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This gallery depicts a number of the various templates that are currently available for Editors use. Copy the tag code (and modify as required) onto the target page for the template to appear.

{{seealso|Help:Authoritative Templates}}
{{seealso|Help:Warning Templates}}

==Header Templates==
These are templates that you add to the top of articles to describe special conditions the page contents is under for the reader.

===Page Information===
:''{{lcs|Page Information templates}}''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;
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! Template Name
! Template Preview
! Template Code 
! See for more Information
|-

| BattleTech Essay
| {{BattleTech Essay}}
| '''<nowiki>{{BattleTech Essay}}</nowiki>'''
| {{lts/|BattleTech Essay}}
|-
| Under Construction
| {{Underconstruction}}
| '''<nowiki>{{WIP}}</nowiki>''' 
| {{lts/|WIP}}
|-
| Announced Product
| {{AnnouncedProduct}}
| '''<nowiki>{{AnnouncedProduct}}</nowiki>'''
| {{lts/|AnnouncedProduct}}
|-
| Moratorium
| {{moratorium}}
| '''<nowiki>{{moratorium|the ending date of the moratorium}}</nowiki>'''
| {{lts/|moratorium}}
|-
| Apocryphal Product
| {{ApocryphalProduct}}
| '''<nowiki>{{ApocryphalProduct}}</nowiki>'''
| {{lts/|ApocryphalProduct}}
|-
| Apocryphal: Article
| {{ApocryphalArticle}}
| '''<nowiki>{{ApocryphalArticle}}</nowiki>'''
| {{lts/|ApocryphalArticle}}
|-
| Product contains Rules
| {{Rules}}
| '''<nowiki>{{Rules}}</nowiki>'''
| {{lts/|Rules}}
|-
|}

===Article Improvements===
{{main|:Category:Article Improvement Templates}}
These are templates that can be used to improve pages, such as links to the main articles, see also, and other such improvements for readability. 

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;
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! Template Name
! Template Preview
! Template Code 
! See for more Information
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| Main link
| {{main|The other article}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{main|The other article}}</nowiki>'''
| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:Main]]
|-
| Nutshell
| {{nutshell|''stuff written here''}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{nutshell|''stuff written here''}}</nowiki>'''
| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:Nutshell]]
|-
| Other Uses
| {{otheruses|'''subject type'''|'''a different subject type'''|other subject article}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{otheruses|''subject type''|''a different subject type''|''other subject article''}}</nowiki>'''
| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:Otheruses]]
|-
| See Also
| {{seealso|The other article}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{seealso|The other article}}</nowiki>'''
| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:Seealso]]
|-
| Succession 
| see [[Takashi_Kurita#Positions|here]] for example
| style="font-size:80%"| see [[:Category:Succession templates]]
| style="font-size:80%"| [[:Category:Succession templates]]
|-
| Apocryphal content starts
| {{ApocryphalContentStart}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{ApocryphalContentStart}}</nowiki>'''
| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:ApocryphalContentStart]]
|-
| Apocryphal content ends
| {{ApocryphalContentEnd}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{ApocryphalContentEnd}}</nowiki>'''
| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:ApocryphalContentEnd]]
|}

===Article Maintenance===
{{Category|Article Maintenance Templates}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;
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! Template Name
! Template Preview
! Template Code 
! See for more Information
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| Article Deletion
| {{deletion|1}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{deletion|1}}</nowiki>''' Note: replace '1' with reason for deletion 
| style="font-size:80%"| {{lts/|deletion}}
|-
| Article Merge
| {{Merge|1}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{Merge|1}}</nowiki>''' Note: replace '1' with article to be merged with.
| style="font-size:80%"| {{lts/|Merge}}
|-
| Article needs more citations
| {{refimprove}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{refimprove}}</nowiki>''' 
| style="font-size:80%"| {{lts/|refimprove}}
|-
| Cleanup
| {{cleanup}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{cleanup}}</nowiki>'''
| style="font-size:80%"| {{lts/|cleanup}}
|-
| Multiple Issues
| {{multipleissues}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{multipleissues}}</nowiki>'''
| style="font-size:80%"| {{lts/|multipleissues}}
|-
| Plagiarism
| {{Plagiarism}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{Plagiarism}}</nowiki>'''
| style="font-size:80%"| {{lts/|Plagiarism}}
|-
| Stub: article
| {{stub}} 
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki>''' 
| style="font-size:80%"| {{lts/|Stub}}
|-
| Stub: section
| {{sectionstub}} 
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{sectionstub}}</nowiki>''' 
| style="font-size:80%"| {{lts/|Sectionstub}}
|-
| Sub-stub
| {{Sub-stub}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{Sub-stub}}</nowiki>'''
| style="font-size:80%"| {{lts/|Sub-stub}}
|-
| Update Needed
| {{Update Needed|title}}
| '''{{tl|Update Needed|title}}'''
| [[Template:Update Needed]]
|-
| Very Long
| {{verylong}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{verylong}}</nowiki>'''
| style="font-size:80%"| {{lts/|verylong}}
|}

===In-line Article Maintenance===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;
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! Template Name
! Template Preview
! Template Code 
! See for more Information
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| Citation Needed
| {{cn}}
| '''<nowiki>{{citation needed}}</nowiki>''' or '''<nowiki>{{cn}}</nowiki>''' 
| [[Template:citation needed]]
|-
| When?
| {{when}}
| '''<nowiki>{{when}}</nowiki>''' or '''<nowiki>{{when?}}</nowiki>'''
| [[Template:when]]
|}

==Single Source Information==
These are used when information regarding a particular topic needs to be placed on multiple pages. If/when that information changes, the template may go through one edit, propagating the information to all targeted pages.

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;
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! Template Name
! Template Preview
! Template Code 
! See for more Information
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| Rank Style
| too detailed for preview (see last column)<br>used on articles to explain the acceptable reasons for capitalizing rank titles
| '''<nowiki>{{RankStyle}}</nowiki>'''
| [[Template:RankStyle]]
|}

==Fanon/Not Canon==

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;
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! Template Name
! Template Preview
! Template Code 
! See for more Information
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| Fanon
| {{Fanon}}
| style="font-size:80%"| '''<nowiki>{{Fanon}}</nowiki>'''
| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:Fanon]]
|-
| Not Canon
| {{NotCanon}}
| style="font-size:80%"|  '''<nowiki>{{NotCanon}}</nowiki>'''
| style="font-size:80%"| [[Template:NotCanon]]
|-
|}


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