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[edit] List of useful content templates

[edit] Citation

Citation is important because it allows the wiki to demonstrate that a statement is true and beyond dispute. Articles with statements lacking citations run the risk of becoming disputed, and this is often more complicated than providing a good citation in the first instance.

Consider first what you are citing in order to decide which template is most appropriate.

Books 
{{Cite book}} for citing books (novels or sourcebooks) – in general you can use {{Cite book/Name of book|page number}} – see Category:Citation templates for a huge list. Most of the novels and sourcebooks should already have their own template. If not, you might have to create one or request that one is created for you.
Dragon magazine 
{{Cite dragon}} should be used for easily citing Dragon magazine.
Dungeon magazine 
{{Cite dungeon}} should be used for easily citing Dungeon magazine.
Web sites 
{{Cite web}} for citing a website, with subtemplates much like above, but less useful (because of the large number of potential websites out there from which things can be cited). Check Category:Web citation templates to see if there is already a template for the web site you are citing. If not, use the general {{Cite web}} template, or if you think that there will be lots of citations concerning the web site, create a subtemplate, or request that one is created.
Mailing list 
The [Forgotten Realms mailing list archives] are full of information of one kind or another. Use {{Cite frlist}} to cite an individual message on the list archives, but beware of the accuracy of these posts. Most are made by Realms fans and not authors, so should not be relied upon.

[edit] Page templates

Category:Infoboxes may have a more complete and/or up-to-date list.

[edit] Chronology

[edit] Others

  • Template:Climate can produce simple climate graphs for geography-related articles.