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This Xy trio of templates can create an example table to help document the use of a userbox template. The trio comprises:
Xytop
edit{{Xytop}} always comes first to create the table headings.
{{xytop|cat}}
where:
catis an optional category column.
Examples
edit{{xytop}} creates:
| Place this Wikitext on your user page | to create this userbox |
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{{xytop|cat}} creates:
| Place this Wikitext on your user page | to create this userbox | and add your user page to: |
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Xy
edit{{Xy}} creates a single table row with the template Wiki markup, the template box, and a link to the list of pages that link to the called template.
{{xy|template|par1|...|par12|cat1=|...|cat6=|link=}}
where:
templateis the template name (required).par1|...|par12are up to 12 optional template parameters.cat1=|...|cat6=are up to 6 optional categories (without theCategory:prefix).link=is an optional template link. (default=no)
A zero-width space ​ may be used to represent a missing parameter.
Examples
edit{{xy|User lives in}} creates:
{{User lives in}} |
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{{xy|User visited|Nunavut}} creates:
{{User visited|Nunavut}} |
{{xy|User coord|51|28|40.12|N|0|0|5.31|W|link=yes}} creates:
{{User coord|51|28|40.12|N|0|0|5.31|W}} |
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{{xy|User in Ethiopia|5|cat1=Wikipedians in Ethiopia}} creates:
{{User in Ethiopia|5}} |
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Category:Wikipedians in Ethiopia |
Xyend
editExample table
editThe following Wiki markup:
{{xytop|cat}}
{{xy|User Com Medal|USA|valor|1|cat1=Wikipedians who served in the United States Army}}
{{xy|User Com Medal|USAF|merit|2|cat1=Wikipedians who served in the United States Air Force}}
{{xy|User Com Medal|USCG|merit|3|cat1=Wikipedians who served in the United States Coast Guard}}
{{xy|User Com Medal|USMC|valor|cat1=Wikipedians who served in the United States Marine Corps}}
{{xy|User Com Medal|USN|cat1=Wikipedians who served in the United States Navy}}
{{xy|User Com Medal|JS|​|2|cat1=Wikipedians who served in the United States Armed Forces}}
{{xyend}}
creates the following example table: