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Specifying a second parameter explicitly lets you change the label:
 
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=== Method 2 ===
 
=== Method 2 ===

Revision as of 16:26, 1 July 2010

NoteNote:

Usage

Method 1

The following displays the note icon and the word 'Note:'. You can follow this with whatever text/images/markup you like, and it works in-line, within a paragraph.

Monsters are green. {{Note}} this is an in-line note, to remind you that some monsters are orangey-purple.

Monsters are green. NoteNote: this is an in-line note, to remind you that some monsters are orangey-purple.

Specifying a second parameter explicitly lets you change the label:

This uses a template. {{Note|2=Be aware|}} that MediaWiki's templates are quite nasty.

This uses a template. {{Note|2=Be aware|}} that MediaWiki's templates are quite nasty.

Method 2

The following includes the text passed to the template, and uses a table to stop the text flowing round the icon. These always force a newline before and after the note.

{{Note|Here is a long note, which is sufficiently wordy to run onto a second line, 
 which would normally cause it to wrap round the icon, but because we passed it as a parameter 
 it keeps its left alignment straight.}} 
NoteNoteHere is a long note, which is sufficiently wordy to run onto a second line, which would normally cause it to wrap round the icon, but because we passed it as a parameter it keeps its left alignment straight.
{{Note|Although these long notes look good, external links cause them not to work for some reason.
 So, beware of that when using them - it must be a MediaWiki limitation deep in the source code.|Caution}}
NoteCautionAlthough these long notes look good, external links cause them not to work for some reason. So, beware of that when using them - it must be a MediaWiki limitation deep in the source code.