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= Purpose =
{{User:LionsPhil/InfoboxProto|title=Template Quest|author=LionsPhil|thread1=0|suppresscat=1}}
This is the template for making a neat infobox for a quest, as shown on the right. Put it at the top of quest pages. It automatically adds the page to [[:Category:Quests]], and will add [[:Template:Noauthor]] if appropriate. You'll still need to list [[:Category:Running Quests]] and [[:Category:Image Quests]] as appropriate.
= Usage =
Parameters (all are optional, although at least author is expected):
== Metadata ==
;title:Title of the quest. Defaults to the current page name; normally you should leave it to do this.
;author:Quest author; will be linked to as a wiki node, even if it has whitespace.
;image:Quest image, without namespace. Will be thumbnailed to fit. Optional.
== Threads ==
All thread parameters must be numbered, starting from 1 and increasing monotonically (no gaps). For example, <code><nowiki>thread1=500|thread2=600</nowiki></code>&hellip;.
;threadN:Post numbers for the threads of the quest.
;threadNname:Optional 'name' for the thread, e.g. "Chapters 1&ndash;2". If the first thread is named, a numbered list is used to automatically provide the thread numbers.
;disthreadN:Post numbers for discussion threads.
=== Specials ===
For example, 'April Fool' versions of quests.
;specthreadN:Post numbers for any 'special' threads.
;specthreadNboard:Board for corresponding 'special' thread; defaults to <code>quest</code>.
;specthreadNname:Required name for corresponding special thread.
== Other ==
;suppresscat:Set this to something non-blank to prevent automatic categorisation. You probably don't want to use this.
== Example ==
A quick reminder of MediaWiki template syntax; whitespace is reasonably flexible either side of the pipes, so do whatever is most readable:
<pre><nowiki>{{InfoboxQuest|author=TestPattern|image=tozol_title.png
|thread1=79880|thread2=94645
|disthread1=316424
|specthread1=156238|specthread1name=April Fool's Edition
}}</nowiki></pre>
There are some more abstract examples on the [[User:LionsPhil/InfoboxTest|development testing page]].
= Maintenance notes =
* Depends on the automatic redirect from <code>/quest/</code> to <code>/questarch/</code> for archived threads (semantically, the <code>/quest/</code> version is considered its canonical URI). This allows the "current thread" to work without having to be flagged as special in any way.
* Depends on the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions ParserFunctions extension] to support optional parameters gracefully. This makes the code pretty hairy, so take care editing.
* The maximum number of threads is limited by the implementation repeating the definition for each number. Unfortunately this is a common MediaWiki paradigm as it has no set handling in templates.