Template:Ambox
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Usage
"Ambox" is an abbreviation for Article message box. You can use amboxes in articles to indicate something important about the current page, often in the header.
Premade amboxes
Problem notice amboxes
These amboxes are used temporarily to notify other editors and visitors about a problem with an article. These amboxes support the following parameters:
|tiny=
: If set toyes
, the box will have less padding and the icon will be much smaller than default.|class=
: Any additional CSS classes to add to the ambox container element.|date=
: The date the ambox was added to the page.|nocat=
: If set toyes
, no category will be added to the page. Use this only when creating documentation.
Note: Premade amboxes need the base {{Ambox}} template to work.
Code | Result |
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{{Cleanup}} | This page does not meet Quasimorph Wiki's page quality standards. You can edit it to help fixing grammar, formatting, or code issues. |
{{Delete}} | Candidate for Deletion This page lacks relevance for Quasimorph Wiki and is a candidate for deletion. |
{{Merge|<Example>}} | |
{{Move|<Example>}} | It has been proposed that this page be moved to Example. |
{{Split|<Example>}} {{Split|<Example 1>|<Example 2>|<Example 3>}} |
It has been proposed that this page be split into a new page titled Example. |
{{Stub}} | This page is a stub. You can help Quasimorph Wiki by expanding it. |
Informational amboxes
These amboxes are intended as permanent fixtures to a page, to notify visitors about some piece of information relevant to the page. These amboxes support the following parameters in addition to any listed:
|tiny=
, if set toYes
the image will be much smaller than default|class=
, any additional classes to add to the ambox container
Code | Additional parameters | Result |
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{{Spoiler warning}} | Spoiler Warning This page contains spoilers. View at your own discretion. | |
{{No direct use}} | Don't call this template directly from any content page! This template is intended to be used inside of another template. Then that template in turn may be used on content pages. | |
{{Uses Lua}} | |1= , a comma-separated list of modules used |
This template uses one or more modules written in the Lua programming language. For more information, see Wikipedia:Lua or the Lua reference manual on mediawiki.org. Modules used include: None provided.
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Optional parameters
You can use optional parameters to further customize a premade ambox. The example below is using tiny=yes
and date=01/01/2021
.
This page does not meet Quasimorph Wiki's page quality standards. You can edit it to help fixing grammar, formatting, or code issues. (Message added: 01/01/2021)
Creating a custom ambox
You can create additional ambox templates as needed using the following parameters:
{{Ambox | color = The left border color. | icon = The icon image to be displayed. | title = The optional title. | message = The explanation text displayed. | tiny = If you want the tiny version of the ambox, fill the parameter with "yes". | date = An optional date of creation for the message. | class = An optional CSS class for the ambox. }}
Dependencies
For this template to work properly, you need the following:
.ambox
and any related classes, found in MediaWiki:Common.css.