Template:Help box
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This template allows a help-related navigation template to be set up relatively quickly by supplying it with one or more lists of links.
Usual syntax
{{Helpbox
| name = <!-- or: | templatename = -->
| title = <!-- or, if templatename used: | name = -->
| group1 =
| list1 =
| group2 =
| list2 =
<!-- etc, to: -->
| group20 =
| list20 =
}}Parameters
Required
- title (or, if templatename used (see below), name)
- The template's title, centered at the top of the template.
- listn
- (i.e. list1, list2, etc.) The body of the template, usually a list of links. Format is inline, although the text can be entered on separate lines if the entire list is enclosed within
<div>...</div>. At least one list parameter is required. Each listn may be preceded by a corresponding groupn parameter, if provided (see below). There is a limit of 20 lists/groups in a template.
Optional
- groupn
- (i.e. group1, group2, etc.) If specified, text appears in a header displayed above listn.
- first unnamed parameter
- Inline CSS for the template.
- name (or, if name used as above, templatename)
- The template's pagename, activating the inclusion of the V•T•E links in its bottom righthand corner. Template:Helpbox's pagename, for example, is "Helpbox".
Example
| Bharatpedia policy |
|---|
| Article standards |
| Working with others |
| Global principles |
{{Helpbox |width:17.5em
| name = Helpbox/doc
| class = plainlist
| title = [[:Category:Bharatpedia policies|Wikipedia policy]]
| group1 = Article standards
| list1 =
*[[Bharatpedia:Neutral point of view|Neutral point of view]]
*[[Bharatpedia:Verifiability|Verifiability]]
*[[Bharatpedia:No original research|No original research]]
*[[Bharatpedia:Biographies of living persons|Biographies of living persons]]
| group2 = Working with others
| list2 =
*[[Bharatpedia:Civility|Civility]]
*[[Bharatpedia:Consensus|Consensus]]
*[[Bharatpedia:No personal attacks|No personal attacks]]
*[[Bharatpedia:Dispute resolution|Dispute resolution]]
*[[BP:LEGAL|No legal threats]]
| group3 = Global principles
| list3 =
*[[Bharatpedia:What Bharatpedia is not|What Bharatpedia is not]]
*[[Bharatpedia:Ignore all rules|Ignore all rules]]
}}