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The purpose is of this template is for generating simple tables in locations where standard table markup is either not possible, without significant use of the {{!}} magic word (e.g., with a {{}} template), or cumbersome (due to the repetitive use of specification of the same style statement in each row).
In this example, the scope attribute defines what the headers describe, column or row, which screen readers use. You can add a table using HTML rather than wiki markup, as described at HTML element#Tables. However, HTML tables are discouraged because wikitables are easier to customize and maintain, as described at manual of style on tables.
Note: Wikipedia:HTML 5#Table attributes. CSS to replace obsolete attributes for borders, padding, spacing, etc. Add a border around a table using the CSS property border: thickness style color;, for example border:3px dashed red. This example uses a solid (non-dashed) gray border that is one pixel wide:
Prevents word wraps (line breaks) within text or inside a link which contains spaces or hyphens (-). Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Text 1 Text or link to be protected. String required See also view talk edit {{ nowrap }} prevents wrapping within a single template (i.e. not suitable for relatively complex or lengthy content). {{ nowraplinks ...
Also, if the table has cell spacing (and thus border-collapse=separate), meaning that cells have separate borders with a gap in between, that gap will still be visible. A cruder way to align columns of numbers is to use a figure space   or  , which is intended to be the width of a numeral, though is font-dependent in practice:
Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status margin-left margin-left To set a margin on the table's lefthand side. Default 0 String optional width width To set the table's overall width. Default auto String optional style style For CSS styles amending the table's overall appearance. String optional noheaders noheaders Set (as e.g. noheaders=on) to suppress the ...
The easiest way to insert a new table is to use the editing toolbar that appears when you edit a page (see image above). Clicking the button will open a dialog where you define what you want in your new table. Once you've chosen the number of rows and columns, the wiki markup text for the table is inserted into the article.
If the nowraplinks class is applied in the header of a table it will prevent line wrapping of links in all cells in the table. Note that in a table header there usually is a need to apply several classes. Then the class names should be separated by spaces in the class tag, not by commas or semicolons. Like this: