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This is not a comprehensive description of all templates on the wiki, and often the individual pages for a template will include more detailed information about how to use the template than will be provided here. To see all the templates on this wiki, please see [[:Category:Templates]].

Notable categories of templates on the wiki include:
* [[:Category:File_message_boxes|File message boxes]] - '''message boxes''' ("banners") for conveying important messages to the user (see [[#Notification Templates|below]])
* [[:Category:Infobox_Templates|Infoboxes]] - '''infoboxes''' to display information at a glance on a topic (characters, games, etc)
* [[:Category:Navigation_Templates|Navigation Templates]] - '''navigation boxes''' for everything you can imagine

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== Further Reading ==

For further reading on templates in general, as well as how to use and make them, please see:
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates
* https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User_Guide/Templates
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:A_quick_guide_to_templates

These will be much more comprehensive and include better examples than anything this writer can come up with.

== Notification Templates ==

These are typically [[:Category:File_message_boxes|'''banners''']] meant to convey information to the reader.
The most versatile of these is <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki><b>[[Template:Incomplete|Incomplete]]</b><nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>, which marks a page or a section as incomplete.

For all of the different types of messages that this wiki supports, please see [[:Category:File_message_boxes]].

== General Purpose Templates ==

These templates can be found on many pages and are useful to know how to use.

{|class="wikitable"
! Template
! Code
! Shows On The Page As
|-
| [[:Template:H]]
| <code><nowiki>{{h|highlight me}}</nowiki></code>
| {{h|highlight me}}
|-
| [[:Template:Squiggly]]
| <code>{{squiggly|<nowiki>{{squiggly|Lots of         text f   Arakune}}</nowiki>}}</code>
| {{squiggly|Lots of         text f   Arakune}}
|-
| [[:Template:Quote]]
| <code><nowiki>{{quote|This is a quote from a character.}}</nowiki></code>
| {{quote|Character quote here!}}
|-
| [[:Template:Gallery Section]]
| <code><nowiki>{{Gallery Section|Category One|Category Two|Category Three}}</nowiki></code><br/><br/>For birthday art with Ragna in it, drawn by Toshimichi Mori:<br/><code><nowiki>{{Gallery Section|Ragna the Bloodedge|Birthday Art|Mori, Toshimichi}}</nowiki></code>
| {{Gallery Section|Ragna the Bloodedge|Birthday Art|Mori, Toshimichi}}
|}

'''[[Template:H]]''' is used sparingly. Within quotes and translated text, it is used to highlight words from the original text that appear in brackets. On other pages, it is used to highlight for example aliases or important items on a page that should stand out (i.e. the name of a character's Drive).

If you are unsure, simply leave the word in <code><nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki></code> instead.

'''[[Template:Squiggly]]''' is used to display Arakune's text with all of its spaces intact. If you try to write multiple spaces without this template, it won't appear correctly on the page (extra spaces will be lost).

==Gameplay Templates==
Templates categorized as [[:Category:Gameplay_Templates|Gameplay Templates]] are templates that are used on the '''gameplay subpages''' of a '''character''' (i.e. [[Ragna the Bloodedge/Gameplay]])

===Gameplay Disambiguation===
[[Template:Icon_Grid_(Gameplay)]] links to gameplay subpages ([[Ragna the Bloodedge/Gameplay/BBCT]]) on pages like [[Ragna the Bloodedge/Gameplay]] and looks something like this:
<pre><nowiki>
{{Icon Grid (Gameplay)|Jin Kisaragi
  |BBCT=yes
  |BBCS=yes
  |BBCP=yes
  |BBCF=yes
  |BBTAG=yes
  |BBDW=yes
}}
</nowiki></pre>
You can remove icons for each game by changing the <code>yes</code> to a <code>no</code>, or by removing the row entirely.

