View source for Category:Templates/rarely used

This is a visual guide to templates that are either rarely used or underused. Sometimes these are underused [[unfunny|with]] [[Boring|good]] [[stupid|reason]], but usually they've just been neglected due to lack of awareness.


If [[you]] know what you're doing, some of these templates could definitely use some [[Template:Work|<nowiki>{{work}}</nowiki>]]; feel free to mess about with them in your userspace if you think you can do better.

See the main article ([[ED:T]]) for more information on templates.

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!What you type...
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[[Template:Alcoholic|<nowiki>{{alcoholic}}</nowiki>]]
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{{alcoholic}}
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Primarily for personal use or among friends. Use [[Template:drugfriend|<nowiki>{{drugfriend}}</nowiki>]] where more appropriate. 
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[[Template:aup|<nowiki>{{aup}}</nowiki>]]
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<table align="center" cellpadding="2" style="margin:0 auto" class="toccolours">

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<th align="center">[[File:Lulz_authority.jpg|100px]]

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<p><big>'''ATTENTION:'''</big> '''{{PAGENAME}}''' violates<br />
Encyclopedia Dramatica's '''[[ED Policy]]''' due to a<br />
lack of [[Lulz|lulz]], [[Drama|drama]] and [[Memes|memes]].<br />

You can help by shoving it up your ass.<br />
Failure to comply will result in ongoing [[Rape|harassment]]!<br />
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[[Template:bancakes|<nowiki>{{bancakes}}</nowiki>]]
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<table style="width:65%; padding:3px; border: 7px dashed #c6362d; text-align:center; background: white;" align="center">
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<td><div class="floatleft">[[File:Bancakes.jpg|175px]]</div>
</td><td><big><big>This user was given a nice hot stack of</big></big><br />
<big><big><big><big>'''[[Banhammer|BANCAKES]]'''</big></big></big></big>
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<i>You can help by [[Special:Contributions/{{PAGENAME}}|clearing their table]] and <span class="plainlinks">[http://encyclopediadramatica.se/index.php?title=Special:Log&amp;type=block&amp;page=User:{{PAGENAME}} thanking their server]</span>.</i>
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<p><br clear="all" />
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A friendly alternative to other [[ban]] templates.
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[[Template:bidness|<nowiki>{{bidness}}</nowiki>]]
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{{bidness}}
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[[Template:cease|<nowiki>{{cease}}</nowiki>]]
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{{cease}}
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Vibrant alternative to {{stop|doing whatever}}
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[[Template:cp|<nowiki>{{cp}}</nowiki>]]
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{| style="width: 65%; padding:3px; border-left: 5px black solid; border-bottom: 5px black solid; border-top: 5px black solid; border-right: 5px black solid;" align="center"
|[[File:Chris_in_disguise.png]]
|'''<big>This user uploads [[CP|child pornography]].'''
'''You can help by <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.fbi.gov/contactus.htm reporting their IP address to the FBI]</span></big>'''
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<small>KEWL KIDS ONLY! Click <span class="plainlinks">[http://encyclopediadramatica.se/index.php?title=Special:CheckUser&user={{PAGENAME}} here]</span> you lazy bastards.</small>
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To be used only when someone has actually attempted to upload [[cp|child pornography]]. Similar to [[Template:kidporn|<nowiki>{{kidporn}}</nowiki>]] and [[Template:pedo|<nowiki>{{pedo}}</nowiki>]], both of which probably apply to anyone who is marked with this template.
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[[Template:denial|<nowiki>{{denial}}</nowiki>]]
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{{denial|<insert crap here>}}
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Much less-frequently used alternative to [[Template:satire|<nowiki>{{satire}}</nowiki>]]. '''ED is satire.''' Users very frequently don't get this. 
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[[Template:disappointed|<nowiki>{{disappointed}}</nowiki>]]
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{{disappointed}}
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The polar opposite of <nowiki>{{like}} and roughly the opposite of {{approve}}</nowiki>. Use as a gentle way to inform users that they need to not do certain things like add strikeouts, vandalize the pages of important people, etc. 
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[[Template:drugfriend|<nowiki>{{drugfriend}}</nowiki>]]
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{{drugfriend}}
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Popular among friends, use <nowiki>{{alcoholic}}</nowiki> when more appropiate.
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[[Template:Furry/Welcome|<nowiki>{{Furry/Welcome}}</nowiki>]]
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{{Furry/Welcome}}
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Plenty of furries with potential for lulz-generation come to ED. Don't be an asshole; <nowiki>{{welcome}}</nowiki> them with this template. 
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[[Template:grudgewank|<nowiki>{{grudgewank}}</nowiki>]]
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{{grudgewank}}
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Use to supplement <nowiki>{{dummies}}</nowiki> and/or a ban threat for users who make stupid [[Exhibit B]] shit. 
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[[Template:hateapes|<nowiki>{{hateapes}}</nowiki>]]
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{{hateapes|something}}
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Good for expressing personal [[butthurt]] or letting a user know that their article was tagged with <nowiki>{{crap}} or {{shit}}</nowiki> due to fail. Probably underused because it isn't that funny. 
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[[Template:help|<nowiki>{{help}}</nowiki>]]
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{{help}}
