Template:Copied/doc

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This template is used to provide documentation that content has been copied to or from other Wikipedia pages and ensure that pages containing necessary attribution aren't deleted. Adding this template on the talk page is not a substitute for attribution in the page history using edit summaries. For more information for when and why this template should be used please see: Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

Usage

• Be sure to use the exact page names of the articles.
• The page names are automatically linked, so this template will not behave as expected if the names are enclosed in link brackets ([[ – ]]).
• Any number of items can be included in the same template by enumerating the parameters (|from1=, |from2=, |from3= and so on). The numbering has to be consecutive.

Basic

{{Copied |from= |from_oldid= |to= |date= |afd= |merge= |diff= |to_diff= |to_oldid= }}

Full

{{Copied
|collapse   =
|small      = 

|from1       =
|from_oldid1 =
|to1         = 
|date1       =
|afd1        =
|merge1      =
|diff1       =
|to_diff1    =
|to_oldid1   =

|from2       =
|from_oldid2 =
|to2         =
|date2       =
|afd2        =
|merge2      =
|diff2       =
|to_diff2    =
|to_oldid2   =
}}

Full with notes

{{Copied
|collapse    = <!-- Collapses the list of items if set to "yes". Only supported when two or more items are used -->
|small       = <!-- Makes the template more compact and float to the right if set to "yes" -->

|from1       = <!-- Name of source page, where the text originally appeared -->
|from_oldid1 = <!-- ID of the page revision of the source page from which the content was copied -->
|to1         = <!-- Name of destination page, where the content was placed -->
|date1       = <!-- Date, time and date, or timestamp that the copying took place at. -->
|afd1        = <!-- Name of AfD page if copying was due to an AfD closed as merge. -->
|merge1      = <!-- If copying was done in the process of merging two pages set this to "yes" -->
|diff1       = <!-- Full URL of the diff page showing the edit when copied content was added -->
|to_diff1    = <!-- Not used if diff is provided. ID of the page revision of the destination page that includes the copied content -->
|to_oldid1   = <!-- Not used if diff is provided. ID of the page revision of the destination page before the content was copied. Omit if page creation. -->

|from2       = <!-- Name of source page, where the text originally appeared -->
|from_oldid2 = <!-- ID of the page revision of the source page from which the content was copied -->
|to2         = <!-- Name of destination page, where the content was placed -->
|date2       = <!-- Date, time and date, or timestamp that the copying took place at. -->
|afd2        = <!-- Name of AfD page if copying was due to an AfD closed as merge. -->
|merge2      = <!-- If copying was done in the process of merging two pages set this to "yes" -->
|diff2       = <!-- Full URL of the diff page showing the edit when copied content was added -->
|to_diff2    = <!-- Not used if diff is provided. ID of the page revision of the destination page that includes the copied content -->
|to_oldid2   = <!-- Not used if diff is provided. ID of the page revision of the destination page before the content was copied. Omit if page creation. -->
}}

Cut/paste model

For a single page, you may paste the following and substitute in the correct values:

{{Copied |from=SRC |from_oldid=SRC-REV |to=DEST |date=DATE |to_diff=DEST-COPYTO-REV |to_oldid=DEST-PREV-REV}}

Parameters

• from is the name of the source page, where the text originally appeared.
• from_oldid is the ID of the page revision of the source page from which the content was copied.

  From the permanent link url: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PAGENAME&oldid=from_oldid

• to is the destination page, where the content was placed. Note: if a Category page is the destination, add a leading colon to prevent categorization of the page that this template is used on.
• date is the date, time and date, or timestamp that the copying took place at.
• afd is the name of the AfD page if copying was due to an AfD closed as merge.
• merge changes the text to indicate that copying was done in the process of merging two pages if set to yes.
• diff is the diff or permanent link of the destination page edit when the text was placed (in the case of a newly created page: the permanent url of the first version of the destination page).

  These parameters are alternatives to the above and may be omitted if diff is used (and vice versa):

  • to_diff is the ID of the page revision of the destination page that includes the copied content.
  • to_oldid is the ID of the page revision of the destination page before the content was copied. If the copy created the destination page, just omit to_oldid.

  From the url: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PAGENAME&diff=to_diff&oldid=to_oldid

• collapse indicates whether the list of mergers generated when the template is used with multiple items should be collapsed or not.
• small is passed on to the {{Tmbox}} that is used to generate the message box. If set to yes, makes it a smaller right floating message box.

