List of templates

Templates ease the task of editing by reproducing a predetermined message within the body of the article.

Please return to and review this list frequently - it is continually under construction.

Create an article about a new creature

To provide for a more consistent layout for readers of Monstropedia, we use article templates for most articles. You can use the following templates either to start a new article, or as guidelines for reformatting or adding to existing articles.

We think it's great to have simple, logical sections for each article on Monstropedia. This makes it easier for readers to find the info they need on any particular creature. Sure, it cuts down somewhat on contributors' creative license, but it makes our encyclopedian task easier.

Insert {{monster template}} at the beginning of the article to produce the main captions.

Acknowledging other wiki's as a source

Wikipedia

If you have used Wikipedia as the source for an article, insert {{wikipedia}} at the end of the article to produce:

Part of this article consists of modified text from Wikipedia, and the article is therefore licensed under GFDL.

Thelemapedia

Some material in the Help section was adapted from Thelemapedia. There is therefore a template {{thelemapedia}}:

Adapted from Thelemapedia, the encyclopedia of Thelema and Magick

The Book of THoTH

Insert template {{thoth}}:

From The Book Of THoTH where the paranormal meets the Mind

Stubs

If your article is a stub, add {{stub}} at the top of the article to produce this message:

This article or section is a stub. You can help Monstropedia by expanding it.

Image copyright templates

Tagging images is an important part of editing. Please do not submit copyrighted work without permission. When uploading images, ensure they are tagged using the correct template.

Book covers

Add the template {{book cover}} in the summary box to produce:

This image is of a book cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by the artist who drew the cover or the publisher of the book. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of book covers on Monstropedia
to illustrate an article discussing the book in question, qualifies as fair use. Other use of this image, on Monstropedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. To the uploader: please add a fair use rationale for each use, as well as the source of the work.

Public domain images

Where an image is in the public domain due to the author being dead for 100 years, use {{PD100}} in the summary box:

This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years or less.

GFDL 1.2

Common tag on Wikipedia; insert {{GFDL1.2}} in the summary box

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and no other versions published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
Subject to disclaimers.

GFDL modified

Should you make alterations or modifications to a GFDL image before uploading, enter {{GFDL modified}} into the summary box:

This work was previously under Public Domain, or a Free License. It has been digitally enhanced and/or modified. I the creator of this derivate work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
Subject to disclaimers.

Limited license

For images to which only Monstropedia has been granted permission to use, and which are otherwise copyrighted, use {{Limited license}}:

©	This image is copyrighted, and released solely to Monstropedia under a Limited license. The terms of this license are: {{{terms}}}

Public domain (user created)

If a Monstropedia user uploads an image, eg photograph, work of art, that they have created themself, and they are releasing the image into the public domain, they should use the template {{PD-user}} and also include their user name in the summary box:

This image has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain by its creator. This applies worldwide.
In case this is not legally possible,
the creator grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.
Subject to disclaimers.