Qunal2017
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I wanted to look at source code of templates as I wanted to write some for my use. Interested in Formatting and placement. Unfortuanetly most I saw are protected, How does one check out some samples to get the hang of things? Help me is a good example and does much of what I am trying to achieve as a first step. Qunal2017 (talk) 15:05, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
- Even if a template is protected, you can still view the source code and get an idea of how things are operating. As far as "playing around" with template code goes, you can test a template anywhere! Any page on Wikipedia can be transcluded onto another one. For example, {{User:Icez/User Astronomy}} is a template in the User space that displays a userbox. You could set up a trial userspace template at User:Qunal2017/testcode, and transclude it using {{User:Qunal2017/testcode}}.
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{{u|Primefac}}. Primefac (talk) 15:29, 12 November 2017 (UTC)- Primefac That was quick and helpful. I will play around Qunal2017 (talk) 15:33, 12 November 2017 (UTC)