Help:Template reference

This page lists common templates for producing standardized citations, flagging articles for maintenance, and other common wiki tasks. Their most common uses are listed here, and some have further functionality listed on their own pages.

Some frequently used templates that do not need parameters are listed in Help:Cheatsheet.

Referencing templates
Referencing and standardized referencing are important. As such, please use these templates.

When using these templates, please ensure that the link to the article is faithful and correct; that all relevant parameters are filled-in; and the date is the date of publication, not the date of access. To avoid ambiguity between date formats, please write out the full year and the name of the month.

Official Wizards Website: DailyRef
DailyRef should be used for articles on | magic.wizards.com (previously known as dailymtg.com, or "The Mothership"). It should only be used for articles: it will not produce a functional link for other pages (such as product pages or more obscure content).



Tumblr: TumblrRef
TumblrRef can handle links to any Tumblr blog. See also EzTumblr below



Short format: EzTumblr
For the most frequently cited Tumblrs, EzTumblr can automatically fill the,  , and (optionally)   fields of TumblrRef. You still need to provide the full  and.



Drive to Work: DriveRef
DriveRef standardizes links to Mark Rosewater's Drive to Work podcast. If available, it accepts a partial URL for a transcript as its final parameter.



General: WebRef
WebRef standardizes links in general.



Cleanup
Cleanup

Expand
Expand

Fact — Fact, or "Fact"?
Use fact if a certain fact need citation.

Delete — Proposed article for deletion
Delete

Rewrite
Rewrite

Dead Link
Use dead link to denote a link that is dead, doesn't have an archived version (e.g. via http://archive.org), and needs replacement.

Cquote
Cquote places the provided quote in an HTML  element. This is for presentation only; it does not constitute a citation. Insert the text of the quote here, without quotation marks.

TOCleft and TOCright
TOCleft and TOCright force a table of contents (which can be "forced" by entering anywhere in an article; it appear roughly in the same area as it is entered) to appear, aligned left and right respectively.

Deckpage
Deckpage e.g.

Decks
Decks, see template page for detailed explanation