User blog:EmeraldCrosser/Template Formatting

This blog is typed out to address a growing problem on this wiki that needs to stop as soon as possible.

A tab template is usually seen with " " around it and is, like the name suggests, a pre-formatted template that can be transported to any page on the wiki simply by using it’s designated name. Reminder, this cannot be seen in Visual Editor mode, where the user simply selects a template from the list.

The rising issue recently is that some users who are likely new to html, and therefore may have bad style, are making one repeated styling error across multiple articles. Some may even think that this error is a correct formatting style and even consciously edit articles to "fix" the formatting.

The error in question is when a user places a template directly after the previous template, thus making the two templates side by side. One example is shown below:


 * Roar(s) = None}}Galactron (ギャラクトロン)

The above coding is incorrect. Now look at the following:

Galactron (ギャラクトロン)
 * Roar(s) = None}}

That is the correct way to format the coding.

Although this makes no difference on the published webpage, it makes the coding itself display more clarity. By placing the templates on their own lines, future editors of that article will be able to spot errors faster and be able to understand the coding components more easily. I’m sure that it is unnecessary to cover all the reasons behind well formatted coding and it will make this blog much longer, but please be reasonable about this issue and fix any errors like this on articles. To the users who are currently making this error, please stop and fix the mistake. Thank you to all and have a nice day.