Template:Sandbox

Many times you may want to just 'test' an idea for a template, I haven't found a sensible way of fully testing templates by themselves (as they will not get included in the edited version, but rather the saved version).

The idea of this Template:Sandbox is to have that, a simple testing zone that will not interfere with others and avoid leaving a trail of botched attempts.

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See Also http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Template

Testing Task

Purpose of this template is to organize Category:Tasks in a homogeneous way, according to the guidelines mentioned in Participate.

Pages tagged with this will be included in the following categories:

• Category:Tasks
• According to its category parameter:
  • Category:Programming
  • Category:Education
  • Category:Organizing
  • Category:Translation
  • Category:Other
• According to its unit parameter:
  • Category:minutes
  • Category:hours
  • Category:days
  • Category:weeks
  • Category:months
  • Category:years

Usage

{{ Task
            | name     =    <!-- OPTIONAL -- some name for the task at hand -->
            | duration =    <!-- a number denoting the estimated time required -->
            | unit     =    <!-- { minutes | hours | days | weeks | months | years } -->
            | category =    <!-- { Programming | Education | Organizing | Translation | Other } -->
}}

Samples

Task: un-named
Duration:	8 hours
Category:	Programming

{{ Sandbox | duration = 8 | unit = hours | category = Programming }}

Task: Testing
Duration:	5 days
Category:	Organizing

{{ Sandbox | name = Testing | duration = 8 | unit = hours | category = Programming }}