YTMND:Templates

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Templates make filling in text you'd copy over and over again easier.

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Rating templates

These display the 0 to 5 star rating images.

What you type What appears Notes
{{no stars}} no stars Shows 5 gray stars
{{*}} * Shows one red star, the common downvoter vote
{{**}} ** Two stars
{{***}} *** Three stars
{{****}} **** Four stars
{{*****}} ***** Five stars, the common upvoter vote
{{fav}} *FAV!* "Fav" rating, if you really like a site, you fav it.

Infoboxes

Template Name Infobox Example Notes
{{Fad Infobox}}
NEDM
Preview image
Original YTMND:
NEDM  
Worthy spinoffs:
Use this template for info about a popular fad. Click the template's name to get usage info.
{{Site Infobox}}
You're the man now dog.com
Preview image
Creator: Max
Created on: July 6, 2001
Sound origin: Finding Forrester trailer
Image origin: Google Images
Profile
Use this template for info about a popular YTMND. Click the template's name to get usage info.
{{YTMNDer}}
syncan
pic
Join date
September 23, 2005
Birthdate
unknown
Avg. site rating: ****
Avg. vote rate: *****
...as of unknown
Notable Sites:
Use this template for info about a YTMND user.
{{YTMNDer Detailed}}
max
pic
Date of first site
You're the man now dog.com, created July 6th, 2001
Joined:
April 6th, 2004
Avg. site rating: Template:40
Avg. vote rate: Template:29
...as of July 12th, 2006
Notable Sites:
Other info:

none

If the YTMNDer infobox isn't detailed enough, you can use this.
{{Asset infobox}}
Heute Ist Mein Tag


Usage/fad: OMG, secret Nazi...! fad
Found/created by: wtfuxz
Origin: Blümchen
More info: N/A.
Type: MP3
Download: Download
Use this template for info about a sound, or an image. Click the template's name to get usage info.

Article templates

What you type What appears What it's supposed to do
{{stub}}
This page is a stub. Make it meaningful and add something to it.
Remind that the article is a stub.
{{shit}}
This article is shit. Get some TP and wipe it up.
Says that the article needs serious work, and adds it to the list of Shitty Articles.
{{From Wikipedia}}
Black Wikipedia logo Parts of this page were originally from Wikipedia pages that may have been deleted (see its history). Its content can be used here under the GNU Free Documentation License
Use this template at the bottom of every article which was taken or imported from Wikipedia.
{{Delete}}

This page is being considered for deletion. The given reason is below.

This article is either incoherent nonsense or has nothing to do with YTMND. It is now being considered for deletion. For those who want to try out wiki formatting, check out our sandbox. If possible, please make this article useful.
If a page makes no sense and/or has nothing to do with YTMND, use this template to tell the admins to blast it away.
{{Deletedprotected}}

This page has been Killed!

A YTMND Wiki Administrator has killed this page for some reason. It isn't deleted, you just aren't allowed to see it. This is usually done when there is an issue with the page either for breaking YTMND rules, legal reasons or sometimes if the pages just plain suck.

This is for a deleted page that is constantly recreated.
{{Cleanup}}
Blue vacuum cleaner.png They see this article's Ridin' Dirty

It needs to be cleaned up. Please organize or reword it so it can be held at a higher standard of quality.

If an article looks too sloppy, use this tag to get people to clean it up.
{{Main article|Name of main article}}
Want to know more? Check :Template:Main article. It's the main article.
If there is some text about an existing article, put this under the headline of the segment.
{{mistake}}
OH SNAP!
I created this page by mistake! Admins, could you please delete it?
If you created an article by mistake, and you're not an admin and can't delete it, put this on the article and a speedy admin will delete it.

User Templates

What you type What appears What it's supposed to do
{{perma-blocked vandal}}
MethBefore.png
MethAfter.png
I tried to screw up YTMND Wiki and all I got was this purple template! (educational)

This user fails in life and is blocked from editing forever for being a douchebag faggot who tweaks off meth and shit fumes. If this is your user page, please check yourself into rehab and get the dildo out of your ass.

Admins will put this template on the userpages of blatant vandals who are indefinetly blocked.
{{Sockpuppet|Username}}
You BLOCKED my SOCKPUPPET!

My life is going in a downward spiral. I hate myself. I made this sockpuppet account because I don't want to be Username anymore. But they still knew who I was, and now I hate myself even more. How could this happen to me?!

Admins will put this template on the userpages of sockpuppet accounts.
{{Profile|Username}}
Max has a YTMND profile
Fancy box to link to a YTMND profile.
{{Userbar|Username}}
A little box that looks like the small user bars on YTMND.

Link templates

What you type What appears What it's supposed to do
{{tl|Wikia}} {{Wikia}} Show a link to the template
{{Profile 2|Username}} Max's user page An alternate template to link to a YTMND profile.
{{ytmnduser|Username}} Max Basic link to a YTMND profile when mentioning a user in an article.
{{ytmnd|subdomain|name}} What is love? Links to a YTMND site.
{{search|Search term|Caption}} 7|all|SC|D|0| Conan YTMNDs] Links to a YTMND search. NOTE: You must use plusses instead of spaces.
{{tag|category name}} Wiki Links and adds to a category.

Wiki templates

What you type What appears What it's supposed to do
{{Wikipedia|YTMND|The best site ever}}
Bouncy Wikipedia logo
Infatuated with facts? Wikipedia has an article about The best site ever. Go learn something.


Links to a Wikipedia article. See template page for usage info.
{{ed|Article|Caption}}
æ
Encyclopædia Dramatica has an article about YTMND.
Links to an Encyclopaedia Dramatica article.
{{Uncyc|Article|Caption}}
Red potato.jpg
Came here expecting for some humor? Well, Uncyclopedia has an article about YTMND.
Links to an Uncyclopedia article.
{{Wikia|fads|YTMND|FadWiki|The best site ever}}
Wikia logo
FadWiki has an article about The best site ever.


Links to a Wikia (formerly WikiCities). See template page for usage info.

See also

You see all these categories because some templates automatically add them to whatever they're posted to.