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| | {{Cascade-protected template}} |
| | {{Used in system}} |
| | {{Lua|Module:Message box}} |
| | {{Mbox templates (small)}} |
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| {{tl|mbox}} stands '''m'''essage '''box''', which is a metatemplate used to build message boxes for other templates. It offers several different colours, images and some other features. | | {{tl|Mbox}} stands for '''M'''ulti-namespace message'''box''', a [[WP:MTM|metatemplate]] with which [[Wikipedia:Namespace|namespace]]-sensitive {{cl|Mbox and messagebox templates|messagebox templates}} can be implemented. |
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| ==Basic usage==
| | The most common are {{tl|Ambox}} for articles, {{tl|Tmbox}} for talk pages, {{tl|Imbox}} for file (formerly image) pages, {{tl|Cmbox}} for category pages and {{tl|Ombox}} for other types of page. |
| The box below shows the most common parameters that are accepted by {{Tl|mbox}}. The purpose of each is described below. | |
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| {{mbox | |
| | name =
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| | small = {{{small|}}}
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| | type =
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| | image =
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| | sect = {{{1|}}}
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| | issue =
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| | talk = {{{talk|}}}
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| | fix =
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| | date = {{{date|}}}
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| | cat =
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| | all =
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| </pre>
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| ==Full usage==
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| The "All parameters" box shows all possible parameters for this template. However, it is not recommended to copy this, because it will never be required to use all parameters simultaneously.
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| {{mbox
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| | name =
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| | small = {{{small|}}}
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| | type =
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| | image =
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| | imageright =
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| | smallimage =
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| | smallimageright =
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| | class =
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| | style =
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| | textstyle =
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| | sect = {{{1|}}}
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| | issue =
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| | talk = {{{talk|}}}
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| | fix =
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| | date = {{{date|}}}
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| | text =
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| | smalltext =
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| | plainlinks = no
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| | removalnotice =
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| | cat =
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| | all =
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| | cat2 =
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| | all2 =
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| | cat3 =
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| | all3 =
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| </pre>
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| {{clear}}
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| ==Common parameters==
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| === ''name'' ===
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| The ''name'' parameter specifies the name of the template, without the Template namespace prefix. For example [[w:Template:Underlinked]] specifies {{Para|name|Underlinked}}.
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| This parameter should be updated if the template is ever moved. The purpose of this parameter is to allow the template to have a more useful display on its template page, for example to show the date even when not specified, and to apply categorisation of the template itself. | | == Usage == |
| | This template should only be used for message boxes that really need to adapt their style. Most message boxes do not need this and should use one of the varieties just listed. Using those templates directly means that your template will look the same on its template page and at any other place you show it, which makes it clear on what kind of pages it is supposed to be used. It also gives you access to any extra features those templates offer, and it saves some server load. |
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| === ''small'' ===
| | This template takes the same parameters as {{tl|Ambox}}, {{tl|Imbox}}, etc. Some of the boxes this template calls only handles images of max 52px width, thus that limitation also applies to this template or you will get ugly padding problems. |
| The ''small'' parameter should be passed through the template, as this will allow editors to use the small format by specifying {{para|small|left}} on an article:
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| {{mbox|nocat=true|small=left|text=This is the small left-aligned mbox format.}} | |
| Otherwise the standard format will be produced:
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| {{mbox|nocat=true|text=This is the standard mbox format.}}
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| Other variations:
| | === Parameters === |
| * For templates which should ''never'' be small, specify {{Para|small|no}} or do not pass the small parameter at all.
| | List of all parameters: |
| * For templates which should ''always'' be small, just specify {{Para|small|left}}.
| | <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> |
| * For templates which should ''default to small'', try {{para|small|<nowiki>{{{small|left}}}</nowiki>}}. This will allow an editor to override by using {{para|small|no}} on an article.
| | {{Mbox |
| | | | name = name of the template |
| To use a small box that adjusts its width to match the text, use {{para|style|width: auto; margin-right: 0px;}} and {{para|textstyle|width: auto;}} together:
| | | demospace = {{{demospace|}}} / main / talk / file / category / other |
| {{mbox|nocat=true|small=left|style=width: auto; margin-right: 0px;|textstyle=width: auto; margin-right: 0px;|text=This is the small left-aligned Ambox format with flexible width.}}
| | | type = speedy / delete / content / style / notice / move / protection |
| | | | image = none / [[File:Some image.svg|40px]] |
| See [[#Sect]] below for more information on how to limit {{para|small}} display to cases when the template is being used for a section instead of the whole article (recommended, to prevent inconsistent top-of-article display).
