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I'm a user on the Danish version of Uncyclopedia ([1]). I've been trying to get this template to work in a few days, but somehow it just won't do as I want. It's meant to create a table with two rows and a picture to the right. In the upper row, there is going to be security marks for a product, while the lower row is going to have up to four columns with product descriptions.

The problem lies in the upper row, as the lower row already works. Se the result here: [2]

Here's the script (most of it is in English; only security mark descriptions are in Danish). You should look at the script of this page, as Wiki puts everything into one line here:

{| border="1" class="metadata" style="width:100%; background-color:rgb(255,102,0)" | {{ #ifeq: {{{picton|0}}} | 0 | colspan="2" | }} style="align:center;" | {{ #if: {{{1mark|}}} | {| | [[billede:{{ #switch: {{{1mark|}}} | ætsende | miljøfarlig | lokalirriterende | giftig | eksplosiv | brandnærende | brandfarlig = {{{1mark|}}}.gif | #default = {{{1mark|}}} }}]] |- ! <big>{{{1head|}}}</big> |- | {{{1text|}}} |} | }} {{ #if: {{{2mark}}} | {| | [[billede:{{ #switch: {{{2mark|}}} | ætsende | miljøfarlig | lokalirriterende | giftig | eksplosiv | brandnærende | brandfarlig = {{{2mark|}}}.gif | #default = {{{2mark|}}} }}]] |- ! <big>{{{2head|}}}</big> |- | {{{2text|}}} |} | }} {{ #if: {{{3mark}}} | {| | [[billede:{{ #switch: {{{3mark|}}} | ætsende | miljøfarlig | lokalirriterende | giftig | eksplosiv | brandnærende | brandfarlig = {{{3mark|}}}.gif | #default = {{{3mark|}}} }}]] |- ! <big>{{{3head|}}}</big> |- | {{{3text|}}} |} | }} {{ #if: {{{4mark}}} | {| | [[billede:{{ #switch: {{{4mark|}}} | ætsende | miljøfarlig | lokalirriterende | giftig | eksplosiv | brandnærende | brandfarlig = {{{4mark|}}}.gif | #default = {{{4mark|}}} }}]] |- ! <big>{{{4head|}}}</big> |- | {{{4text|}}} |} | }} {{ #if: {{{5mark}}} | {| | [[billede:{{ #switch: {{{5mark|}}} | ætsende | miljøfarlig | lokalirriterende | giftig | eksplosiv | brandnærende | brandfarlig = {{{5mark|}}}.gif | #default = {{{5mark|}}} }}]] |- ! <big>{{{5head|}}}</big> |- | {{{5text|}}} |} | }} {{ #if: {{{6mark}}} | {| | [[billede:{{ #switch: {{{6mark|}}} | ætsende | miljøfarlig | lokalirriterende | giftig | eksplosiv | brandnærende | brandfarlig = {{{6mark|}}}.gif | #default = {{{6mark|}}} }}]] |- ! <big>{{{6head|}}}</big> |- | {{{6text|}}} |} | }} {{ #if: {{{7mark}}} | {| | [[billede:{{ #switch: {{{7mark|}}} | ætsende | miljøfarlig | lokalirriterende | giftig | eksplosiv | brandnærende | brandfarlig = {{{7mark|}}}.gif | #default = {{{7mark|}}} }}]] |- ! <big>{{{7head|}}}</big> |- | {{{7text|}}} |} | }} {{ #if: {{{8mark}}} | {| | [[billede:{{ #switch: {{{8mark|}}} | ætsende | miljøfarlig | lokalirriterende | giftig | eksplosiv | brandnærende | brandfarlig = {{{8mark|}}}.gif | #default = {{{8mark|}}} }}]] |- ! <big>{{{8head|}}}</big> |- | {{{8text|}}} |}|}} | {{ #ifeq: {{{picton|0}}} | 1 | rowspan="2" width="{{{pictwidth|}}}" }} | {{ #ifeq: {{{picton|0}}} | 1 | [[billede:{{{pictaddr|}}}|{{{pictwidth|}}}]] }} |- | {{ #ifeq: {{{picton|0}}} | 0 | colspan="2" }} | {{ #ifexpr: {{{cols|1}}} >= 1 |<div style="width: {{ #expr: 100 /{{{cols|1}}} }}%; float: left;">{{{1col|}}}</div>}} {{ #ifexpr: {{{cols|1}}} >= 2 |<div style="width: {{ #expr: 100 /{{{cols|1}}} }}%; float: left;">{{{2col|}}}</div>}} {{ #ifexpr: {{{cols|1}}} >= 3 |<div style="width: {{ #expr: 100 /{{{cols|1}}} }}%; float: left;">{{{3col|}}}</div>}} {{ #ifexpr: {{{cols|1}}} >= 4 |<div style="width: {{ #expr: 100 /{{{cols|1}}} }}%; float: left;">{{{4col|}}}</div>}} |} — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.185.27.224 (talk) 18:00, 16 November 2008

