Template:Factions
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{{factions}} creates a small 30x30 clickable icon of a character's faction symbol to the right of the page title. Up to 10 icons can be created this way.[1]
Note: This template is based on an almost-identical template on Wookiepedia used to place "Era" icons in the titlebar.
{{factions
|autobot
|decepticon}}
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Faction icon names
Faction names used by this template are lowercase. Any mis-typed text not recognized as the template will be rendered as text. (You will notice, it's hard to miss.)
To add additional names, first edit {{Factions/icons}} using the syntax described there, then add to this list.
| FACTION NAME | TEMPLATE TEXT | ICON |
|---|---|---|
| Autobot | autobot |  |
| Decepticon | decepticon |  |
| Optimus | optimus |  |
| Malignus | malignus |  |
| Quintesson | quintesson |  |
| War for Cybertron Quintesson | quintessonwfc |  |
| Autobot Generation 2 | autobotg2 |  |
| Decepticon Generation 2 | decepticong2 |  |
| Cybertronian Generation 2 | cybEmpireG2 |  |
| Cybertron Alliance | allianceg2 |  |
| Maximal | maximal |  |
| Predacon | predacon |  |
| Maximal (Beast Machines) | maximalbm |  |
| Vehicon | vehicon |  |
| Dinobot | dinobot |  |
| Mutant | mutant |  |
| Wreckers | wreckers |  |
| Mini-Con | minicon |  |
| Unicron-allied | unicron |  |
| Unicron (faction) | unicronfact | |
| Blentron sub-group | blentron |  |
| Velocitron | velocitron |  |
| Jungle Planet | jungleplanet |  |
| Earth | cybearth |  |
| Gigantion | gigantion |  |
| Ultracon | ultracon |  |
| Elite Guard | eliteguard |  |
| Sector Seven | sector7 |  |
| Doctor Morocco | drmorocco |  |
| Autobot (TransTech) | ttautobot |  |
| Decepticon (TransTech) | ttdecepticon |  |
| Autobot (Shattered Glass) | sgAutobot |  |
| Decepticon (Shattered Glass) | sgDecepticon |  |
| G.I. Joe | gijoe |  |
| Cobra | cobra |  |
| EDC | edc |  |
| First Transformers | 1stTF |  |
| Go-Bots | go-bot1 |  |
| Go-Bots | go-bot2 |  |
| Galactic Republic | galacticrepublic |  |
| Rebel Alliance | rebelalliance |  |
| Empire | empire |  |
| NEST | NEST |  |
| Unit:E | unite |  |
| Kiss Players Autobot | kiss |  |
| Kiss Players Decepticon | kisscon |  |
| Protectors | protectors |  |
| Hall of Fame inductees (real-life) | hofgold |  |
| Hall of Fame inductees (characters) | hofsilver |  |
| Star Seekers | starseeker |  |
| Lightning Strike Coalition | lightningstrike |  |
| Predacon (Prime) | predaconprime |  |
| Rescue Bots | rescuebot |  |
| Ammonite | ammonite |  |
| KSI | ksi |  |
| Autobird | autobird |  |
| Deceptihog | deceptihog |  |
| Functionist Council | functionist |  |
| Animorph | animorph |  |
| Toys"R"Us | TRU |  |
| Cybertronian Knights | knight |  |
| Combatron | combatron |  |
| Offworlder Zone Security Administration | ozsa |  |
| Team Stunticon | teamstunticon |  |
| Stunticon (Prime) | primestunticon | |
| Ghostbusters | ghostbusters |  |
| Mercenary | mercenary |  |
| Primus Vanguard | primusvanguard |  |
| Straxus | straxus |  |
| Wreckers (IDW) | wreckersidw |  |
| Terrorcon (ROTB) | terrorcon |  |
| Mayhem Attack Squad | mayhem |  |
| Obsolete[2] | autobotfilm | |
| Obsolete[2] | decepticonfilm | |
Custom faction icons
There are some characters who have their own faction symbol, (example: Moon) essentially used nowhere else. Rather than clutter the template with these, it is possible to declare a custom faction icon via the following format;
{{factions/icons
|custom=Moon symbol clean.png -REQUIRED, filename of image
|cSize=30x30px -Optional, maximum size of image.
|cLink=Celestial -REQUIRED, Page the image links to.
|cPretty=Celestials -Optional, mouseover text. Will use the link if not supplied.
}}This is, in turn, included along with the other non-custom tags.
{{factions
|{{factions/icons|custom=Moon symbol clean.png|cLink=Celestial|cPretty=Celestials}}
|maximal
}}
General considerations
As of this writing (Mar-28-19) this is the only template on TFWiki that requires Javascript to function. The icons in question are created within a non-rendering <div> tag, which is then copied into the titlebar when the page finishes loading. As a result, the template doesn't HAVE to be at the page... but by convention it always should be. Between 0.5 - 1.0% of internet surfers have either disabled Javascript or access the internet in a way that does not support it. Those users will not be able to see these faction icons. These faction icons are intended to serve as a convenient visual shorthand for information already in the article, and are not a primary means of communicating that information. Any information presented by these icons should also be present in the article text.Technical notes
- The Javascript function associated with this template is called showFactions().
- The non-rendering <div> has an id of "title-factionicons." There is a single CSS rule associated with this ID-- causing the <imagemap> <div>s to render inline rather than as blocks.
- The "custom" imagemaps use "#tag: syntax" to allow parameters to be passed to them. (Don't think this will ever have to be edited.)
- The icons themselves are generated by the "Template:Factions/icons" sub-page.
Trivia
- The development process of this template included a truly spectacular recursion error that knocked the entire wiki offline as its stack overflowed, repeatedly and we think corrupted link-table entries that couldn't be resolved without deleting the whole thing and starting from scratch. That is why the current version of the template exists in a 'dumb' (non-recursive) form. Bad Derik!'
Footnotes
- ↑ 10 is an arbitrary number. Arbitrary-length MediaWiki templates like this are generally encouraged to have no more than 20 parameters though. And really... if a character has more than 10 factions, the icons cease to communicate information and simply become noise.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 These template texts are obsolete. Please use the standard "autobot" and "decepticon" texts.
