Templates

Templates are a special kind of article that are supposed to only be used as part of other articles.

Please do not experiment with the template as you could ruin all pages using it. If you want to edit a template, copy the text to Template:Sandbox, edit and test it there, and copy it back when it works.

Brief description of the templates

!: Magic word used to escape vertical bars "|" in wikitext; particuarly inside template arguments

=: Magic word used to escape the equal sign "=" in wikitext; particular inside template arguments

AlpineLatest: Prints the latest stable version (3.21.0, released 5 December 2024) of alpine. Surprisingly useful, can be with other wiki features to dynamically generate URLs (such as this URL to the release notes) and all kinds of fun shenanigans

Box: a generic box with adjustable colors

Box BLUE: a blue box

Box GREEN: a green box

Box RED: a red box

Box YELLOW: a yellow box

Cat: Contents of /etc/issue
Used to the potential text inside a hypothetical file

Citation needed: Used to the right of a statement that desperately needs a source/documentation. Also a popular ^{[citation needed]} meme from wikipedia.

Clear: Used to aid the flow of text near/around floating images

Cmd: Used to stylize command (in block form), such as:
killall firefox && \
apk del firefox

Codeline: Used to stylize code, can be used inline: <!DOCTYPE html><title>This is valid HTML5</title>

Define: Used to make definition lists (such as the one you are reading now) or to document programs' command line arguments.

Delete: This is used to start a proposal to have a page deleted. It is used on the 1st line of normal pages and the 2nd line of redirect pages. Typically this is not a fast process. Use the comment field of this template to make a very concise reason the page should be deleted; then, if possible, make a longer argument on the article's talk page. If a consensus (or no objections) are reached after a reasonable amount of time, be sure that the page is orphaned (i.e. other pages no longer link to it).

Deref: I am unsure what this template does, but it is important, help documenting it is appreciated

Done: Typically used in tasks lists or on talk pages to mark a task or action of some kind as completed. Done

Draft: This template should be added at the beginning of articles or sections that are unfinished.

Expand: This template should be added at the beginning of incomplete or "placeholder" pages or sections. You can explain in the first argument what material is still missing.

Hint: Avoid using. Used to define abbreviations or acronyms (the template is misnamed). e.g.: HTML

Historical: First line on articles which we are keeping only for historical curiosity. In modern times, these pages are almost completely useless, but still interesting to see where we've been and how far we've come.

Ic: Inline code or inline command. cat /dev/urandom is not a recommended method of scrolling your terminal emulator.

If: Obsolete template for conditionals. DO NOT USE. The #if magic keyword should always be used instead.

Ifeq: Obsolete template for conditionals. DO NOT USE. The #ifeq magic keyword should always be used instead.

Ifn: Probably obsolete. Use with caution. Check and see if its function can be duplicated with a magic word instead.

Ifz: Probably obsolete. Use with caution. Check and see if its function can be duplicated with a magic word instead.

Insecure url: As part of an active effort to rewrite all URLs on the wiki to use a secure connection, we place this to the right of URLs that can't be upgraded. e.g. due to server misconfiguration🔓

Issue: Make a link to an issue on gitlab #275

Key: Used to indicate keys on the keyboard: AltSysRqREISUB

Lb: Used to escape left curly brackets in wiki markup: {{

Main: Used under a section heading to indicate that the topic of the section has an associated article

Merge: Used to nominate an article for merging with another article

Month: Used to convert a numerical month to the month's name. Not localized. Often should be combined with the #formatdate magic keyword in order to respect the user's date preference.

Move: Used to propose moving an article.

NNews: Cool looking template as-seen in the Older News article. No modern usages yet, but it still looks good.

Note: Note: This is a note box template

Obsolete: Used to mark an article or section as obsolete. Depending on the nature of the material in question, redirecting to a superseding article, marking the article as historic, or nominating the article for deletion may be appropriate.

Path: Used to stylize file/directory paths on the wiki, can be used inline: /dev/null

pkg: Used to link to APK information on pkg, can be used inline, and often combined with cmd or ic template: apk add nano

Rb: Used to escape right curly brackets in wiki markup: }}

Retired: Added to user pages when it is know that the user is never going to edit the wiki again for whatever reason:

Retired

This user is no longer active on the Alpine Linux Wiki.
User has gone fishing.

Sandbox: Template that anyone can edit for testing purposes.

Style: Used to mark an article or section which needs wikimarkup or style improvements. e.g. if a user has typed HTML or markdown instead of wikitext into an article

Template: This template is used at the top of the section of templates; it prints a message if a user loads the template page explaining that said page is not a regular article.

Text art: Apparently intended for ASCII art on the wiki, but never used.

Tip: Tip: Tip Box. "Don't believe everything you read on the internet." - Abraham Lincoln

TOC left: Used near the top of an article to cause the table of contents box to be on the left

TOC right: Used near the top of an article to cause the table of contents box to be on the right

Todo: Todo: Adds a note about tasks that need to be done in an article/section

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Templates

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