Help:IGeekCore

iGeekCore is just a name for the templates (commands) that empower this website. iGeekCore is just a name for the templates (commands) that empower this website. These are layered with high level and easier to use templates that enable lists, grids, tables (from other articles), or displaying individual items (either local or from other pages). ℹ️ Info           ~ Aristotle Sabouni

🗒️ Note:
Layered inclusion allows high level information (Summaries) to percolate up and be included in many other articles. While allowing people to drill in and get into more detailed information if they want.

Templates are commands you can give to do formatting, or include things from another or many other pages.

Format of a command

{{Command|Parameter1|Parameter2|NamedParameter=X}}

You can use named or or order based variables (parameters). Because of their strengths, we use both. Due to MediaWiki design, ordered parameters are more powerful (especially for required parameters) so we use those for the first few parameters. But sometimes with optional attributes, and once you get past 2 or 3 parameters (order count gets harder), it's much easier to have labels/named parameters.

Command Types

These commands/templates are divided up by:

Lists (or Grids)

These are ways to tell one article to include many other articles (Items).

Examples: {{List|Summary|[[Category:Help]]}} -- says, create a (bulleted) List that shows the Title (always) and Summary, for each article that has the Category:Help. {{List|Articles|[[Category:Movies]][[Category:Reviews]]}} would show you a list (actually a grid) of Articles that have both Movies and Reviews as their Category (tags). "Articles" is the name of the rectangular display of a page (square) with the title at the top, summary text flowing in a grid / table cell, with an optional image for that page displayed in the upper right corner. You can dive into Help:Lists to get a better understanding of all the different formats (ways to display) lists.

Items

An Item is way to include one Item (out of a list). Or is also the way that a list can display each Item in the list; a list is 0 or more Items.

Examples: {{Item|Summary|[[Help:Article_Structure]]}} -- says, to include the "Help:Article_Structure" page here; the Page Name (Title) as a heading, and then the summary below it. {{Item|Article|[[Fantastic_Beasts_(2016)]]}} which would show the Fantastic Beasts review, inline in this page, in the format of an article (rectangular display of a page (square) with the title at the top, summary text flowing in a grid / table cell, with an optional image for that page displayed in the upper right corner). You can dive into Help:Items to get a better understanding of all the different formats (ways to display) an item.

Fragments

A Fragment is a piece of an article, or a way to display something in an article. The image for an article, a note, table, chart, choice -- these are all parts of an article. (Fragments)

Examples:

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