| | | imageright = [[File:Some image.svg|40px]] |
| | | | style=CSS values |
| === ''type'' === | | | textstyle=CSS values |
| The ''type'' parameter defines the colour of the left bar, and the image that is used by default. The type is chosen not on aesthetics but is based on the type of issue that the template describes. The seven available types and their default images are shown below.
| | | text = The message body text. |
| {{mbox
| | | small = {{{small|left}}} / left / no |
| |nocat=true | | | smallimage = none / [[File:Some image.svg|30px]] |
| | type = speedy | | | smallimageright = none / [[File:Some image.svg|30px]] |
| | text = type=<u>speedy</u> – Speedy deletion issues | | | smalltext = A shorter message body text. |
| | | plainlinks = no |
| }} | | }} |
| {{mbox
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| |nocat=true
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| | type = delete
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| | text = type=<u>delete</u> – Deletion issues,
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| }}
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| {{mbox
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| |nocat=true
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| | type = content
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| | text = type=<u>content</u> – Content issues
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| }}
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| {{mbox
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| |nocat=true
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| | type = style
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| | text = type=<u>style</u> – Style issues
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| }}
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| {{mbox
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| |nocat=true
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| | type = notice
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| | text = type=<u>notice</u> – Article notices
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| {{mbox
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| |nocat=true
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| | type = move
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| | text = type=<u>move</u> – Merge, split and transwiki proposals
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| }}
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| {{mbox
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| |nocat=true
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| | type = protection
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| | text = type=<u>protection</u> – Protection notices,
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| }}
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| If no ''type'' parameter is given the template defaults to {{para|type|notice}}.
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| === ''image'' ===
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| You can choose a specific image to use for the template by using the ''image'' parameter. Images are specified using the standard syntax for inserting files. Widths of 40-50px are typical.
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| Please note:
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| * If no image is specified then the default image corresponding to the ''type'' is used. (See [[#type]] above.)
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| * If {{para|image|none}} is specified, then no image is used and the text uses the whole message box area.
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| === ''sect'' ===
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| Many message templates begin with the text '''This article ...''' and it is often desirable that this wording change to '''This section ...''' if the template is used on a section instead. The value of this parameter will replace the word "article". Various possibilities for use include: {{para|sect|list}}, {{para|sect|table}}, {{para|sect|"In popular culture" material}}, etc.
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| If using this feature, be sure to remove the first two words ("This article") from the template's text, otherwise it will be duplicated.
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| A common way to facilitate this functionality is to pass {{para|sect|<nowiki>{{{1|}}}</nowiki>}}. This will allow editors to type <kbd>section</kbd>, for example, as the first unnamed parameter of the template to change the wording. Another approach is to pass {{para|sect|<nowiki>{{{section|{{{sect|}}}}}}</nowiki>}} to provide a named value.
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| === ''issue'' and ''fix'' ===
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| The ''issue'' parameter is used to describe the issue with the page. Try to keep it short and to-the-point (approximately 10-20 words).
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| The ''fix'' parameter contains some text which describes what should be done to improve the page. It may be longer than the text in ''issue'', but should not usually be more than two sentences.
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| When the template is in its small form (when using {{para|small|left}}), the ''issue'' is the only text that will be displayed. For example [[w:Template:Citation style]] defines
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| When used stand-alone it produces the whole text:
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| But when used with |small=left it displays only the issue:
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| === ''talk'' ===
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| Some message templates include a link to the talk page, and allow an editor to specify a section heading to link directly to the relevant section. To achieve this functionality, simply pass the ''talk'' parameter through, i.e. talk=<nowiki>{{{talk|}}}</nowiki>
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| This parameter may then be used by an editor as follows:
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| * talk=SECTION HEADING – the link will point to the specified section on the article's talk page, e.g. talk=Foo.
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| * talk=FULL PAGE NAME – the template will link to the page specified (which may include a section anchor), e.g. talk=Talk:Banana#Foo
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| Notes:
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| * When this parameter is used by a template, the talk page link will appear on the template itself (in order to demonstrate the functionality) but this will only display on articles if the parameter is actually defined.
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| * In order to make sure there is always a link to the talk page, you can use |talk=<nowiki>{{{talk|#}}}</nowiki>.
