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Timelines describe the events that occurred before another event, leading up to it, causing it, and also those that occurred right afterward that were attributable to it. Timelines are often bulleted lists or tables.
If the template has a separate documentation page (usually called "Template:template name/doc"), add [[Category:Graphical timeline templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page.
There are several types of timeline articles. Historical timelines show the significant historical events and developments for a specific topic, over the course of centuries or millennia. Graphical timelines provide a visual representation for the timespan of multiple events that have a particular duration, over the course of centuries or ...
Number timelines, the labels are numbers, commonly line graphs; Interactive, clickable, zoomable; Video timelines; There are many methods to visualize timelines. Historically, timelines were static images and were generally drawn or printed on paper. Timelines relied heavily on graphic design, and the ability of the artist to visualize the data.
If the template has a separate documentation page (usually called "Template:template name/doc"), add [[Category:Timeline templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Timeline templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's ...
When you are getting started, you might want to use {{Graphical timeline|help=on}} to generate a ready-made, empty template – or type {{subst:Graphical timeline/blank}} into a sandbox page, save the page, and edit the resulting code. Hopefully, the parameter names are pretty self-explanatory.
Use {} to label a statement which lacks a source confirming or providing its chronology or timeline as per Wikipedia:Citing sources; Examples. In the sentence "it was started by Lord Champs in 2001 and enhanced two years later ..." You will place {} if you are simply requesting a source that says that it was started by Lord Champs in 2001