Eddsworld AU Wiki:Templates Policy

This is the policy page for the structuring of templates. Most templates are divided into three groups: Header Templates, Heading Templates, and Image Templates. Header Templates are templates that go on the top of the page before all other information on the page, Heading Templates are templates that go inside the different sections of the page sectioned off by Headings. Image Templates only go on file pages. The only templates that are required are Infobox AU (for the succinct storage and quick/easy access to basic information), Parent Tab (for linking AU variations together if variations exist - it is not required otherwise), Header (for dividing sections), and OtherWikis2 (for linking to a dedicated wiki for that AU if such a wiki exists - it is not required otherwise).

The following is a list of all used Header Templates in the order in which they should appear on the page.
 * OtherWikis2
 * Missing
 * Delete/Community AU/Merge/Split
 * Cleanup/Uncredited Art
 * Conjecture
 * NSFW
 * WIP
 * MessageBox
 * For/Redirect
 * Infobox AU
 * Parent Tab
 * Stub
 * Quote

The following is a list of all used Heading Templates that should be used somewhere in a section, typically at the top.
 * Header
 * Conjecture Section
 * Main
 * Noncanon/Noncanonend
 * Section Stub

The following is a list of all used Image Templates in the order in which they should appear on the page.
 * Bad Name
 * Irrelevant
 * Low Quality
 * Missing Source
 * Uncredited

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask an Admin.

Delete Parameters
Articles that do not meet minimum standards as detailed in the Article Creation Rules, the Manual of Style, and the AU Page should have Delete added to the page. Specifics as to exactly when the Delete template should be added to the page are listed below.

Lack of information in introduction
All articles must have, at minimum, four complete sentences written text in the introduction. If the article has four sentences of written text in the introduction, it meets this minimum standard and has no fear of being deleted for this reason.

If the article in question has three complete sentences of written text in the introduction, it also should not receive the Delete template. Instead, the article should have the Cleanup template added to the header. If the article has two or less complete sentences of written text in the introduction, it should indeed have the Delete template added to the header.

Improvement-Family Templates Overflow
Articles that have both of the following templates should have the Delete template added to the header. Once the Delete template is added in this manner, it can only be removed again by improving the page, resolving the issues specified in these templates. Once these templates reach a population less than two, the Delete template is to be removed.
 * Cleanup
 * Uncredited Art


 * Addendum

Unauthorized removal of the Improvement-Family Templates (see following section) when the population is less than two will result in the Delete Template being added to the page, only to be removed when all of the Improvement-Family Templates have been fulfilled and properly removed by an Admin or Mod.

Template Removal
As stated on the Vandalism Rules page, removing most templates can get the offending user banned and the related page deleted.

If the Delete template is already on the page, and a template is removed by an unauthorized user, the template is re-added with the time of deletion advanced seven days (was 18 days away, now 11 days away). If there is less than seven days before the page in question is deleted, then it is automatically deleted. If no Delete template is present when a template is removed, the Delete template will be added and remain until all templates have been removed by a moderator or admin. If the offending user removed the templates three or more times, they are banned for no more than three months at the time of page deletion unless the page is deleted more than fourteen days after the most recent unauthorized removal.
 * Changing information on a template also falls under this.

Community AU Parameters
WIP