I've suggested standardizing template naming, at Wikipedia talk:Template namespace#Template naming conventions. If you're frustrated with typing template names and constantly guessing at the right capitalization and spacing, please chime in. —Michael Z. 2009-01-10 17:46 z

Are templates smart enough to recognize foreign scripts by their unicode or something and not italicise them? This would be especially good for {{wiktionary}} Siuenti (talk) 01:41, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

How do you make templates put articles in tracking categories? In general, you are supposed to put categories at the end of the page. Does this not apply to tracking categories?

Thanks for your help!

Elliot321 (talk) 23:12, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Elliot321: All categories can be placed anywhere on the page. It's just our style (Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout#Order of article elements) to place them at the end when they are written directly in the source. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:23, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm wondering if there should be language added to this page about image use, in particular non-free image use. I occasionally come across a template where a non-free image is being used even though such usage is prohibited by WP:NFCC#9. I briefly scanned this page and was not able to find anything about image use at all. So, perhaps something along the lines of WP:DRAFTS#Preparing drafts, WP:UP#Non-free files or WP:UBX#Caution about image use should be added here as well. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:54, 17 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I've noticed some uses of templates (e.g. infoboxes) that include trailing whitespace (usually a newline) after the template name. This article suggests that only named parameters have whitespace trimmed, though it seems that template names do as well. Is this correct? Rriegs (talk) 17:19, 28 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That is correct. Template names, like other page names, cannot start or end with whitespace characters so if whitespace wasn't trimmed/ignored around the template name in a call then no template could be called. The only alternative to trimming would be to disallow whitespace but programming languages usually allow whitespace between syntactic elements. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:59, 28 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Would someone take a look at this template query from the Tennis Project talk page. Seems strange to me, but with all the experts here I'm sure it's a simple explanation. Thanks. Fyunck(click) (talk) 10:27, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone please take a look at Greensboro College? There is some text at the bottom of the article that I think is coming from a (malfunctioning or vandalized?) template. Thanks! ElKevbo (talk) 19:47, 26 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@ElKevbo: Not vandalism, more likely a misunderstanding of what <noinclude>...</noinclude> does. The problem was this edit by Jweiss11 (talk · contribs) which I have fixed; it also affected Spartanburg High School. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:48, 26 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Redrose64, I understand how noinclude and includeonly tags work. Looks like I accidentally removed the opening noinclude tag with that edit. Thank for making the fix. Jweiss11 (talk) 21:23, 26 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Redrose64: Thanks for the very prompt response and assistance! Much appreciated. ElKevbo (talk) 21:24, 26 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I created Template:Location of North Korea's Nuclear tests. There are Wikilinks such as 2006 in the template and the wilinks work in the Template:Location of North Korea's Nuclear tests page. However I placed the template in an article, the wikilinks were disabled. What's wrong with the template?―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 04:01, 28 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Phoenix7777: Nothing! The article just needed to be purged to pick up the latest version of the template. -- John of Reading (talk) 05:43, 28 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@John of Reading: Thanks a lot! The wikilinks were enabled.―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 07:54, 28 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I notice that Help:Template#Categorize pages by template inclusion mentions that "placing articles into ordinary content categories [using category definitions] is discouraged". Can anyone point me to some details on why this is? I was considering experimenting with {{Infobox U.S. Presidential Document}} to try and automate categorisation by signing President, but I'll gladly leave it alone if it's not advised. — Sasuke Sarutobi (talk) 13:47, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I found template usage, similar to {{#if:}} expression. It is used here: Calgary Roughnecks#Current roster. Could you please point me to some documentation of {{#section:}}? —⁠andrybak (talk) 13:42, 20 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]