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| * If the talk page does not exist, there will be no link, whatever the value of the parameter.
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| === ''date'' ===
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| Passing the ''date'' parameter through to the meta-template means that the date that the article is tagged may be specified by an editor (or more commonly a bot). This will be displayed after the message in a smaller font.
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| Passing this parameter also enables monthly cleanup categorisation when the ''cat'' parameter is also defined.
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| === ''info'' ===
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| This parameter is for specifying additional information. Whatever you add here will appear after the date.
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| === ''cat'' ===
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| This parameter defines a monthly cleanup category. If |cat=CATEGORY then:
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| * articles will be placed in '''Category:CATEGORY from DATE''' if |date=DATE is specified.
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| * articles will be placed in '''Category:CATEGORY''' if the date is not specified.
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| For example, [[w:Template:No footnotes]] specifies |cat=Articles lacking in-text citations and so an article with the template {{Tlx|No footnotes|2=date=June 2010|SISTER=w:}} will be placed in [[w:Category:Articles lacking in-text citations from June 2010]].
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| The ''cat'' parameter should not be linked, nor should the prefix <code>Category:</code> be used.
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| === ''all'' ===
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| The ''all'' parameter defines a category into which all articles should be placed.
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| The ''all'' parameter should not be linked, nor should the prefix <code>Category:</code> be used.
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| == Additional parameters ==
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| === ''imageright'' ===
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| An image on the right side of the message box may be specified using this parameter. The syntax is the same as for the ''image'' parameter, except that the default is no image.
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| === ''smallimage'' and ''smallimageright'' ===
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| Images for the small format box may be specified using these parameters. They will have no effect unless {{para|small|left}} is specified.
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| === ''class'' ===
| | Note: The small parameters only have effect when the template appears on an article, talk or "other" page type. For their associated documentation, see {{tl|Ambox}}, {{tl|Tmbox}} and/or {{tl|Ombox}}. Using the small parameters when they are not valid has no effect, but also does no harm. |
| Custom [[w:Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]] classes to apply to the box. If adding multiple classes, they should be space-separated.
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| === ''style'' and ''textstyle'' === | | == About demospace == |
| Optional CSS values may be defined, without quotation marks <code>" "</code> but with the ending semicolons <code>;</code>.
| | This template optionally takes the "demospace" parameter as described at {{tl|Namespace detect}}. That parameter is only for testing and demonstration purposes. If you want to lock your message box to one style then instead use one of the other mboxes directly. |
| * ''style'' specifies the style used by the entire message box table. This can be used to do things such as modifying the width of the box.
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| * ''textstyle'' relates to the text cell.
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| === ''text'' and ''smalltext'' ===
| | Namespace "Image:" was renamed to "File:" on 11 December 2008. This template was updated to understand both names well before that, thus it still works fine. For backwards compatibility it still understands "demospace = image" which means the same thing as "demospace = file". But using "demospace = image" is now deprecated. |
| Instead of specifying the ''issue'' and the ''fix'' it is possible to use the ''text'' parameter instead.
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| Customised text for the small format can be defined using ''smalltext''.
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| === ''plainlinks'' ===
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| Normally on Wikipedia, external links have an arrow icon next to them, like this: [http://www.example.com Example.com]. However, in message boxes, the arrow icon is suppressed by default, like this: <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.example.com Example.com]</span>. To get the normal style of external link with the arrow icon, use {{para|plainlinks|no}}.
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| === ''cat2'', ''cat3'', ''all2'', and ''all3'' === | |
| * ''cat2'' and ''cat3'' provide for additional monthly categories; see [[#cat]].
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| * ''all2'' and ''all3'' provide for additional categories into which all articles are placed, just like [[#all]].
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| == Technical notes ==
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| * If you need to use special characters in the text parameter then you need to escape them like this:
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| {{mbox
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| |nocat=true
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| | text = <div>
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| Equal sign = and a start and end brace { } work fine as they are.
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| But here is a pipe | and two end braces <nowiki>}}</nowiki>. | |
| And now a pipe and end braces <nowiki>|}}</nowiki>.
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| </div>
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| }}
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| {{mbox
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| |nocat=true
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| | text = <div>
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| Equal sign = and a start and end brace { } work fine as they are.
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| But here is a pipe | and two end braces <nowiki>}}</nowiki>.
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| And now a pipe and end braces <nowiki>|}}</nowiki>.
