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What is TemplateData?[edit]
TemplateData is the standardized description of a template, used by VisualEditor to improve the template-editing experience for the user. VisualEditor includes a wizard to edit templates, but for the wizard to be most useful, it needs to present specific information to the user about each template, such as a short description of the template's purpose and its parameters. This information is codified formally (by any wiki editor) using TemplateData.
Editing without TemplateData[edit]
Without TemplateData, each parameter needs to be added manually when inserting a new template.
No information is provided about what the value of the parameter should be.
Editing with TemplateData[edit]
With TemplateData, a list of supported parameters (and their description) is provided for the template.
TemplateData provides context for each parameter, and makes it much easier for users to modify templates.
Adding TemplateData[edit]
Anyone can help by adding TemplateData to templates (particularly high-profile ones, such as infoboxes) so that they are easier to edit in VisualEditor. The following is a minimal example, placed on a template's documentation page:
<templatedata>{
"description": "insert description here",
"params": {
"first parameter": {
"label": "x",
"description": "x",
"type": "string",
"default": "default value",
"required": false
}
}
}</templatedata>
You can also add or edit TemplateData using a GUI, by pressing the following button which appears at the top of the edit page:
The TemplateData tutorial explains in detail how to add TemplateData information to a template.
Commonly used templates[edit]
List maintenance[edit]
Here is a list of the most commonly-used templates. When you've added TemplateData to one, add a {{Done}} mark behind it; we'll update the list with new additions as we go. It's advisable to do a null edit on the main template page to force the system to update the database.
- For completed items, consult the bot-generated logging page Wikipedia:VisualEditor/TemplateData/List.
- If you complete an item, add {{Done}} after the entry until the item appears on the logging page.
- If you partly complete an item, add {{Partly done|<explain what still needs to be done>}} to the entry and do not remove it from this list until it is completed. Partly done items will appear on the logging page as if they were completed.
- Templates not suitable for TemplateData or with technical problems: add {{Not done|<briefly explain why TemplateData couldn't be added>}} after the entry.
Data sources[edit]
- Raw data for the initial template usage statistics are stored on Phabricator in this list.
- A formatted, partially cleaned up version of this data with usage count values is stored at Wikipedia:TemplateData/Template usage count.
- Previous lists, based on data of 2013, have been archived at Wikipedia:TemplateData/Archive1, including lists of meta-templates and templates in other namespaces.
- This list depends on Category:TemplateData documentation for filtering and may include a limited number of already "logged" Template Data additions. Those templates just need a {{TemplateDataHeader}} in their TemplateData section and should be marked as "Done".
Previously unfinished template entries[edit]
This list includes all high-usage templates that haven't been "Done" on the previous list, as of May 2015.
- Template:Coord
VE does not allow overloaded templates - Template:Infobox3cols
- Template:Infobox ship characteristics
- Template:Infobox sportsperson
Faulty. Needs repair. - Template:Infobox NFL player Faulty. Needs repair.
- Template:Infobox political party "Basic Usage" params covered
- Template:Infobox rugby league biography A bare skeleton is in place
- Template:Cite patent A few formatting fields remain
Over 100,000 uses in mainspace[edit]
- Template:Goal
- Template:Fb r
- Template:Dts
- Template:Flagathlete
- Template:Football squad player
- Template:Election box candidate with party link
- Template:Flagcountry
- Template:Harvard citation no brackets
- Template:Mp
- Template:Football box collapsible
- Template:Yel
- Template:Fb
- Template:Episode list
- Template:Jct
- Template:FlagIOCathlete
- Template:R from move
Done - Template:Party shading/Democratic
- Template:FlagIOC
- Template:Party shading/Republican
- Template:Football box
- Template:Ushr
- Template:MLBplayer
- Template:Birth date and age2
- Template:FlagIOC2athlete
Over 50,000 uses in mainspace[edit]
- Template:Location map~
- Template:USS
- Template:Election box candidate AU party
- Template:NRHP row
- Template:Baseball year
- Template:Rp Done
- Template:Track listing
- Template:CBB schedule entry
- Template:Election box turnout
- Template:Empty section
- Template:Lang-fa
- Template:CFB Schedule Entry
- Template:Use British English
- Template:MedalGold
- Template:Increase
- Template:Ntsh
- Template:Singlechart Done
- Template:Fr icon Done
- Template:MedalCompetition
- Template:Center
- Template:De icon
- Template:IranCensus2006
- Template:Cr
- Template:Gbmappingsmall
- Template:Election box majority
- Template:Fb cl team
- Template:!
