Difference between revisions of "Template:USS"

Revision as of 19:03, 13 October 2009

This template is intended to simplify the wikicode needed for properly italicizing a starship's name, such as:

[[USS Yamato|USS ''Yamato'']]

The use of this template is with the ship's name, such as:

{{USS|Yamato}}

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 This template is intended to simplify the wikicode needed for properly italicizing a starship's name, such as:
   <nowiki>[[USS Yamato|USS ''Yamato'']]</nowiki>
-The template allows for up to three variables:
-# Ship's name
-# Disambiguation (if any)
-# Textual postfix (if any)
- <nowiki>{{USS|Shipname|Disambiguation|Postfix text}}</nowiki>
 == Usage ==
-The simplest use is with the ship's name, such as:
+The use of this template is with the ship's name, such as:
   <nowiki>{{USS|Yamato}}</nowiki>
 {{USS|Yamato}}
-Use of the single variable version should be avoided if a name has been given to more than one ship, unless the object is to direct the user to a disambiguation page.  An example of this would be:
- <nowiki>{{USS|Enterprise}}</nowiki>
-{{USS|Enterprise}}
-To use a link to a disambiguating starship name, enter the disambiguation text as the second variable to the template:
- <nowiki>{{USS|Exeter|(NCC-1672)}}</nowiki>
-{{USS|Exeter|(NCC-1672)}}
-Please note that for ship names listed with a letter following, such as '''USS ''Enterprise''-D''', that letter that should given as the third variable which is postfixed to the name (unlike the typical third variable which is the entire text):
- <nowiki>{{USS|Enterprise|(NCC-1701-D)|-D}}</nowiki>
-{{USS|Enterprise|(NCC-1701-D)|-D}}
 [[Category:Templates|USS]]
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