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<noinclude>Easily our worst template, '''Table''' defies all laws of sensible wiki editing. Transcluding it opens a table that needs to be closed manually. It ignores the existence of a nearly-identical pre-defined table class, "wikitable". And it's long been used as our standard method of making a table, in too many places to sanely contemplate fixing.
<noinclude>Easily our worst template, '''Table''' defies all laws of sensible wiki editing. Transcluding it opens a table that needs to be closed manually. It ignores the existence of a nearly-identical pre-defined table class, "wikitable". And it's long been used as our standard method of making a table, in too many places to sanely contemplate fixing.


Please do not exacerbate the problem; avoid using this template when making new tables. You can use the [[wikipedia:Help:Table|standard table syntax]] directly, or else open a table with <tt>{| class="wikitable"</tt> to get similar formatting. Add in the class "sortable" (<tt>{| class="wikitable sortable"</tt>) to get a sortable table. Further add in the class "autosort" in order to make the table automatically sort by its first column. You can also use the "Simple table" and "Smart Table Wizard" buttons in our [[XEB|extended editing toolbar]].
Please do not exacerbate the problem; avoid using this template when making new tables. The proper method to create a table is <code>{| class="wikitable"</code>, which yields similar formatting to this template. Add in the class "sortable" <code>{| class="wikitable sortable"</code> to get a sortable table. See Wikipedia's [[wp:Help:Table|Help:Table]] page for details on table usage.


[[Category:General table templates]]</noinclude><includeonly>{|BORDER=1 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=2 STYLE="border-style:solid; border-collapse:collapse; empty-cells:show; background-color:#f9f9f9;" WIDTH={{{width|100%}}} ALIGN={{{align|center}}}</includeonly>
As an OniGalore bonus feature, you can further make tables auto-sort by any column you desire. See the bottom of the [[MediaWiki:Common]] documentation page for details.
 
[[Category:Table templates]]</noinclude><includeonly>{|BORDER=1 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=2 STYLE="border-style:solid; border-collapse:collapse; empty-cells:show; background-color:#f9f9f9;" WIDTH={{{width|100%}}} ALIGN={{{align|center}}}</includeonly>

Latest revision as of 14:48, 10 May 2022

Easily our worst template, Table defies all laws of sensible wiki editing. Transcluding it opens a table that needs to be closed manually. It ignores the existence of a nearly-identical pre-defined table class, "wikitable". And it's long been used as our standard method of making a table, in too many places to sanely contemplate fixing.

Please do not exacerbate the problem; avoid using this template when making new tables. The proper method to create a table is {| class="wikitable", which yields similar formatting to this template. Add in the class "sortable" – {| class="wikitable sortable" – to get a sortable table. See Wikipedia's Help:Table page for details on table usage.

As an OniGalore bonus feature, you can further make tables auto-sort by any column you desire. See the bottom of the MediaWiki:Common documentation page for details.