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-[[Help:Main|Help index]]|[[Help:Developers_pages|Developers page]]
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 A template is a page that can be inserted in another page. This avoids copying of information and ensures the information is identical in each page it is used. (In wiki terminology this is called Transclusion).

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+[[Help:Main|Help index]]|[[Help:Developers_pages|Developers page]]
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 A template is a page that can be inserted in another page. This avoids copying of information and ensures the information is identical in each page it is used. (In wiki terminology this is called Transclusion).

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	A template is a page that can be inserted in another page. This avoids copying of information and ensures the information is identical in each page it is used. (In wiki terminology this is called Transclusion).		A template is a page that can be inserted in another page. This avoids copying of information and ensures the information is identical in each page it is used. (In wiki terminology this is called Transclusion).

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 This can be at the same time a disadvantage, because the information cannot be adapted to a specific page.
 ==Templates for help files==
-For help files, we create a template for each property. This can be inserted in the help pages describing the expected content.
+Canonbase uses templates to describe each property, so that the description is consistent wherever it appears in the help pages. Therefore, when a new property is created, a new template also needs to be made. This can then be inserted in the help pages for items that use the property.
-===Create a template===
+===Creating a template===
 To create a template for a property description:
-* Go to https://canonbase.eu/wiki/Template:Properties
+* Go to https://canonbase.eu/wiki/Template:Properties, where all the existing templates for properties are listed.
-* Add the property between double square brackets with a prefix “template:” and add the name the Pnr included after a bar.
+* Edit this page, and add the property between double square brackets with a prefix “template:”, followed by a "bar" character, then the property name again with the property number in brackets:
 <pre><nowiki>Example [[template:Name of the property|Name of the property (P999)]] </nowiki></pre>
-* Safe the page, you should see now the link you created in grey (because the page does not exist yet).
+* Save the page. You should see now the link you created in grey (because the page does not exist yet).
-* Click the link and add the information in the standardised format and save.
+* Click the link and add the information about the property in the standardised format (see below) and save.
-* Copy the page name from the URL add it to the main template page behind the link (this is useful to create insert references later)
+* Copy the page name from the URL (with underscores), and go back to the page listing the templates: [[Template:Properties]]
 <pre><nowiki>Example [[template:Name of the property|Name of the property (P999)]] Name_of_the_property</nowiki></pre>
 Be aware that if you change a template, it will be changed in all pages it is used!
 * Go to https://canonbase.eu/wiki/Template:Properties
 * click the link to the page you want to edit
-* edit and safe
+* edit and save the page, as required.
 === Adding invisible information to a template ===
-Extra information can be added in a template without being seen on the result page by adding it between a no include statement. <pre><nowiki>Example <noinclude>this is invisible on the final page</noinclude></nowiki></pre>
+You can add "invisible" information, which appears on the template page itself, but does not appear in the pages where the template is used. This can be useful to provide more information about the use of the template or the property.
-will show as "<noinclude>this is invisible on the final page</noinclude>" in this page, but not in the pages where it is included. This can provide more information about the use of the template or the property.
 ===Inserting a template===
-* Go to the page https://canonbase.eu/wiki/Template:Properties
-* Copy the name behind the link
+* Go to the page [[Template:Properties]]
-* Add the name between double accolades in the help page where you want it to be visible
+* Copy the name with underscores after the link
 <pre><nowiki>Example: {{Name_of_the_property}} </nowiki></pre>
-* Add specific information below the template.
 == sources ==
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Transclusion

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 == sources ==
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Transclusion
+* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Transclusion

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	<pre><nowiki>Example: {{Name_of_the_property}} </nowiki></pre>		<pre><nowiki>Example: {{Name_of_the_property}} </nowiki></pre>
	* Add specific information below the template.		* Add specific information below the template.
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		+	== sources ==
		+	* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template
		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Transclusion