- Template:HMS
- Template:London Gazette
- Template:Fb-rt
- Template:Color box
- Template:0
- Template:Es icon
- Template:Extended football squad player
- Template:MedalSilver
- Template:Ja-stalink
- Template:Spaced ndash
- Template:Film date
- Template:Canadian election result Done
- Template:Ref
- Template:Episode list/sublist
- Template:Ref label
- Template:National football squad player
- Template:Colorbox
- Template:EngvarB
- Template:MedalBronze
- Template:SfnRef
- Template:IPAc-pl
- Template:NRISref
- Template:Infobox NRHP Done
- Template:Election box hold with party link
- Template:MedalSport
Over 10,000 uses in mainspace[edit]
- Template:R from alternative spelling
- Template:Fbu
- Template:Zh
- Template:Aye
- Template:Date
- Template:Fb cl2 team
- Template:Flatlist
- Template:Commons category-inline
- Template:No footnotes
- Template:Lang-ru
- Template:HB Scotland row
- Template:Hndis
- Template:Flagu
- Template:Vcite2 journal
- Template:Plainlist
- Template:DetailsLink
- Template:MeSH number
- Template:Decrease
- Template:Note
- Template:MedalCountry
- Template:Gold1
- Template:Bk
- Template:Stnlnk
- Template:'
- Template:NFL Year
- Template:National football squad player (goals)
- Template:POL
- Template:Fb r team
- Template:Subon
- Template:Japanese episode list
- Template:Bronze3
- Template:Silver2
- Template:CAN
- Template:R from US postal abbreviation
- Template:Ru
- Template:R
- Template:S-par
- Template:Suboff
- Template:FRA
- Template:YouTube
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- Template:Ship
- Template:Wiktionary
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- Template:Wikispecies
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- Template:TwoLegResult
- Template:Other uses
- Template:Use Australian English
- Template:Infobox French commune
- Template:FlagIOCteam
- Template:Basho
- Template:CBB yearly record entry
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- Template:NBA Year
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- Template:Sort dash
- Template:Legend
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- Template:DEU
- Template:Video game release
- Template:Infobox television
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- Template:English Heritage listed building row
- Template:Left
- Template:Bibleverse
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- Template:FlagIOC2
- Template:CFB Yearly Record Entry
- Template:Cc3
- Template:League icon
- Template:NFLplayer
- Template:Cite map
- Template:Age in years and days
- Template:Columns-list
- Template:Cite episode
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- Template:Pull quote
- Template:Nihongo2
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- Template:MedalBottom
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- Template:Rugbybox
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- Template:Smallcaps
- Template:National Heritage List for England entry
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- Template:Sort Nowrap
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- Template:S-off
- Template:FlagIOC2team
- Template:Track gauge
- Template:Fbw
- Template:Certification Table Entry
- Template:Medal
- Template:Redirect
- Template:FlagIPCmedalist
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- Template:National Register of Historic Places
- Template:FlagIOCmedalist
- Template:AFB game box scoring entry
- Template:Jctint
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- Template:AUS
- Template:CBSB link
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- Template:Legend2
- Template:Fbu-rt
- Template:Subscription required
- Template:RA
- Template:Infobox UK place
- Template:S-rail
- Template:It icon
- Template:DEC
- Template:FlagIOC2medalist
- Template:ENG
- Template:Curlingbox
- Template:GBR
- Template:Singles
- Template:MedalTableTop
- Template:Cite pmid
- Template:Wikiquote
- Template:Harvard citation text
- Template:Infobox scientist
- Template:SWE
- Template:JPN
- Template:Ru7
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- Template:Sclass-
- Template:Canadian party colour
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- Template:Mpl
- Template:MLB Year
- Template:Find a Grave
- Template:MetroLyrics song
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- Template:Baseballstats
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- Template:Fhgoal
- Template:TennisMatch3
- Template:Infobox football club
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- Template:Transl
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- Template:Album chart
- Template:Bkw
- Template:Geographic location
- Template:Election box begin no change
- Template:FlagCGFathlete
- Template:CHN
- Template:Music
- Template:Infobox radio station
- Template:Election box informal
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- Template:Aviation lists
- Template:Player
- Template:Election box formal
- Template:Fed
- Template:Chset-cell3
- Template:Infobox mountain
- Template:Family tree
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- Template:J-rserv
