Wikipedia:WikiProject Geology/Templates

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This is a list of templates that may be useful to members of WikiProject Geology.

Contents 1 Templates 1.1 Stubs 1.2 Talk page banner 1.3 Useful templates for use in articles: 1.3.1 Period properties

[edit] Templates

The following templates are used by this project:

[edit] Stubs

Template	Result	Usage
{{geology-stub}} or {{geol-stub}}	This geology article is a stub. You can help the Wikiproject, WikiProject Geology, by expanding it. Plus inclusion in Category:Geology stubs. Plus tag the talk page with {{WikiProject Geology}} adding "class=stub" (if appropriate).	Stub articles relating to geology

More detailed stub types:

Template	Result	Usage
{{geologist-stub}}	This biographical article about a geologist is a stub. You can help the Wikiproject, WikiProject Geology, by expanding it.	Stub articles relating to geologists.
{{mineral-stub}}	This article about a specific mineral, mineraloid, or rock type is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.	Stub articles relating to minerals.
{{crater-stub}}	This article about an extraterrestrial geological feature is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.	Stub articles relating to extraterrestrial geological features.
{{paleontologist-stub}}	This article about a paleontologist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.	Stub articles relating to paleontologists.
{{paleo-stub}}	This paleontology article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.	Stub articles relating to paleontology.
{{petrology-stub}}	This article related to petrology is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.	Stub articles relating to petrology.

[edit] Talk page banner

{{WikiProject Geology}}

	Earth sciences Portal Wikipedia:WikiProject Geology/Templates is part of WikiProject Geology, an attempt at creating a standardized, informative, comprehensive and easy-to-use geology resource. If you would like to participate, you can choose to edit this article, or visit the project page for more information.
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[edit] Useful templates for use in articles:

• {{Include timeline}} produces timelines like the ones you'll see at Late Devonian extinction.

[edit] Period properties

Because details of periods are continually being refined, it is simpler to maintain a central list of dates, called by each article, than to amend every article individually when things change. It also saves having to look dates etc up each time!

• {{Period start}} and {{Period end}} return the date a period begins or ends in Ma
• {{Ma}} returns the same, with a wikilink to the geological time scale. e.g. {{Ma|Cambrian}}
• {{Period color}} returns the colour associated with a geological period (as determined by the IGU).

See also: Template:Cenozoic Footer

Templates for retrieving data about geological periods:

• {{period start}}
• {{period start error}}

• {{period end}}
• {{period end error}}

• {{period span}}

• {{next period}}

• {{period color}}