| Electdays
| Countdownfunction to US election
| 0
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| Essay
| This Essay is an original work by signed users.(optional) parameter: name(s) of user(s)
| 1
| N
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| Essaydispute
| States that an essay is disputed by a consensus of Ratwiki editors but not being deleted on free speech grounds.
| 0
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| Essayfree
| Rather silly template: declares an essay to be free for editing - making it an article
| 1
| N
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| Delete?
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| Evonav
| Navigation template for use on Evolution related pages
| 0
| Y
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| dpl Keyword
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| Expand
| Requests Expansion of article ads to cat veryshort articles
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| Explain
| "please explain" link to RationalWiki:Please explain ; adds cat "Articles needing explanation
| 0
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| Template
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| Parameters
| Instructions?
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| Used by
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| F
| Links to Fun: with proxy if required. Good explanation
| 1 or 2
| Y
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| Fact
| puts "citation needed" as sup note; puts article in cat Articles with unsourced statements
| 0
| N
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| Fakeil
| Disguises ELs as ILs
| 2
| Yes
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| RA
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| Ferret overlords
| Avows allegiance to Ferrret overlords
| 0
| N
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| Fixtabs
| floating tabs on page
| 1
| Yes
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| SusanG Oct 08
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| Fixtabssub01
| style for fixtabs
| 0
| 0
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| template:Fixtabs
| SusanG Oct 08
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| Fnord
| Links to Fun:fnord in white at -2 size
| 0
| N
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| For Sale
| This Page is for sale. includes link to Template:for sale!!!!
| 0
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| Fork
| Disambig style page
| 0
| N
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| FranklinAward
| Rosalind Franklin (pic) Award for Rational Thought
| 0
| N
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| Freedom award
| Hammer&sickle crossed out; "Freedom Award"
| 0
| N
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| Friendly award
| Friendly (pic) "Friendly Award" 1 parameter
| 1
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| Fun
| Advises that there is a "Fun" article about the topic.
| 2
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| Funspace
| Nominates page for transfer to "Fun"
| 0
| Y
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| Template
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| GK
| Full time & date (Genghis's Temoplate)
| 0
| N
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| Global flood
| Nav type template for Global Flood related articles
| 0
| N
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| Goat ate page
| "Error this page is unavailable as it has been eaten by a goat" (link to "Goat")
| 0
| N
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| Google
| Creates a link for Google on the page; Good instructions; Ex WP (Teratornis!)
| n
| Y
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| GreatFlood
| Banner Link to "noah's ark"
| 0
| N
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| 0
| What's it for?
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| Used by
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| Helpnav
| Navigation templatefor Help files
| 0
| Y
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| Helpnav/doc
| Instructions for helpnav
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| Hi jinx
| Friendly greeting to our most dedicated reader
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| SusanG Aug '08
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| Holydaze
| List of prominent days for display on certain pages excellent explanation
| 0
| Y
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| HomoKenCP
| Rather nasty Variant of the cp template
| 1
| Y
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| Template
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| Instructions?
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| Image permissions
| List of Copyright notices for use on Image pages
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| See here
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| Imagefloat
| Puts an image ([[]]) on the right side of the page.
| 3
| N
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| Incoherency
| Excuses article/discussion's complete lack of sense on basis of altered states of mind.
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| InlineSnarkLink
| allows linked comment
| 2
| Yes
| CollapseComment
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| Jeeves Aug08
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| Ip sign in
| Notice requesting sign in
| 0
| N
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| Ispage
| instead of redding linked but absent pages, inserts a ref
| 1
| Y
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| Template
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| Jerboa Approved
| Notice stating Approval by the Lord Jerboa
| 0
| N
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| Js
| Jscript enabler?
| 1
| N
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| no idea what this does
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| Template
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| Used by
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| Keyword
| Puts invisible keyword on articles for helpnav & clones
| 1
| Y
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| Template
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| Used by
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| Law
| Nav template for Law Articles adds cat auto. Displays number of arts fro cat
| 0
| Y
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| Lazy
| "Look at me I'm too lazy to make a user page..."
| 0
| N
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| Legend
| Puts little coloured squares for chart legends
| 2
| yes
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| Copied from WP
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| LiberalStereotypeAward
| Paleocon award for Liberalism. Parameter links to an article. (Hoji)
| 1
| N
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| Lie
| "Do you believe that" small & sup
| 0
| N
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| Link
| Used by template:Harvard reference
| 2
| N
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| Lazy HoG!
