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This page is a list of frequently useful templates that should be used when editing Little Tail Wiki to streamline editing and make pages neater. Templates are used by closing text within double curly braces. For more templates beyond what is listed here, see [[:Category:Templates]].

==Linking==
{|  class="wikitable" style="border:2px solid black; background-color:#fafafa; border-collapse:collapse; empty-cells: hide;"
|-
! Template !! What it does !! Example !! Result
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Tl|Tl|Tl (Link to Templates)}}
| rowspan="2" |Used to easily link to template pages.
|<nowiki>{{Tl|Nihongo}}</nowiki> would link to Template:Nihongo.
|{{Tl|Nihongo}}
|-
|You can change how the link displays as well: <nowiki>{{Tl|Nihongo|Template:Nihongo}}</nowiki>
|{{Tl|Nihongo|Template:Nihongo}}
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| rowspan="2" |{{Tl|W|W (Link to Wikipedia)}}
| rowspan="2" |Links to an external Wikipedia page.
|<nowiki>{{W|Tail Concerto}}</nowiki> would link to Tail Concerto's Wikipedia page.
|{{W|Tail Concerto}}
|-
|You can change how the link displays as well: <nowiki>{{W|Tail Concerto|TC}}</nowiki>
|{{W|Tail Concerto|TC}}
|-
|{{Tl|Elh}}<br />
{{Tl|Rose}}
|Links to {{Elh}}'s and {{Rose}}'s pages so you don't have to type an accented e to link to them. You can change the displayed text as well.
|<nowiki>{{Elh|Elh}}</nowiki><br /><nowiki>{{Rose|Big sis}}</nowiki>
|{{Elh|Elh}}<br />{{Rose|Big sis}}
|-
| rowspan="3"|{{Tl|LTBA|LTBA (Link to artbooks)}}
| rowspan="3"|Links to the Little Tail Bronx Archives artbook pages so you don't have to type their full names.
|<nowiki>{{LTBA|TC}}</nowiki>
|{{LTBA|TC}}
|-
|<nowiki>{{LTBA|SR|1}}</nowiki>
|{{LTBA|SR|1}}
|-
|<nowiki>{{LTBA|FG1}}</nowiki>
|{{LTBA|FG1}}
|-
|{{Tl|Jeanne}}
|Links to sections of the [[Jeanne Archives]] with formatting.
|<nowiki>{{Jeanne|Titano-Machina and Crystals}}</nowiki>
|{{Jeanne|Titano-Machina and Crystals}}
|}

==Formatting==
{|  class="wikitable" style="border:2px solid black; background-color:#fafafa; border-collapse:collapse; empty-cells: hide;"
|-
! Template !! What it does !! Example !! Result
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Tl|Nihongo}}
| rowspan="2" |Used to display Japanese. Displays English followed by Japanese and then romaji.
|<nowiki>{{Nihongo|'''''Tail Concerto'''''|テイルコンチェルト|Teiru Koncheruto}}</nowiki>
|{{Nihongo|'''''Tail Concerto'''''|テイルコンチェルト|Teiru Koncheruto}}
|-
|You can change the order of names as well:<br/><nowiki>{{Nihongo|テイルコンチェルト|Teiru Koncheruto|Tail Concerto|type1=J|type3=E}}</nowiki>
|{{Nihongo|テイルコンチェルト|Teiru Koncheruto|Tail Concerto|type1=J|type3=E}}
|-
|{{Tl|Ruby}}
|Displays Japanese with {{W|furigana}}.
|<nowiki>{{Ruby|Solatorobo|ソラトロボ}}</nowiki>
|{{Ruby|Solatorobo|ソラトロボ}}
|-
|{{Tl|Center}}
|Centers text.
|<nowiki>{{Center|This text is centered.}}</nowiki>
|{{Center|This text is centered.}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{Tl|S}}<br />{{Tl|Sm}}
|rowspan="2"|Makes text small. S surrounds the text in parentheses while Sm does not. S is typically used for infoboxes.
|<nowiki>{S|Small text.}}</nowiki>
|{{S|Small text.}}
|-
|<nowiki>{Sm|Small text.}}</nowiki>
|{{Sm|Small text.}}
|-
|{{Tl|White}}
|Changes the font to white text for certain colored areas that need white text for visibility.
|<nowiki>{{White|Highlight to see this.}} </nowiki>
|{{White|Highlight to see this.}}
|-
|{{Tl|-}}
|Functions the same as <nowiki><br style="clear:both;" /></nowiki>. "Clears" both margins. It is often used before a header to make sure that the header will be the full width of the page.
|<nowiki>{{-}}</nowiki>
|{{Tl|-|See the template page for examples.}}
|-
|}

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