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A template is a Wikipedia page created to be included in other pages. It usually contains repetitive material that may need to show up on multiple articles or pages, often with customizable input. Templates sometimes use MediaWiki parser functions, nicknamed "magic words", a simple scripting language. Template pages are found in the template ...
In such cases, text annotations can be added to an image with the templates Template:Annotated image or Template:Annotated image 4. These templates allow wikitext (e.g., regular text, wikilinks, and reference templates) to be included on the image itself. They may also be used to crop an image so as to focus on a particular portion of it, or ...
packed All images aligned by having same height, justified, captions centered under images packed-overlay Like packed, but caption overlays the image, in a translucent box packed-hover Like packed-overlay, but caption is only visible on hover (degrades gracefully on screen readers, and falls back to packed-overlay if a touch screen is used)
Place the image on the left side of the page. The article text that follows the image flows around the image, but there may be formatting issues with lists and indented text (see § Interaction between left-floating images and lists). center Place the image in the center of the page. The article text that follows the image is placed below the ...
Wikipedia:Picture of the day is an image which is automatically updated each day with an image from the list of featured pictures. The {{ POTD }} template produces the image shown above. Category:Wikipedia Picture of the day lists the different templates that can be used.
The {} template uses HTML, and will size-match a serif font, and will also prevent line-wrap. All templates are sensitive to the = sign, so remember to replace = with {} in template input, or start the input with 1=. Use wiki markup '' and ''' inside the {} template, as well as other HTML entities.
Tutorials; Help:Tutorial (main introduction and tutorial) Contributing to Wikipedia; Introduction to referencing; Introduction to uploading images; Introduction to navigating Wikipedia; Fundamentals of editing; Learning the ropes; A Primer for newcomers; User guides to ... Scartol, on template use and design; Dweller, on Featured Article Candidates
Many wikis use templates to format references automatically. If a template is used in your reference, then all the text in the template will be highlighted when you click on the reference information. If a template was used and you've clicked on information in that template, then the Template icon (puzzle piece) will appear.