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<noinclude>[[Category:Periodic table style and format templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character. This is a maintenance category , used for maintenance of the Wikipedia project .
Sorting can be done in separate files, such as using a DOS-prompt command: SORT myfile.DAT > myfile2.DAT, or else use a text-editor such as NoteTab, which has a modify-lines-sort option. Edit-tricks are most useful when multiple tables must be changed, then the time needed to develop complex edit-patterns can be applied to each table.
This template makes it possible, in many cases, to have an incrementing row indexer/counter in a table so that adding or removing rows automatically adjusts the numbering of subsequent rows. This template will become obsolete if and when MediaWiki supports automatically adding row numbers via WikiTable syntax.
''Title of list:'' example 1, example 2, example 3 Title of list: example 1, example 2, example 3 This style requires less space on the page, and is preferred if there are only a few entries in the list, it can be read easily, and a direct edit point is not required. The list items should start with a lowercase letter unless they are proper nouns.
Wikipedia uses several standard appendices, usually in list format, as well as navigational templates. Embedded lists should be used only when appropriate; sometimes the information in a list is better presented as prose. Presenting too much statistical data in list format may contravene policy.
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Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Number 1 Your number Number required Format output? format If you do not wish the output to be formatted (i.e. separated by thousand separators), please put "no" in this field. (Without quotation marks.) String optional Debug debug If set to "yes", forces output to include debug data String optional Prefix prefix The ...
Tables are a way of presenting information into rows and columns. Tables can be useful for various types of content on Wikipedia, but they should only be used when appropriate. In some cases, the information might be better conveyed in prose or as embedded lists. Overusing tables, especially with complex coding, can make pages harder to edit ...