- Template:Swimmingrecord
- Template:Speedway color
- Template:TOC right
- Template:MedalistTable
- Template:Steady
- Template:Lang-el
- Template:Election box total no change
- Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican
- Template:Mvar
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- Template:Bar percent
- Template:Nl icon
- Template:STV Election box candidate2
- Template:Speciesbox
- Template:Portal bar
- Template:Try
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- Template:Pt icon
- Template:IceHockeybox
- Template:Infobox station
- Template:Zh icon
- Template:NLD
- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row
- Template:Refn
- Template:Infobox NFL player
- Template:Player2
- Template:Cycling past winner rider
- Template:Election box winning candidate with party link no change
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- Template:R from incomplete disambiguation
- Template:Canadian election result/total
- Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color
- Template:Cite report
- Template:Cite AV media notes
- Template:MMAevent bout
- Template:Lang-en
- Template:CHE
- Template:Advert
- Template:Infobox airport
- Template:Beltasteroid-stub
- Template:Vb res 5
- Template:Airport codes
- Template:Bronze medal
- Template:OCLC
- Template:UAAPicon
- Template:CZE
- Template:Election box hold AU party
- Template:Infobox cricketer
- Template:Rlp
- Template:Hb
- Template:Expand list
- Template:BRA
- Template:Cite newspaper The Times
- Template:FlagATHCH
- Template:FlagPASOathlete
- Template:Gold medal
- Template:CFL Year
- Template:Circa
- Template:Dagger
- Template:BS3
- Template:Graphic novel list
- Template:Updated
- Template:Nihongo4
- Template:Lnep
- Template:GS
- Template:Football kit
- Template:Other places
- Template:Infobox military conflict
- Template:Infobox river
- Template:Term
- Template:AUT
- Template:IAST
- Template:Silver medal
- Template:Canadian election result/top
- Template:R from alternative scientific name
- Template:Birth year and age
- Template:TLS-PL
- Template:US Census population
- Template:Col-4
- Template:EB1911
- Template:S-ach
- Template:Cascite
- Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor
- Template:Angle bracket
- Template:Hockey team player
- Template:NOR
- Template:SCOTUSRow
- Template:Football squad mid
- Template:R to scientific name
- Template:Soccerbase
- Template:Vb-rt
- Template:R from surname
- Template:USGS gazetteer
- Template:Sclass
- Template:Noitalic
- Template:Bk-rt
- Template:Lang-fr
- Template:BEL
- Template:UKR
- Template:Election box 2pp
- Template:IUCN
- Template:JKR
- Template:Expand French
- Template:Election box candidate
- Template:Fleetrace
- Template:USRepSuccessionBox
- Template:Font color
- Template:Election summary party
- Template:Defn
- Template:EC number
- Template:AFLGame
- Template:Page needed
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- Template:Rail line
- Template:Mono
- Template:HUN
- Template:UAAPteam
- Template:ISBNT
- Template:Spanish name
- Template:ICD10
- Template:Fb cl3 qr
- Template:Update
- Template:R from song
- Template:Hbw
- Template:Minor planets navigator
- Template:Flagteam
- Template:HPC row
- Template:PBB
- Template:F1
- Template:Who
- Template:WDL
- Template:Ro icon
- Template:Infobox planet
- Template:Listen
- Template:Portal-inline
- Template:Based on
- Template:Chem
- Template:Dab
- Template:Wikisource
- Template:FIN
- Template:S-rel
- Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color
- Template:Expand German
- Template:Pad
- Template:Fhm
- Template:Small Solar System bodies
- Template:Handballbox
- Template:TLS-RL
- Template:Google maps
- Template:Jctbtm
- Template:Shipboxflag
- Template:Vgy
- Template:R from short name
- Template:Linescore Amfootball
- Template:Chemspidercite
- Template:Ko icon
- Template:Vbw-rt
- Template:Extra chronology
Over 5,000 uses in mainspace[edit]
- Template:BS2
- Template:R from gene symbol
- Template:URS
- Template:Refimprove section
- Template:FIBA player
- Template:Italic title prefixed
- Template:Infobox Australian place
- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal
- Template:GeoGroup
- Template:Age in days
- Template:Timatic
- Template:Weather box
- Template:Chembox Properties
- Template:Chembox
- Template:Chembox Identifiers
- Template:Lang-es
- Template:Lang-uk
- Template:KOR
- Template:Fb cl2 qr
- Template:Alum
- Template:Infobox aircraft begin
- Template:Grade II colour
- Template:Issue
- Template:16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis3-Byes
- Template:Americanfootballbox
- Template:Futsal
- Template:R from initialism
- Template:Val
- Template:Fbw-rt
- Template:IPA link
- Template:16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis3
- Template:Rugby squad player
- Template:USN flag
- Template:STV Election box candidate with party link
- Template:Japanese episode list/sublist
- Template:Other ships
- Template:R from plural
- Template:SCO
- Template:Single-innings cricket match
- Template:Cbb link
- Template:DANFS
- Template:Nobold
- Template:Internet Archive author
- Template:Lang-he
- Template:Ebicite
