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Template:Essay
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The essay template can be used in two different places (essays and articles), and the requirements of each are different.
Applying this template to an essay will cause it to be automatically added to the list of essays.
Essay pages
| Template: Essay | |
|---|---|
| Use on | Essays |
| Use for | marking an essay and setting properties |
| Category template applies to page | Essays |
| Template Parameters (See Template style manual). | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Purpose | Required? | SMW property | Comment |
| docu | Used for documentation | no | For use only on this template documentation page | |
| description P | Description of essay | no | essay description | |
| cat P | Essay category | yes | essay category | See note |
Note: The cat P parameter is used to determine which category of essays on the list of essays the essay is listed under. The cat P parameter must therefore match one of the existing section headings (case must match also), else a new heading will need to be added to that page.
- Example
This is an essay by Essay.
Please comment only on the talk page.
This is what the essay is about
Articles
| Template: Essay | |
|---|---|
| Use on | Articles (in 'see also' sections) |
| Use for | providing links to essays |
| Category template applies to page | (none) |
| Template Parameters (See Template style manual). | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Purpose | Required? | SMW property | Comment |
| docu | Used for documentation | no | For use only on this template documentation page | |
| author L | Author's username | yes | ||
| title L | Essay title | yes | ||
- Example
- My first essay (Essay by Philip J. Rayment)
See also
- {{SMW essay list}}
