Template:Essay/doc
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Usage[edit source]
This template adds the page to Category:Starfleet Logistics essays or to Category:User essays, depending on namespace.
Please do not subst this template.
{{essay|SF:SHORTCUT1}}becomes:
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Parameters[edit source]
This template has an |interprets= Template:Aka |pages= parameter. Replaces "This page is an essay" with "This page is an essay on [whatever you put in the parameter]":
|interprets=the [[Starfleet Logistics:No original research]] policy|interprets=the [[Starfleet Logistics:Manual of Style]] guideline|interprets=the [[Starfleet Logistics:No original research]] and [[Starfleet Logistics:Neutral point of view]] policies|interprets=the [[Starfleet Logistics:Verifiability]] policy and [[Starfleet Logistics:Identifying reliable sources]] guideline
You can have up to 5 shortcuts displayed. The shortcut parameters can also be named as |shortcut= or |shortcut1=, |shortcut2= ... |shortcut5=.
You can also use |cat= or |category= to specify a more specific category than the default Category:Starfleet Logistics essays or (in userspace) Category:User essays. It can be done with or without "Category:"
|cat=Starfleet Logistics essays on consensus|category=Category:Starfleet Logistics essays on consensus|category=User essays on style|cat=Category:User essays on style
Userspace essays should remain categorized in Category:User essays or one of its subcategories with this template.
Essays are sorted by their page name, or in userspace by subpage name.
If you want to use a different category sort, you can specify an entire category link with a sort key:
|cat=[[Category:User essays on style|Comprise, Use of]]
Additional categories (and sort keys) are added at the bottom of the essay page, as at any other page. User essays can be additionally categorized in topical subcategories of Category:Starfleet Logistics essays in this way.
Display[edit source]
{{essay|SF:SHORTCUT1|SF:SHORTCUT2|interprets=the [[Starfleet Logistics:Consensus|Consensus]] and [[Starfleet Logistics:Ignore all rules|Ignore all rules]] policies}}becomes:
| This page is an essay on the Consensus and Ignore all rules policies. It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Starfleet Logistics contributors. This page is not one of Starfleet Logistics's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints. |
Variant templates[edit source]
To place essays in appropriate sub-categories by subject, you can use:
{{Behavioral essay}}
{{Civility essay}}
{{Deletion essay}}
{{Notability essay}}
| This page is an essay on notability. It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Starfleet Logistics contributors. This page is not one of Starfleet Logistics's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints. |
{{Orphaned essay}}
 | This essay is currently orphaned. Few or no project pages link to this page. This may result in the page having low readership and little or no improvement. Please help by introducing links to this page from other related project pages. |
The following templates are available to WikiProjects for clarifying the distinction between WikiProject guidance and other essays and information pages:
Template:WikiProject content advice
Template:Wikiproject notability essay
Template:WikiProject style advice
See also[edit source]
{{Information page}}– the banner template for pages that are more just informational and non-opinionated like SF:GOV.{{Starfleet Logistics how-to}}– the banner template for pages that are more directly instructional and non-opinionated like H:EDIT.{{Supplement|interprets=}}– to tag a well-established page that adds something to a policy or guideline, to make up for a deficiency, and when it is referenced in the guideline or policy like SF:BRD.{{Essay-like}}– designed for the main namespace, not "Starfleet Logistics:" namespace; use if an article reads like an essay.- Template messages/Starfleet Logistics namespace, for more examples of related templates.
External links[edit source]
- Template:Essay/doc at Wikipedia, the free Terran-based encyclopedia that anyone can edit.