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- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
|  This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| Important! | To indicate <strong> importance, seriousness, or urgency instead of just simple typographical boldfacing |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| "Never use ..." | Same as {{strong}} but in red |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| "Only use ..." | Same as {{strong}} but in green |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| "An emphatic phrase" | To indicate <em> stress emphasis (not just purely typographical italicization like for book titles or foreign terms) |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| strPrefix | To indicate text is a variable name. Use for any variable names except those including "I" (uppercase i) and/or "l" (lowercase L); for these, {{var serif}} should be used to ensure a noticeable distinction |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| Page Template:Var serif/styles.css has no content.strIllustratePrefix | (see {{var}} above) |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| {{DEFAULTSORT:Y, X}} | To display wikicode variables and magic words as they would appear in code |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| |year=2008 | To display template parameters with or without values |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| {{{title|alt}}} | To display parameters as used in code (i.e. with triple braces), especially to indicate relationships between them. May be combined with {{para}} above |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| Template:Pvalue | To display parameter values lightly bordered; replaces <code>...</code>, especially when value contains embedded or leading/trailing blanks; visualized here with middot (·) but can use ␠, ▯, or any character. |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
etc. | {{Template|1|2|...|10}} | To display a template call (with or without parameters and values) as code |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| "The <img>...</img> tags ..." | To render HTML elements ("tags") in prose |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
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- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| "Ensure the alt= parameter ..." | To indicate text is source code. To nest other templates within {{code}}, use <code>...</code>. {{codett}} differs only in styling: someMethod becomes someMethod |
| {{subst:codenowiki}} | {{small|small text}} | To wrap example code in <code><nowiki>...</nowiki></code> |
| {{subst:kbdnowiki}} | {{big|big text}} | To wrap example code in <kbd><nowiki>...</nowiki></kbd> |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| [this is a block template] | ( or {{sxhl}} ) Wrapper for <syntaxhighlight>...</syntaxhighlight>, but will wrap overflowing text |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| "Do not use <Template:Deprecated code>." | ( or {{dc}} ) To indicate deprecated source code in template documentation, articles on HTML specs, etc. The {{dc2}} variant uses strike-through (<Template:Dc2>) while {{dcr}} uses red (<Template:Dcr>). |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| [this is a block template] | For larger blocks of source code and other pre-formatted text |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| [this is a block template] | For block quotations (only – never for non-quotations) |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| [this is a block template] | For indented blocks of material; visually identical to {{quote}} but without quote markup |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| user input | To indicate user input |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| Ctrl+x | To indicate specific-keystroke input, including combinations |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| Left shift | Similar; includes more symbols, but does not directly support combinations |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| Template:Lower | To indicate PlayStation-style gamepad key presses |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| Don't save | To indicate a button in a user interface |
- REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold
| This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move. One reason this page was kept as a redirect is to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Any redirect with a page move logged on its history page should be tagged with this rcat template.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized. |
| example output | To indicate sample or example output |
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