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Add component editing guide and maintenance categories

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Use these shared building blocks on articles and sub-wiki home pages. They work with the site's normal skin, dark mode, mobile layout, references and revision history.

== Insert and edit a box ==
# Open an article in '''Edit'''.
# Choose '''Add a box''' in the editor toolbar. Pick a box using its preview and description.
# Fill its labeled fields. Leave unused fields empty. In the source editor, '''Preview''' shows the rendered box before you choose '''Insert box'''. In VisualEditor, finish with '''Insert''' or '''Apply changes'''.
# To change it later, select the box and choose '''Edit'''.

{| class="wikitable"
! Template !! Use
|-
| [[Template:Infobox person|Infobox person]] || Public facts, a photo, platforms and accounts for a person.
|-
| [[Template:Infobox event|Infobox event]] || A date, participants, outcome and related pages for an event.
|-
| [[Template:Infobox place|Infobox place]] || Facts about a location or venue.
|-
| [[Template:Infobox|Infobox]] || Up to twelve custom fact labels and values.
|-
| [[Template:Content box|Content box]] || A titled panel for a sub-wiki home or article section.
|-
| [[Template:Source box|Source box]] || Source links and evidence notes.
|-
| [[Template:Quote|Quote]] || Quoted text, a speaker and a source.
|-
| [[Template:Navbox|Navbox]] || A shared navigation box with groups of links. Reuse the same filled template on related articles to maintain its links in one place.
|-
| [[Template:Collapsible box|Collapsible box]] || Supporting material that readers can show or hide.
|-
| [[Template:Notice|Notice]] || A note, warning or article status message.
|-
| [[Template:Citation needed|Citation needed]] || An inline request for a source.
|-
| [[Template:Stub|Stub]] and [[Template:Needs updating|Needs updating]] || Article maintenance notices and their maintenance categories.
|}

=== Examples ===
These are interface examples, with no biographical or incident claims.
{{Content box|title=Topic overview|content=Use this panel for an introduction or a short list of topic links.}}
{{Quote|text=Quoted material goes in this area.|author=Speaker field|source=Source field}}
{{Collapsible box|title=Supporting material|content=Longer supporting material can be placed here.|collapsed=yes}}
{{Navbox|title=Related topics|group1=Explore|list1=* [[Special:Subwiki|Sub-wikis]]
* [[Help:Sub-wikis|Sub-wiki help]]}}

== Categories and subcategories ==
Use [[Special:CreateWikiCategory|Create a category]] in the sidebar. Enter a descriptive category name and, optionally, a parent category. Choosing a parent makes the new category its subcategory. The description explains which pages belong there.

Inside a sub-wiki, open '''All pages''', then '''Categories and subcategories'''. '''Create a subcategory''' pre-fills that sub-wiki's main category as the parent. You can add further levels by using an existing subcategory as the parent.

To put an article in a category, open VisualEditor's page options menu and choose '''Categories'''. In source editing, add <code>[[Category:Category name]]</code> at the bottom of the article. A page can belong to several categories. Category pages use MediaWiki's normal edit and history tools, so their descriptions and parent relationships can be changed later.

== Images, galleries, videos and tabs ==
* Use '''Insert''', then '''Images and media''' for an uploaded image. Use '''Gallery''' for a group of images and captions.
* Existing video embeds and <code>vidtab</code> media tabs remain available. See the site's media tools for supported services.
* Add citations with the editor's '''Cite''' control or ordinary reference markup.
* Use sortable wiki tables for lists of dates, releases, accounts or other structured information.
* Lua modules, TemplateStyles and Page Forms are available for more advanced reusable components.

== Article layouts and sub-wiki navigation ==
Use '''Page options''' to choose an article layout and independently turn its timeline on or off. [[Template:Page layout]] supplies introduction, photo, facts and topic-link fields for the Profile and Overview layouts. [[Help:Sub-wikis|Sub-wiki home pages]] can combine panels, navigation boxes and topic cards while retaining normal wiki editing.

Each sub-wiki has its own paginated article directory, category view and recent-edit view. The recent-edit view includes its home, nested pages and their timelines. Use [[Special:Subwiki|Explore sub-wikis]] to choose one.

Help:Page building blocks - Revision history

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