Template:Qotw topic/doc

qotw is for the easy placement of topics on the page, Quote of the Week nominations. This template reduces the burden of entering a new topic to a few keystrokes — instead of cutting, pasting and altering each individual topic.

Variables
The following variables are recognized by the template: AUTO-LINKING VARIABLES (if disambiguated, we want the disambiguation showing for clarity)

person  = topic is person story   = topic is story

NON-LINKING VARIABLES thing   = topic is something other than a person or story. (Not linked, because pluralisation often               grammatically desirable.) more    = something allowed with all of the above variables (it lets you tag a bit more info onto a               message for clarification) freeform = allows totally freeform message

Usage
The basic usage for this template is:

or, if addendum is required

Let's now go through the various messages displayed when the above variables are employed.

Person
If you type:

You'll get:

Story
If you type:

You'll get:

Note here that we'd want the disambiguation showing, because it makes it crystal clear that we're talking about the David Tennant swansong, and not a book in The Darksmith Legacy series.

Thing
If you type:

You'll get:

More
Let's say that you wanted to be a bit more specific. Then you would use:

More can be used with any of the message types, except for freeform.

Freeform
The freeform variable is for when you can't express your topic in terms of one of the above messages. Its usage would be fairly rare, because you can add the more variable to any of the above messages to improve their flexibility. However, when you just can't make your topic fit the above molds, this is your variable. Note that a freeform message doesn't accept the more variable, and that it automatically includes the "valid sources" line. If you type:

You'll get: