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Usage
To group multiple banners, such as merge histories, into a box, and optionally collapse them into one banner to save vertical space.
Basic syntax
((Banner holder |1= ((First banner)) ((Second banner)) ((Third banner)) ... ))
All parameters
((Banner holder |collapsed=yes |text=Some text here |image=someicon.jpog |size=48 |1= ((First banner)) ((Second banner)) ((Third banner)) ... ))
The |1= at the end of the first line is not optional and must be included.
Optional parameters
- Adding
|collapsed=yeswill cause the outer table to be collapsed, hiding the banners. Adding|collapsed=no(the default) will cause the outer table not to be collapsed, showing the banners. - Adding
|text=some string...will cause the collapse bar title to be altered to some string. If left blank or not used, the default string is Other talkpage banners.. - Adding
|image=file name(not including the 'Image:' or 'File' prefix) changes the puzzle piece to the specified image. - Adding
|size=numberchanges the size of the image icon to the number of pixels specified.
Some icons which might be useful as images
.svg){kind=spacer}
Examples
This example shows a banner holder grouping multiple ((Copied)) and ((Translated page)) templates, with an altered image icon:
((Banner holder |collapsed=yes |text=This page contains text [[WP:CWW|copied]] or [[WP:TFOLWP|translated]] from other articles |image=Merge-arrow-3.svg |size=36 |1= ((Copied |from=SRC |from_oldid=rev |to=DEST |to_diff=dest-rev |to_oldid=prev-rev |date=DATE)) ((translated page|de|ICE 1|version=45565777|insertversion=210289191)) ))and generates:
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Choosing banners to collapse
The choice of which banners to collapse is left up to editors' discretion. Some banners have dedicated collapse headers, such as:
- WikiProjects – ((WikiProject banner shell))
- Redirect categories – ((Redirect category shell))
- ((On this day)) templates – self-collapsing
See also
- ((Article history)) – For a template to condense Peer Reviews and other Good- or Featured-article history
- ((Old XfD multi)) – For listing multiple deletion debates
- ((Skip to talk)) – To skip past the many banners and templates straight to the table of contents
- ((Talk header)) – Used at the top of some pages
- Other banner shells:
- ((WikiProject banner shell)) – for WikiProject banners
- ((Redirect category shell)) – For Redirect templates