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what?, why?, how?, where?[edit]

what do these templates do?
why would I use them?
how would I use them?

what would they look like in the page as I edit?

what would they look like in the page after edit?

where in the page is appropriate to place them?
Alanthehat (talk) 13:05, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

responses to what?, why?, how?, where?[edit]

(Forgive me for lowering the volume on your title up there).

These templates are citations to books and other sources that are used in many articles. For example {{Russell Norvig 2003}} produces:

Russell, Stuart J.; Norvig, Peter (2003), Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (2nd ed.), Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-790395-2

Which can be used in the "References" section of any article. (Russell Norvig is the most popular textbook about artificial intelligence, so there are a large number of articles that use this source.) These templates are just a convenience that some editors have used when editing large numbers of articles on the same subject. ---- CharlesGillingham (talk) 07:59, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

page layout[edit]

Subcategories - none of the '+' buttons do anything! Alanthehat (talk) 13:05, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Don't know what the problem was, but they work now. HairyWombat 02:28, 16 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Typing-aid templates[edit]

@SMcCandlish: pinging you as a courtesy, as you originally put this category (under its old name) within Category:Typing-aid templates. I removed that parent today as it does not seem applicable to me. Typing-aid templates are mostly to save typing special characters or formats such as superscripts. – Fayenatic London 11:56, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I categorized them thus because their purpose is the avoidance of redundant/repetitive typing out of the same source details over and over again. I don't see any salient difference between that and a template that saves one the hassle of typing out  –, or whatever. They're both an aid to typing efficiency. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼ 03:03, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]