Editing Manual of Style (section)

== Templates ==
The wiki provides several templates to keep articles accurate and consistent. Editors should familiarize themselves with these before writing.

=== {{tl|Icon}} ===
Displays a 15px resource icon alongside a wikilink to the resource article. '''Required''' for all resource mentions in article text. See [[#Resource icons|Resource icons]] above.

=== {{tl|BuildingData}} ===
Pulls [[Module:Changelog/data.json|live game data]] directly into article text, keeping values in sync with the game automatically. '''Always use this template instead of typing numbers manually''' for any building-related statistic (costs, production rates, storage, population).

Parameters:
* <code>name</code>: the building's config key (e.g. <code>woodcutter</code>, <code>house_1</code>, <code>bakery</code>)
* <code>data</code>: the type of data to pull (<code>cost</code>, <code>rate</code>, <code>balance</code>, <code>storage</code>, <code>marketStorage</code>)
* <code>biome</code>: which biome's value to display (<code>wood</code>, <code>stone</code>, <code>earth</code>, <code>arctic</code>)
* <code>resource</code>: which resource within that data set (e.g. <code>wood</code>, <code>food</code>, <code>tools</code>)
* <code>section</code>: for non-building data, use <code>choices</code> to pull from the choices config
* <code>crop</code>: for Field crop types

Example:
<pre>
The Woodcutter produces +{{BuildingData|name=woodcutter|data=rate|biome=wood|resource=wood}} Wood per day.
</pre>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Correct !! Incorrect
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| <code><nowiki>costs '''{{BuildingData|name=house_1|data=cost|biome=wood|resource=wood}}''' {{Icon|Wood}}</nowiki></code> || <code><nowiki>costs '''35''' {{Icon|Wood}}</nowiki></code>
|}

=== {{tl|Chain}} ===
Renders a visual production chain diagram. Provide alternating resource and building names. Supports up to 15 items.

<pre>
{{Chain|Wood|Tools Workshop|Tools|title=Tools chain}}
</pre>

Optional parameters:
* <code>title</code>: a title for the chain diagram
* <code>direction</code>: <code>horizontal</code> (default) or <code>vertical</code>

=== {{tl|Changelog}} ===
Automatically detects and displays relevant changelog entries for the current page. Place inside a <code><nowiki>== Changelog ==</nowiki></code> section.

=== {{tl|Production Rates}} ===
Renders a comparison table of production rates across all biomes. The <code>highlight</code> parameter (wood, stone, earth, or arctic) bolds the column for that biome.

=== {{tl|Navbox}} ===
The site-wide navigation box. Placed at the bottom of every article, after the last section and before categories.

=== <nowiki>{{formatnum:}}</nowiki> ===
MediaWiki built-in template that formats numbers with comma separators. Use for values of 1,000 or greater: <code><nowiki>{{formatnum:10000}}</nowiki></code> renders as {{formatnum:10000}}.

=== Infobox templates ===
Each article type has its own infobox template. See the [[Project Rebearth Wiki:Layout Guide|Layout Guide]] for which template to use and how articles of each type should be structured:
* {{tl|Building}} for building articles
* {{tl|Resource}} for resource articles
* {{tl|Biome}} for biome articles
* {{tl|Choice}} for choice and policy articles

=== {{tl|MessageBox}} ===
Used for disambiguation notices at the top of articles when a term could refer to multiple pages. See the [[Project Rebearth Wiki:Layout Guide|Layout Guide]] for placement rules.