MetaTemplate allows us to use any name for variables across multiple templates. The primary purpose of this page is to document those names, which templates are responsible for saving and loading them, and any restrictions or notes on their use. This will hopefully help avoid overlapping variables that are in different formats or are being put to different uses altogether. It can also be used to prune cases where data is being needlessly saved and can be removed from the #save call.
Preferred names are listed in bold. These names should be used for the listed purpose in all new templates and, if possible, templates using other names should either be converted, or at least accept/use the standardized name internally in the hopes that it can later be fully converted. For example, if a template uses {{#load:desc}}, it should be followed immediately with {{#local:description|{{{desc|}}}}} or similar coding, so the standard name is used throughout.
The word "subject" is used throughout the list to refer to the subject of the page, such as a quest, NPC, or item.
Note: because this document must be manually maintained, it may be out of date. Please feel free to correct any anachronistic information you find.
Statically Named VariablesEdit
| Variable | Contents | Format | #save Templates | #load Templates | Notes |
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| description desc descr |
Verbose description of the subject. | Text |
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| icon iconname |
The subject's icon | NS-icon-Full Name.ext Also: Full Name only |
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Two different naming formats are currently in use. Templates using the shorter one should be converted to use the complete file name for consistency. Currently, iconname is used in some ESO templates for that purpose. Perhaps swap them around (using just "name" for the shorter "icon", so as not to create ambiguity) or have internal checks for NS- style until all can be harmonized. |
| titlename | Subject's title for display purposes | Text - typically the page name stripped of prefixes and disambiguators |
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