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Great template to use for users who make large or detailed editions to an article that, while well-intentioned, end up violating ED's guidelines. 
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[[Template:inside|<nowiki>{{inside}}</nowiki>]]
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{| class="messagebox" style="padding: 5px; border: 1px solid gray; width: 600px; background: AntiqueWhite; margin: 5px;" 
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| <center>'''This article is an inside joke.'''<br />''You can fix it by totally defacing, defaming and defecating on it.''</center><includeonly>[[Category:In_Jokes]]</includeonly>
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There are some terrible inside jokes on ED. Some are alright, but others are simply bad. This is currently only used on a few pages, so make sure to use only where appropriate. 
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[[Template:Internet_Jail|<nowiki>{{Internet_Jail}}</nowiki>]]
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{{Internet_Jail}}
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Currently used on only two pages on ED, possibly for good reason. '''If not used more often in the very near future, this template will surely go the way of the buffalo.'''
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[[Template:kidporn|<nowiki>{{kidporn}}</nowiki>]]
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{{kidporn}}
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<nowiki>Use this or {{pedo}} either on your own page (fucking sicko), a known pedo's page, or on the pages of the likely-permabanned users who tried to upload CP as a warning to other pedophiles. Either this template or {{cp}} are more appropriate for the lattermost. </nowiki>
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[[Template:learnyourplace|<nowiki>{{learnyourplace}}</nowiki>]]
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{{learnyourplace}}
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A friendly template with a very unfriendly name. Use as an alternative to {{help}} or to inform a noob that doing something stupid like fucking with Sysops/established editors is a Very Bad Idea. 
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[[Template:niggerlover|<nowiki>{{niggerlover}}</nowiki>]]
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{{niggerlover}}
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More of a joke template among friends rather than a banned-user vandalism template, unless they are really asking for it. 
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[[Template:pedo|<nowiki>{{pedo}}</nowiki>]]
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{{pedo}}
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<nowiki>Use this or {{kidporn}} either on your own page (fucking sicko), a known pedo's page, or on the pages of the likely-permabanned users who tried to upload CP as a warning to other would-be pedophiles. This is more appropriate for the former two. Quite appropriate for pages such as "Mrpedophile"'s talk page. </nowiki>
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[[Template:stopnow|<nowiki>{{stopnow}}</nowiki>]]
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{{stopnow}}
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[[Template:Squote|<nowiki>{{Squote}}</nowiki>]]
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Apply to long quotes for keeping pages clean.
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[[Template:tname|<nowiki>{{tname}}</nowiki>]]
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{{tname|tname}}
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<nowiki>Easy way to displays the name of a template without having to use <nowiki> or [[:Template:whatever|whatever]]. Use as {{tname|whatever}}. </nowiki> (Ironically, we are not using it in this article)
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{{tname|underage}}
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{{underage}}
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Use on your own page or on the page of someone who this really makes sense for. 
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{{tname|userpotential}}
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{{userpotential}}
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<nowiki>Denotes a new user that has great potential. This template is based off and lightly parodizes the article template {{potential}}. This template was created in May 2009 and inspired by one user's early impression of a recent addition to the ED community. </nowiki>
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{{tname|wikifail}}
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{{wikifail}}
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Someone who consistently breaks pages by fucking up wiki-markup code earns this template on their user or talk page. 
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{{tname|wikify}}
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{| class="notice metadata" id="vandalprotect" style="background-color:#FFCCCC; border:1px solid #333333; padding: 5px;"
| [[File:Goatsethumb.gif|65px|Hello!]]
| align="center"|This [[article]] is about as appealing as [[Goatse]]. '''Plz [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=edit}} Wikify this Article]''' by adding [[Categories|categories]], [[Special:Upload|thumbnail images]], [[Links|links]] to other articles (relevant ones), appropriate [[Templates|templates]], and correct [[Wiki|wiki]] formatting.  You can check out the [[Encyclopedia_Dramatica:Style_Guide|Style Guide]] for more information or jump on [irc://irc.encyclopediadramatica.se/wiki #Wiki] if you need help editing.
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Use on articles that have some potential but currently amount to little more than blocks of copy-pasted text. 
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{{tname|ytplus}}
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{{ytplus|Gangnam Style|<youtube>9bZkp7q19f0</youtube>|oppuh gangnam style}}
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<nowiki>Produces an embedded YouTube video with a title and trailing quotation. Extremely useful and extremely underutilized.
Usage: {{ytplus|Title|<youtube>-viDe_0</youtube>|Quotation|Quote author (optional) |Quote source (optional)}} </nowiki>
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== Unused ==

See [[Special:UnusedTemplates]]. These are usually unused for a reason '''-- don't add these unless you know what you're doing. Seriously. '''

[[Category:Templates]]