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| LLamae rule
| Celebrating LLamae (& lama)
| 0
| N
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| Lorem Ipsum
| One line of dog Latin for demos
| 0
| N
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| Lorem ipsum
| As many paragraphs of "Latin" as you could ever want
| up to 3
| Y
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| Template
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| Magic8
| Picks a random "answer" to a question
| 0
| N
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| Main
| Informs of the article discussing the topic
| ?
| one second please!
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| MainPage/Noticeboard
| A relic of the past
| 0
| N
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| Historic Value
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| Mainarticle
| "Use this template on category pages to give a quick link to the category's main article
| 3
| Y
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| Mathnav
| Clone of Helpnav for maths articles
| 0
| Y
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| Mission
| Queries validity of article
| 0
| N
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| Mod
| Outputs param1 mod(param2) (math)
| 2
| Y
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| Molecularbiology
| Nav box with mostly red links
| 0 (ish)
| N
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| should be upgraded to RW-style DPL navbox
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| More
| "More detail" Link to RationalWiki:more detail
| 0
| N
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| More vandalism
| "This article ...would benefit from more vandalism"
| 0
| N
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| Template
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| NavDpl
| Nav box that uses dpl to fill from a category
| 2
| Yes
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| SusanG Oct 08
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| NavigationBox
| Fairly simple nav box but No Instructions copied from WP.(Teratornis)
| at least 4
| N
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| Needs Goat
| Puts into cat:"needs Goat"
| 0
| N
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| Needs Vandal
| This could do with more vandalism
| 0
| N
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| NextPrim
| List of US Primaries by date
| 0
| N
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| No Cp
| The CP article has been Deleted & locked.
| 1
| Y
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| Nostub
| Stops "Stubbot" from putting "Stub" template on articles
| 0
| N
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| Notscience
| Requests proof of pseudoscience
| 0
| N
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| Noun
| random selection from a list of nouns
| 0
| N
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| Now
| Gives current date
| 0
| N
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| Template
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| Q
| Good Simple Quote Template
| 2
| Y
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| Qquote
| Quote template flagged "Do not use"
| 3
| N
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| QuoteBox
| Good Simple Quote in a box Template
| 1
| Y
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| Quotebox
| Redirects to QuoteBox (above)
| n/a
| n/a
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| QuranGuide
| Guide to the Qur'an
| 0
| N
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| Template
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| Sarcasm
| "Sarcasm detected"
| 0
| N
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| Schooled
| Denys O'leary
| 0
| N
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| Schlaflyredirect
| Marks pages once redirected to Andrew Schlafly
| 0
| N
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| Sci-outline
| Banner declaring "Outline only"
| 0
| N
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| Secret
| "Obtained through a CP mole"
| 0
| N
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| ?
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| Sees
| Rorschach blot & "This user sees things that may not be there"
| 0
| N
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| Sex
| Navbox with 13 randomly selected Human Sexuality pages
| 0
| N
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| Sig
| tells newbies how to sign
| 0
| yes
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| SusanG July 08
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| Sinner
| BIG letter S & link to Baptists for Brownback !!
| 0
| N
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| Sock
| Sock pic & "This user is an announced sock puppet of parameter"
| 1
| N
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| Sockpuppet
| Sock pic & "looking for sock"
| 1
| N
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| Softredirect
| Redirects to WP if we won't have an article
| 0
| N
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| SP
| disclaimer for self promotion on WIGO Blogs
| 0
| Y
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| SusanG Aug08
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| Stop
| Reasoned Stop notice :vandal?
| 0
| N
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| Stop in the name of love
| To stop an argument getting out of hand
| 0
| N
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| StrikeLink
| strikes out and includes explanatory text
| 2
| Yes
| CollapseComment)
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| Jeeves Aug '08
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| Stub
| On Short articles adds cat: Very short Articles
| 0
| N
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| Support Cabal
| Really a User Box
| 0
| N
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| Sysop pledge
| no ntaking advantage of sysopery pledge
| 0
| N
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| Sysopeye
| Morrdorrrrr eye & watching you
| 0
| N
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| Talkheader
| Talk page header user or not
| 1
| Y
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| Question improvements wording
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| Talkheader no user
| As above but no allowance for User
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| as above
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| Talkpage
| links to archives & vandalism
| 3
| Y
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| Template
| Strange; creates link to a template
| 1
| N
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| timecube
| copies Pocket Gene Ray - easier to remember
| 0
| Use a lot.