- Template:Gutenberg author
- Template:TXint
- Template:Fb cl header
- Template:College athlete recruit entry
- Template:Draw key
- Template:Given name
- Template:Au
- Template:Infobox NCAA team season
- Template:FlagPASO
- Template:Aircontent
- Template:INRConvert
- Template:Cite conference
- Template:Stribe
- Template:Ndash
- Template:RussiaAdmMunRef
- Template:Infobox venue
- Template:Ru-rt
- Template:R from ISO 639 code
- Template:SMU
- Template:Wp
- Template:Noflag
- Template:Harvcoltxt
- Template:Listref
- Template:Michelin
- Template:Kick
- Template:IUCN status
- Template:Watprn
- Template:Dmoz
- Template:FM station data
- Template:Ja-rail-line
- Template:Chembox Hazards
- Template:Hansard-contribs
- Template:ICD9
- Template:Jockey colours row
- Template:NYint
- Template:COI
- Template:TennisMatch
- Template:AFB game box start
- Template:DNK
- Template:FlagCGF
- Template:AFB game box end
- Template:Visible anchor
- Template:Audio
- Template:Fieldhockeybox
- Template:Infobox cyclist
- Template:MedalTop
- Template:Infobox automobile
- Template:TUR
- Template:ZAF
- Template:Other places3
- Template:Cite DNB
- Template:Fhw
- Template:ARG
- Template:J-route
- Template:Fb r2 team
- Template:IND
- Template:Google books
- Template:Infobox Italian comune
- Template:Indian Rupee
- Template:ROU
- Template:Infobox Korean name
- Template:Infobox language
- Template:Extra album cover
- Template:Marriage
- Template:Ruw
- Template:Ann
- Template:AUshield
- Template:Infobox football league season
- Template:Notelist
- Template:Sup
- Template:Braille cell
- Template:Death date
- Template:Rail color box
- Template:Party shading/Federalist
- Template:Bb
- Template:SMS
- Template:Pl icon
- Template:MEX
- Template:Change
- Template:Script/Nastaliq
- Template:Hidden
- Template:Unreliable source?
- Template:Jcttop
- Template:Chinese name
- Template:El icon
- Template:MPCit JPL
- Template:DNB
- Template:Rugbybox collapsible
- Template:Death-date and age
- Template:R from subtopic
- Template:Cite comic
- Template:Geological range
- Template:Election box hold with party link without swing
- Template:ASI Monument row
- Template:Ahnentafel-compact5
- Template:Wikicite
- Template:CFB Schedule Start
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- Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal
- Template:Lang-la
- Template:Tone
- Template:R from long name
- Template:GBR2
- Template:Age in days nts
- Template:S-mil
- Template:Script/Hebrew
- Template:National rugby squad player
- Template:Fb cl footer
- Template:Double-dagger
- Template:TwoLeg start
- Template:R from UN/LOCODE
- Template:Collapsible list
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- Template:Cr-rt
- Template:Fb cl team 2pts
- Template:Ahnentafel top
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- Template:Infobox church
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- Template:Routelist row
- Template:TOC limit
- Template:RankedMedalTable
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- Template:FishBase
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- Template:Facebook
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- Template:COL
- Template:Beachsoccer
- Template:Tr icon
- Template:Infobox college coach
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- Template:AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
- Template:Sumo record year end
- Template:OHint
- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row
- Template:Lead too short
- Template:Lang-it
- Template:FlagIPCteam
- Template:CFB Yearly Record Subhead
- Template:R to TV episode list entry
- Template:Certification Table Top
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- Template:Fb match2
- Template:Certification Table Bottom
- Template:PBB Further reading
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- Template:Inconsistent citations
- Template:NFLDraft-row
- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row
- Template:Lang-pl
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- Template:PBB Controls
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- Template:Infobox newspaper
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- Template:Infobox television episode
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- Template:BGR
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- Template:Party colour
- Template:Infobox UK school
- Template:Ship index
Low-use templates[edit]
Main-space templates[edit]
Following are templates which taking parameters but are used <250 times. There are thousands of templates which contain only content for transclusion and which take no parameters. These are not considered here.
Orphans[edit]
Following have no instances of use:
- Template:AthalianaDBs
- Template:AthalianaLit
- Template:BiowebUW
- Template:BrainInfo
- Template:BrainMaps
- Template:CephBase Family
- Template:CephBase Genus
- Template:CephBase Suborder
- Template:CephBase Subclass
- Template:CephBase Superorder
- Template:EntrezGene2
- Template:WestAfricanPlants
See also[edit]
- Wikipedia:VisualEditor/TemplateData/List A list of all pages with TemplateData