Templates make filling in text you'd copy over and over again easier.
Rating templates
These display the 0 to 5 star rating images.
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What appears
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| {{no stars}}
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Shows 5 gray stars
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| {{*}}
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Shows one red star, the common downvoter vote
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| {{**}}
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Two stars
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| {{***}}
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Three stars
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| {{****}}
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Four stars
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| {{*****}}
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Five stars, the common upvoter vote
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| {{fav}}
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"Fav" rating, if you really like a site, you fav it.
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Infoboxes
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Infobox Example
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| {{Fad Infobox}}
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| NEDM
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Original YTMND:
NEDM
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| Worthy spinoffs:
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Use this template for info about a popular fad. Click the template's name to get usage info.
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| {{Site Infobox}}
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Use this template for info about a popular YTMND. Click the template's name to get usage info.
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| {{YTMNDer}}
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| syncan
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Join date
September 23, 2005
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Birthdate
unknown
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| ...as of unknown
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Use this template for info about a YTMND user.
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| {{YTMNDer Detailed}}
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If the YTMNDer infobox isn't detailed enough, you can use this.
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| {{Asset infobox}}
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Use this template for info about a sound, or an image. Click the template's name to get usage info.
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Article templates
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What appears
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What it's supposed to do
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| {{stub}}
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- This page is a stub. Make it meaningful and add something to it.
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Remind that the article is a stub.
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| {{shit}}
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- This article is shit. Get some TP and wipe it up.
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Says that the article needs serious work, and adds it to the list of Shitty Articles.
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| {{From Wikipedia}}
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Use this template at the bottom of every article which was taken or imported from Wikipedia.
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| {{Delete}}
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This page is being considered for deletion. The given reason is below.
This article is either incoherent nonsense or has nothing to do with YTMND. It is now being considered for deletion. For those who want to try out wiki formatting, check out our sandbox. If possible, please make this article useful.
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If a page makes no sense and/or has nothing to do with YTMND, use this template to tell the admins to blast it away.
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| {{Deletedprotected}}
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This page has been Killed!
A YTMND Wiki Administrator has killed this page for some reason. It isn't deleted, you just aren't allowed to see it. This is usually done when there is an issue with the page either for breaking YTMND rules, legal reasons or sometimes if the pages just plain suck.
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This is for a deleted page that is constantly recreated.
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| {{Cleanup}}
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If an article looks too sloppy, use this tag to get people to clean it up.
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| {{Main article|Name of main article}}
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- Want to know more? Check :Template:Main article. It's the main article.
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If there is some text about an existing article, put this under the headline of the segment.
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| {{mistake}}
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OH SNAP!
I created this page by mistake! Admins, could you please delete it?
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If you created an article by mistake, and you're not an admin and can't delete it, put this on the article and a speedy admin will delete it.
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User Templates
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What appears
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What it's supposed to do
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| {{perma-blocked vandal}}
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I tried to screw up YTMND Wiki and all I got was this purple template! (educational)
This user fails in life and is blocked from editing forever for being a douchebag faggot who tweaks off meth and shit fumes. If this is your user page, please check yourself into rehab and get the dildo out of your ass.
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Admins will put this template on the userpages of blatant vandals who are indefinetly blocked.
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| {{Sockpuppet|Username}}
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You BLOCKED my SOCKPUPPET!
My life is going in a downward spiral. I hate myself. I made this sockpuppet account because I don't want to be Username anymore. But they still knew who I was, and now I hate myself even more. How could this happen to me?!
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Admins will put this template on the userpages of sockpuppet accounts.
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| {{Profile|Username}}
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Fancy box to link to a YTMND profile.
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| {{Userbar|Username}}
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A little box that looks like the small user bars on YTMND.
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Link templates
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What appears
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What it's supposed to do
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| {{tl|Wikia}}
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{{Wikia}}
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Show a link to the template
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| {{Profile 2|Username}}
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Max's user page
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An alternate template to link to a YTMND profile.
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| {{ytmnduser|Username}}
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Max
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Basic link to a YTMND profile when mentioning a user in an article.
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| {{ytmnd|subdomain|name}}
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What is love?
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Links to a YTMND site.
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| {{search|Search term|Caption}}
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7|all|SC|D|0| Conan YTMNDs]
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Links to a YTMND search. NOTE: You must use plusses instead of spaces.
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| {{tag|category name}}
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Wiki
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Links and adds to a category.
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Wiki templates
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What appears
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What it's supposed to do
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| {{Wikipedia|YTMND|The best site ever}}
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Infatuated with facts? Wikipedia has an article about The best site ever. Go learn something.
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Links to a Wikipedia article. See template page for usage info.
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| {{ed|Article|Caption}}
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æ
Encyclopædia Dramatica has an article about YTMND. |
Links to an Encyclopaedia Dramatica article.
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| {{Uncyc|Article|Caption}}
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Came here expecting for some humor? Well, Uncyclopedia has an article about YTMND. |
Links to an Uncyclopedia article.
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| {{Wikia|fads|YTMND|FadWiki|The best site ever}}
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Links to a Wikia (formerly WikiCities). See template page for usage info.
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See also
You see all these categories because some templates automatically add them to whatever they're posted to.
