Template:Helpbox

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This template employs some extremely complicated or esoteric features of template syntax. Please do not attempt to alter it unless you are certain that you understand the setup and are prepared to repair/revert any consequent collateral damage if the results are unexpected. Any experiments should be conducted in a sandbox or your userspace.

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This template allows a help-related navigational template to be set up relatively quickly by supplying it with one or more lists of links.

Usual syntax

{{Helpbox
| name    =  <!-- or: | templatename = -->
| title   =  <!-- or, if templatename used: | name = -->

| group1  = 
| list1   = 

| group2  = 
| list2   = 

<!-- etc, to: -->

| group20 = 
| list20  = 

}}

Parameters

Required

title (or, if templatename used (see below), name): The template's title, centered at the top of the template.

listTemplate:Semisub

(i.e. list1, list2, etc.) The body of the template, usually a list of links. Format is inline, although the text can be entered on separate lines if the entire list is enclosed within ‎<div>...‎</div>. At least one list parameter is required. Each listTemplate:Semisub may be preceded by a corresponding groupTemplate:Semisub parameter, if provided (see below). There is a limit of 20 lists/groups in a template.

Optional

groupTemplate:Semisub: (i.e. group1, group2, etc.) If specified, text appears in a header displayed above listTemplate:Semisub.
first unnamed parameter: Inline CSS for the template.
name (or, if name used as above, templatename): The template's pagename, activating the inclusion of the V•T•E links in its bottom righthand corner. Template:Helpbox's pagename, for example, is "Helpbox".

Example

{{Helpbox |width:17.5em
| name = Helpbox/doc
| class = plainlist
| title = [[:Category:Wikipedia policies|Wikipedia policy]]

| group1 = Article standards
| list1 =
*[[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|Neutral point of view]]
*[[Wikipedia:Verifiability|Verifiability]]
*[[Wikipedia:No original research|No original research]]
*[[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons|Biographies of living persons]]

| group2 = Working with others
| list2 =
*[[Wikipedia:Civility|Civility]]
*[[Wikipedia:Consensus|Consensus]]
*[[Wikipedia:No personal attacks|No personal attacks]]
*[[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution|Dispute resolution]]
*[[WP:LEGAL|No legal threats]]

| group3 = Global principles
| list3 =
*[[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not|What Wikipedia is not]]
*[[Wikipedia:Ignore all rules|Ignore all rules]]
}}