Examples

{{Copied 
|from       = Squirrel 
|from_oldid = 345129608 
|to         = Tree squirrel 
|to_diff    = 345159499 
|to_oldid   = 301353806 
|date       = 01:00, 01 January 2011
}}

---

{{Copied
|from1       = Complementary angles
|from_oldid1 = 578599984
|to1         = Angle
|diff1       = https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angle&diff=582478251&oldid=582477194
|date1       = 04:36, 20 November 2013

|from2       = Supplementary angles
|from_oldid2 = 577395663
|to2         = Angle
|diff2       = https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angle&diff=582478879&oldid=582478251
|date2       = 04:43, 20 November 2013

|from3       = Adjacent angles
|from_oldid3 = 580661892
|to3         = Angle
|diff3       = https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angle&diff=582479826&oldid=582478879
|date3       = 04:54, 20 November 2013

|from4       = Vertical angles
|from_oldid4 = 576327859
|to4         = Angle
|diff4       = https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angle&diff=582480777&oldid=582479826
|date4       = 05:04, 20 November 2013
}}

Tracking categories

• Category:Wikipedia pages using copied template (7)
• Category:Wikipedia pages using copied template without oldid (3)

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Copied in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Copied

The parameters are as follows

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
small	small	If set to yes, makes it a smaller right floating message box. Example yes	String	optional
collapse	collapse	If set to yes, collapses the list. Example yes	String	optional
from_oldid	from_oldid	The ID of the page revision of the source page from which the content was copied.	Number	required
from	from	Name of the source page, where the text originally appeared.	Page name	required
to	to	The destination page, where the content was placed.	Page name	required
to_oldid	to_oldid	The ID of the page revision of the destination page before the content was copied. If the copy created the destination page, just omit to_oldid. (May be omitted if diff parameter is used.)	Number	optional
to_diff	to_diff	The ID of the page revision of the destination page that includes the copied content. (May be omitted if diff parameter is used.)	Number	suggested
diff	diff	The diff or permanent link of the destination page edit when the text was placed (in the case of a newly created page: the permanent url of the first version of the destination page).	URL	suggested
date	date	The date, time and date, or timestamp that the copying took place at.	String	suggested
merge	merge	Changes the text to indicate the copying was done in the process of merging two pages if set to yes	String	optional
afd	afd	Name of the AfD page if copying was due to an AfD closed as merge.	String	optional

See also

• {{Merged-from}}
• {{Merged-to}}
• {{Split article}}
• {{Translated page}} for pages translated from other language Wikipedias

Template:Copied invokes Module:Navbox using Lua.

Usage

This template can be used to make a standard navigation box. It is intended for use within another template that standardises the title and contents of the box (see Template:ShipNavbox). This template SHOULD NOT be used directly within articles, as it creates a maintenance burden to do so whenever the contents of the box have to be updated.

The purpose of this template is to standardise the attributes of all navigation boxes, for example, their colours and other CSS attributes. The template is fairly simple, and could be extended to add other features in the future. Using this template allows changes to be implemented much quicker and easier than editing each template separately.

Syntax

{{navbox
|state      = uncollapsed, collapsed, plain, autocollapse (default)
|name       = mandatory - name of the template
|style      = optional - style for the whole table
|title      = mandatory - navbox header
|gtitleN    = optional - title of N-th group of items
|styleN     = optional - style for groupN; i.e. text-align
|groupN     = mandatory - list of groups of items
|fstyle     = optional - style for footer ; i.e. text-align
|footer     = optional - navbox footer
}}

• Groups: Currently there is no technical limit to the maximum number of groups.
  • Groups of items can be added as parameters: group1, group2, group3, ... up to groupN.
• Group title: Each group has its own title parameter: gtitle1, gtitle2, gtitle3, ... up to gtitleN. Note that the default width for the first column is 15%.
• Group style: Style may also be customised to each group in: style1, style2, style3, ... up to styleN.
  • Note that neither the title nor the items have any wiki-links built into the template. As a result, users of the template are free to use wiki-links as they wish.
• Line breaks: Line-breaks (<br />) are unnecessary, as text wrapping is done automatically by the template. This also includes links and text in gtitleN and groupN.
• Bullets: Create unordered lists with lines beginning with *.
• Pipe links: Because of the nature of template syntax, it may be necessary to use Template:! ({{!}}).

States

• Autocollapse: By default, the state of a navbox is "autocollapsed". This means that if the number of navboxes in a page exceeds the maximum allocation of the collapsible navboxes, then the remaining navboxes are collapsed automatically. For more information (or to change the setting), see MediaWiki:Common.js.
  • Currently, the autocollapse allocation is 2 (see MediaWiki:Common.js). This means that if there are 3 navboxes in a page, the third and subsequent navboxes will be collapsed automatically.
• Uncollapsed: Forces the navbox to be displayed.
  • All of the navboxes in this documentation are in the uncollapsed state.
• Collapsed: The reverse of uncollapsed. Forces the navbox to be hidden instead.
  • Navboxes with a height of more than 300 pixels will also be collapsed automatically. For more information (or to change the setting), see MediaWiki:Common.js.
• Plain: Removes the "show/hide" link.

Sub-groups

• For larger navboxes, it may be necessary to include sub-groups within a particular group of items. It is also possible to collapsible navboxes within the parent navbox, see Collapsible sub-groups.
• To create sub-groups within {{navbox}}, certain parameters are to be included:
  • The parent navbox group (i.e. group2 in the example below) requires the type parameter (gtype2 = Subgroup).
  • The nested navbox (sub-group) requires the inclusion of the sub-group parameter (subgroup = yes). This enables the template to differentiate between the sub-group and the parent navbox.