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| To soften Human's brain
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| Tip
| Creates a small "Tip" messagebox
| 2
| N
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| Created by User'A Liberal'
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| Tireless work award
| pic
| 0
| N
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| Title
| Puts a triple 'big' title
| 1
| N
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| Tl
| Seems to do the same as 'Template' above (but better?)
| 1
| Y
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| Tlist
| Inserts a row into the tables on this page
| 7
| Y
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| this page
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| Tlisthead
| Starts a table for this list
| 0
| Y
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| this page
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| To
| Box & link to Talk Origins
| 2
| Y
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| Template
| Description
| Parameters
| Instructions?
| Uses
| Used by
| Notes
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| U
| Provides a link to User
| 2
| Y
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| Ual
| Formatted user activity table
| 0
| Y
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| RW & CP active users
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| UBD
| Used on userbox indices to make table and show example
| 1
| Y
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| UQ
| Quotation Template good instructions
| 2
| Y
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| (AmesG from Uncyc)
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| Un
| Box showing Uncyc has an article
| 1
| N
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| Unsigned
| For third party to 'sign' for someone
| 1
| N
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| Unsourced
| accused of no source - well its RW
| 0
| N
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| Unwelcome
| what it says on the box
| 1
| Y
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| Usage
| No idea at all
| 86!
| N
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| Icewedges THING!
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| Useful Links
| Used at head of Watchlist & Recent Changes
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| Userbox
| needs instructions - appears to be blank user box
| several
| N
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| Userbox-r
| similar to above
| several
| N
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| Userboxbottom
| used to sandwich userboxen
| 0
| N
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| Userboxboxbottom
| used to sandwich userboxen
| 0
| N
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| Userboxboxtop
| used to sandwich userboxen - includes pithy wording
| 1
| N
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| Userboxtop
| used to sandwich userboxen - includes pithy wording
| 1
| N
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| Userhead
| placed on a USER TALK page tracks editing functions with the screen
| 0
| Yes
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| Human/SusanG Sep 08
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| Template
| Description
| Parameters
| Instructions?
| Uses
| Used by
| Notes
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| Vandal
| BIG 'V' with link to User Bohdan
| 0
| N
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| Verb
| random selection from a list of Verbs
| 0
| N
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| Template
| Description
| Parameters
| Instructions?
| Uses
| Used by
| Notes
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| Wag
| Link to ' RationalWiki:Wildass guess
| 0
| N
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| War
| For use on 'war on' articles. Adds the cat automatically
| 0
| Y
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| Watching
| eyeball 'Always watching
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| Welcome
| New User welcome
| 1
| Y
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| Welcome/IP
| IP user welcome
| 1
| Y
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| Whom
| Who says?
| 0
| N
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| WiP
| Work in Progress
| 0
| N
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| Wigo
| Apparently used for rating WIGO for best of WIGO
| 1-256
| N
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| WIGO
| superceded
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| Wikiblock
| Block notification;
| several
| N
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| LINUS!!!
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| Wikipedia article
| Informs & links to WP page
| 1
| N
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| Wingnut
| Quasi-userbox - "moments of lucidity"
| 0
| N
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| Trent made it for Ken
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| WomansTouch
| "This art needs attention from a Woman"
| 0
| N
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| wp
| Redirects to Template Wikipedia article
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| wpa
| Creates "see wikipedia article link"
| 2
| Y
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| human, mostly
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| Template
| Description
| Parameters
| Instructions?
| Uses
| Used by
| Notes
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| YEC Disclaimer
| Warns off fundamentalists
| 0
| N
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New templates can, and should, be added as they are created.
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Originated by SusanG. Beautifully wikified by Sid & Human.