===Command Lists===
Command lists appear on pages like [[Ragna the Bloodedge/Gameplay/BBCT]] (or for collaboration characters like those appearing in ''[[BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle]]'', on their main page e.g. [[Yu Narukami]])

The template for a command list looks something like this:
<tabs>
<tab name="C Series">
<pre><nowiki>
{{Command List
| drive    = 
  {{Command List Row
    | EN     = 
    | JP     = 
    | romaji = 
    | input  = 
    | input2 = 
    | desc   = 
  }}
| od       =
| specials =
| dd       =
| astral   =
}}
</nowiki></pre>
</tab>
<tab name="BBTAG">
<pre><nowiki>
{{Command List (BBTAG)|type=
| smart_combo = 
  {{Command List Row
    | EN     = 
    | JP     = 
    | romaji = 
    | input  = 
    | desc   = 
  }}
| cmd_normal  =
| specials    =
| reversal    =
| skills      =
| extra_skill =
| distortions =
| dist_duo    =
}}
</nowiki></pre>
</tab>
</tabs>
Each <code><nowiki>{{Command List Row|...}}</nowiki></code> represents one command in the command list. For further details and examples of how to use the command list templates, please see [[Template:Command List Row]].

== Quotes Templates ==
[[:Category:Quotes Templates|Quotes templates]] are on pages like [[Jubei/Quotes]]. For displaying quotes on these pages, the templates to take note of are [[Template:Quotes_(Table)]] and [[Template:Quotes_(Table_Row)]].
{{#lsth:Template:Quotes (Table Row)|Usage}}

Simply add <code><nowiki>{{Quotes (Table Row)|...}}</nowiki></code> to add information about extra quotes.

Don't mix up these templates with [[Template:Quote]], which is used for formatting a single quote at the top of a character's page!

== Blue Radio and ARC Live! ==
[[Blue Radio]] and [[ARC Live!]] both include lists of episodes that make use of the [[Template:Blue Radio Episode|Blue Radio Episode]] template.
Additionally, [[Blue Radio]] also uses [[Template:Blue Radio Corner]] and [[Template:Blue Radio Seasons]] to display information about its corners across its many seasons.

{| class="wikitable"
! Code || Example
|-
|<code><nowiki>{{</nowiki><b>[[Template:Blue Radio Episode|Blue Radio Episode]]</b><pre style="margin:0;"><nowiki>
 | date = Date
 | JP = JP name
 | EN = EN name
 | link = #
 | thumbnail = 
 | text = Guest: None
}}</nowiki></pre></code>
|{{ Blue Radio Episode
 | date = Date
 | JP = JP name
 | EN = EN name
 | link = #
 | thumbnail = 
 | text = Guest: None
}}
|-
|<code><nowiki>{{</nowiki><b>[[Template:Blue_Radio_Corner|Blue Radio Corner]]</b><pre style="margin:0;"><nowiki>
 | image =
 | title =
  {{Blue Radio Seasons
   (...)
  }}
 | desc = 
 | appearances =
  {{Blue Radio Seasons
   (...)
  }}
}}</nowiki></pre></code>
|{{Blue Radio Corner
| title = '''Sudden Topics'''<br>ぶるぎりのお題 (''Burugiri No Odai'')
| desc = <i>Accepting applications for the hugely popular corner "Sudden Topics" (ぶるぎり Burugiri)!<br>
There may be some interesting responses to these topics, so please think your response through.</i>
| notes = 
}}
|}

==Merchandise==
[[Template:Merchandise_Item]] is used for displaying [[merchandise]]. An example of the template is as follows:
<pre><nowiki>
{{Merchandise Item
| title  = title (English name of the item)
| JPname = 
| JPromaji = 
| avail =
  <ul>
  <li> Event Name (Aug 2008), Arc System Works booth, sold as part of the '''XXX Set''' (¥5,000)</li>
  <li> Additional availabilities get their own bullet points. </li>
  </ul>
| details =
  <ul>
  <li>additional details in bullet points</li>
  </ul>
| images = [[File:Merchandise Comiket 76 BlazBlue Shinyoko Set 01.jpg|thumb]]
}}</nowiki></pre>

For more details, please see [[Template:Merchandise_Item]].

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