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| </div>
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| }}
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| * The <code><div></code> tags that surround the text in the example above are usually not needed. But if the text contains line breaks then sometimes we get weird line spacing. This especially happens when using vertical dotted lists. Then use the div tags to fix that.
| | == Mbox family == |
| * The default images for this meta-template are in png format instead of svg format. The main reason is that some older web browsers have trouble with the transparent background that MediaWiki renders for svg images. The png images here have hand optimised transparent background colour so they look good in all browsers. Note that svg icons only look somewhat bad in the old browsers, thus such hand optimisation is only worth the trouble for very widely used icons.
| | {{Mbox templates see also}} |
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| == TemplateData == | | == See also == |
| <templatedata>
| | * [[:Category:Mbox and messagebox templates]] |
| {
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| "params": {
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| "1": {},
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| "small": {
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| "label": "Small Mode",
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| "description": "The small parameter should be passed through the template, as this will allow editors to use the small format by specifying |small=left on an article.",
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| "type": "string",
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| "suggestedvalues": [
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| "no",
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| "left"
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| ]
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| },
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| "talk": {},
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| "date": {},
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| "name": {
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| "label": "Template Name",
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| "description": "The name parameter specifies the name of the template, without the Template namespace prefix. ",
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| "type": "string"
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| },
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| "type": {},
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| "image": {},
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| "sect": {},
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| "issue": {},
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| "fix": {},
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| "info": {},
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| "cat": {},
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| "all": {},
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| "imageright": {},
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| "class": {},
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| "text ": {},
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| "plainlinks": {},
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| "smallimage ": {},
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| "smallimageright": {},
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| "textstyle": {},
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| "style ": {},
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| "smalltext": {},
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| "cat2": {},
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| "cat3": {},
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| "all2": {},
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| "all3": {}
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| },
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| "paramOrder": [
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| "name",
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| "small",
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| "type",
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| "image",
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| "sect",
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| "issue",
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| "fix",
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| "talk",
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| "date",
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| "1",
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| "info",
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| "cat",
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| "all",
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| "imageright",
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| "class",
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| "text ",
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| "plainlinks",
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| "smallimage ",
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| "smallimageright",
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| "textstyle",
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| "style ",
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| "smalltext",
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| "cat2",
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| "cat3",
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| "all2",
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| "all3"
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| ]
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| }
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| </templatedata>
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| <includeonly>[[Category:Notice templates]]</includeonly> | | <includeonly>{{Sandbox other|| |
| | <!-- Add categories below this line, and interwikis at Wikidata --> |
| | [[Category:Mbox and messagebox templates]] |
| | }}</includeonly> |
Usage
This template should only be used for message boxes that really need to adapt their style. Most message boxes do not need this and should use one of the varieties just listed. Using those templates directly means that your template will look the same on its template page and at any other place you show it, which makes it clear on what kind of pages it is supposed to be used. It also gives you access to any extra features those templates offer, and it saves some server load.
This template takes the same parameters as {{Ambox}}, {{Imbox}}, etc. Some of the boxes this template calls only handles images of max 52px width, thus that limitation also applies to this template or you will get ugly padding problems.
Parameters
List of all parameters:
{{Mbox
| name = name of the template
| demospace = {{{demospace|}}} / main / talk / file / category / other
| type = speedy / delete / content / style / notice / move / protection
| image = none / [[File:Some image.svg|40px]]
| imageright = [[File:Some image.svg|40px]]
| style=CSS values
| textstyle=CSS values
| text = The message body text.
| small = {{{small|left}}} / left / no
| smallimage = none / [[File:Some image.svg|30px]]
| smallimageright = none / [[File:Some image.svg|30px]]
| smalltext = A shorter message body text.
| plainlinks = no
}}
Note: The small parameters only have effect when the template appears on an article, talk or "other" page type. For their associated documentation, see {{Ambox}}, {{Tmbox}} and/or {{Ombox}}. Using the small parameters when they are not valid has no effect, but also does no harm.
About demospace
This template optionally takes the "demospace" parameter as described at {{Namespace detect}}. That parameter is only for testing and demonstration purposes. If you want to lock your message box to one style then instead use one of the other mboxes directly.
Namespace "Image:" was renamed to "File:" on 11 December 2008. This template was updated to understand both names well before that, thus it still works fine. For backwards compatibility it still understands "demospace = image" which means the same thing as "demospace = file". But using "demospace = image" is now deprecated.
Mbox family
See also
