Wikipedia:WikiProject Mesoamerica/Templates

This subpage lists templates relevant to Mesoamerican articles, and those associated in particular with this WikiProject.

When adding a new template to this list, you can use the following boilerplate text as a guide. Simply copy it, then insert into the table at the appropriate place between new-row markup elements |- , amending the text to suit.

|'''{{tl|templatename}}'''<BR>
|Banner/Stub/Infobox/Navbox/Userbox/Other <--select one
|'''purpose:''' describe here<BR>'''placement:''' describe here 
|'''syntax:'''{{templatename |parm1|parm2..}}<BR> (if needed)'''parameters:''' if any<BR>'''action:''' go here 

Table of templates

Templates relevant to this Project (see also this category listing)

Template link	Type	What it's for / Where it goes	Syntax / parameters / actions
Article templates (content related)
{{Mesoamerica-stub}}	Stub	purpose: identifies stubs relating to Mesoamerica placement: on Mesoamerican stub articles, at the bottom.	parameters: none action: Automatically assigns to Category:Mesoamerica stubs
{{Aztec}}	Navbox	purpose: Lists the main thematic articles related to Aztec. placement: On article pages of those listed, somewhere in the body of the article. Aligns to the right.	parameters: none. action: none.
{{Maya civilization}}	Navbox	purpose: Lists the main thematic articles on Maya civilization. placement: On article pages of those listed, somewhere in the body of the article. Aligns to the right.	parameters: none. action: none.
{{Maya sites}}	Navbox	purpose: identifies Maya sites by countries. placement: On article pages of those listed, below the body of the article. Aligns to the center.	parameters: none. action: none.
{{Belizeruins}}	Navbox	purpose: identifies Maya sites in Belize placement: in body of relevant articles; aligns to the right.	parameters: none action: none
Other templates (of relevance to Mesoamerican articles)
{{PreColumbian-stub}}	Stub	purpose: flags Pre-Columbian-related articles as a stub. Use {{mesoamerica-stub}} in preference. placement: On stub articles, at the bottom.	parameters: none. action: Automatically assigns to Category:Pre-Columbian era stubs
{{Pre-Columbian}}	Navbox	purpose: Lists the main thematic articles for Pre-Columbian civilizations. placement: On article pages of those listed, somewhere in the body of the article. Aligns to the centre.	parameters: none. action: none.
Meta-templates (not content related)
{{WP Mesoamerica}}	Banner	purpose: Project banner template; identifies in-scope articles, includes the priority tasklist, alerts other editors to this WikiProject. Also used for recording article assessments per the rating scheme via its parameters, there are other flags as well. placement: On the Talk page of relevant articles, at the top.	syntax: {{WP Mesoamerica |class= |importance= |reassess= |attention= |aztec=}} parameters: see Instructions for details. action: Automatically assigns to Category:WikiProject Mesoamerica articles, and other cats depending on the parameters assigned.
{{WP Aztec}}	Banner	purpose: Project banner template for descendant WP:AZTEC wikiproject; identifies in-scope Aztec-related articles, has the same article rating functionality as the WP Mesoamerica banner, classifying article assessments into Aztec-specific subcats as well as the overall Mesoamerican rating scheme categories. placement: On the Talk page of relevant articles, at the top.	syntax: {{WP Aztec |class= |importance= |reassess= |attention=}} parameters: see Instructions for details. action: Automatically assigns to Category:WikiProject Aztec articles &Category:WikiProject Mesoamerica articles, and other cats depending on the parameters assigned.
{{User WP Mesoamerica}}	Userbox	purpose: identifies project participants placement: somewhere in your userspace	parameters: none action: Automatically assigns to Category:WikiProject Mesoamerica participants
{{WP Mesoamerica tasklist}}	To-Do	purpose: contains selection of priority Project tasks/activities to be worked on placement: may be added to one's userspace or other project space	parameters: none action: none
{{WP Mesoamerica subpage}}	Banner	purpose: Identifies subpages belonging to this WikiProject. placement: On WP:MESO subpages, at the top. Should be placed between /noinclude tags to prevent it from displaying when the subpage is transcluded.	parameters: none. action: Automatically assigns to Category:WikiProject Mesoamerica subpages.
{{WP Mesoamerica talk}}	Banner	purpose: Identifies talk pages belonging to this WikiProject. Provides links to other discussions. placement: On WP:MESO talk pages, at the top.	syntax: {{WP Mesoamerica talk |title |purpose}} parameters: title - name of talk page purpose - what it's for action: Automatically assigns to Category:WikiProject Mesoamerica talkpages.
{{WP Mesoamerica layout}}	Banner	purpose: Identifies layout pages (those containing formatting markup) belonging to this WikiProject. placement: On WP:MESO layoutpages, at the top. Should be placed between /noinclude tags to prevent it from displaying when the subpage is transcluded.	parameters: None. action: Automatically assigns to Category:WikiProject Mesoamerica layouts.