{{navbox
|name    =
|title   =
|gtitle1 =
|group1  =
|gtitle2 =  
|gtype2  = Subgroup (mandatory)
|group2  = 
  {{navbox
  |subgroup = yes (mandatory)
  |gtitle1  = 
  |group1   =
  |gtitle2  = 
  |group2   = 
  }}
}}

Collapsible sub-groups

• For extremely long navboxes, it is recommended to use collapsible navboxes within the parent navbox. Further sub-groups can then be added to these collapsible navboxes.
• To create collapsible sub-groups within {{navbox}}, these parameters need to be included:
  • The parent navbox is almost always uncollapsed (state=uncollapsed).
  • The parent navbox group (i.e. group1 in the example below) requires the type parameter (gtype1 = Subgroup).
  • The nested collapsible navbox requires the inclusion of the collapsible parameter (collapsible = yes). This enables the template to differentiate between the collapsible navbox and the parent navbox.
  • The nested collapsible navbox is forcefully collapsed (state=collapsed).

{{navbox
|state  = uncollapsed
|name   = 
|gtype1 = Subgroup
|group1 = 
  {{navbox
  |collapsible = yes
  |state   = collapsed
  |title   = 
  |gtitle1 = 
  |group1  = 
  |gtitle2 = 
  |group2  = 
  }}
}}

Use of images

• The use of images in navboxes is permitted, but please resize the images to keep them small. Inventory-sized images (25-30 pixels) are recommended.
• Please use {{t|plink}} to create links with images. Use {{t|plink}} for any case where text is not desired after the link. It functions the same as {{t|plink}}, but it does not produce a wikilink in text. Use {{t|chatl}} to link chatheads. These templates create links for both the image and text (except for {{t|plink}}) using far less wikicode than the standard syntax.

Link and file share the same name

{{plink|Item}}

File name differs from the link

{{plink|Item|File}}

Link and file share the same name, but different text is desired to display

{{plink|Item|alt=Text}}

File name differs from the link and different text is desired to display

{{plink|Item|File|alt=Text}}

Categorising

Navboxes are very useful for transcluding categories onto a large number of pages that share both a trait and the navigation box. For example: Template:ShipNavbox transcludes Category:Ships onto every page that uses it.

There are 2 methods of categorising pages with navboxes:

The first way is with {{t|Ctg}}. This is the preferred method, and can be used in most cases. The rules and operations for the Category handler template are very simple; however, they are enough to produce the desired results on most pages.

Categorisation should only be used on a template for large-scale addition. It is unhelpful, for example, to use a rule that only applies to 1 page.

Examples

To see the following navboxes in action, see Template:Navbox.

Single line navbox with centered list

{{navbox
|name    = 
|title   = 
|style1  = text-align:center
|group1  =
}}

Navbox with standard footer

{{navbox
|name    = 
|title   = 
|gtitle1 = 
|group1  = 
|footer  = Centered footer
}}

Navbox with styled footer

{{navbox
|name    = 
|title   = 
|gtitle1 = 
|group1  = 
|fstyle  = text-align:right
|footer  = Right-aligned footer
}}

Multiple line navbox

{{navbox
|name    = 
|title   = 
|gtitle1 = Group title 1
|group1  = 
|gtitle2 = Group title 2
|group2  = 
|gtitle3 = Group title 3
|group3  = 
}}

Collapsed navbox

{{navbox
|state   = collapsed
|name    = 
|title   = 
|style1  = text-align:center
|group1  = 
}}

Plain navbox with Tnavbar

{{navbox
|state   = plain
|name    = 
|title   = 
|style1  = text-align:center
|group1  = 
}}

Plain navbox without Tnavbar

{{navbox
|state   = plain
|title   = 
|style1  = text-align:center
|group1  = 
}}

Complicated navbox

{{navbox
|state   = uncollapsed
|name    = 
|title   = 
|gtitle1 = Level 1 Title 1
|group1  = 
|gtitle2 = Level 1 Title 2
|group2  = 
|gtitle3 = Level 1 Title 3
|group3  = 
|gtitle4 = Level 1 Title 4
|group4  = 
|gtitle5 = Level 1 Title 5
|gtype5  = Subgroup
|group5  = 
  {{navbox
  |subgroup = Yes
  |gtitle1  = Level 2 Title 1
  |group1   =
  |gtitle2  = Level 2 Title 2
  |group2   =
  |gtitle3  = Level 2 Title 3
  |gtype3   = Subgroup
  |group3   = 
    {{navbox
    |subgroup = Yes
    |gtitle1  = Level 3 Title 1
    |group1   =
    |gtitle2  = Level 3 Title 2
    |group2   =
    }}
  |gtitle4  = Level 2 Title 4
  |group4   = 
  }}
|gtitle6 = Level 1 Title 6
|group6  = 
|gtitle7 = Level 1 Title 7
|group7  = 
|fstyle  = 
|footer  = 
}}

Preventing unwanted documentation

The Navbox template's documentation is automatically transcluded under the navbox on any Template namespace page. It is not transcluded when used as a sub-group or collapsible sub-group template (subgroup= yes or collapsible=yes).

Should the documentation appear when it is unwanted, it can be hidden by setting the doc parameter doc=no on the template. In most cases, the doc parameter is NOT used and the parameter is removed completely.