Help talk:Templates

Templates and tags -- notjusttired (talk) 16:05, September 1, 2019 (EDT)
Templates are not the same as tags, although we do often use them as tags. Templates can also contain calculations, call Lua programming eg to categorize pages, and perform complex functions. It's important that people know that templates are not simply labels, but can contain key functions changing the way a page works. What templates actually do is add the same content to multiple pages more easily, some of that content may be hidden and some may be extremely complex. Many templates are used to add extra formatting eg Template:Quotation templates, Template:Chem2 or functions eg Template:Video and Template:Graph both call extensions directly. Removing a template can remove a page from multiple categories, eg licensing templates. notjusttired (talk) 16:05, September 1, 2019 (EDT)

Cleanup templates
Although unfinished, we should encourage people to use the most specific one for their issue, all are subpages of Template:Cleanup eg Template:Cleanup/POV - these are easier to browse via the Visual editor. notjusttired (talk) 16:05, September 1, 2019 (EDT)

Screenshot
Showing a screenshot of how to find citations via the Visual editor's Insert menu would be useful. notjusttired (talk) 16:05, September 1, 2019 (EDT)