Template:Supplement/doc
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Current usage
Use this template carefully, only when there is a well-established consensus at the relevant policy or guideline page to use this template on an essay that links from the relevant policy or guideline.
The noun supplement does not mean "an interpretation" nor just "something added". It means precisely "something added, especially to make up for a deficiency", in this case a lack or gap in an official PBC's policy or guideline. The intent is to further elaborate on PBC's policies or guidelines in an impartial and informative manner.
- Note: this template does not indicate a "higher status" within the community for an essay, but is used to denote that the essay in question has wide acceptance to be linked from said policy or guideline page. If consensus changes or content is outdated and the essay is no longer referenced in a policy or guideline, change the tag to the more common
{{Essay|interprets=}}or{{Information page}}template, as appropriate.
Parameters
This template has an |interprets= a.k.a. |pages= parameter that must be used. Replaces "such guidance" with "the foo" where "foo" is a link to one or more policies or guidelines and label(s) for what they are, e.g.:
|interprets=[[PBC:No original research]] policy|interprets=[[PBC:Manual of Style]] guideline|interprets=[[PBC:No original research]] and [[PBC:Neutral point of view]] policies|interprets=[[PBC:Verifiability]] policy and [[PBC:Identifying reliable sources]] guideline
The template also has optional |shortcut=, |shortcut2=, |shortcut3=, and |shortcut4= parameters that can be used to add a Shortcut: box to the right-side, with up to four shortcuts.
Error: No page specified
 | by itself {{supplement}} causes an error because the template is meaningless without an |interprets= parameter as seen below : |
Examples
{{supplement|interprets=[[PBC:Neutral point of view]] policy}}
- becomes:
 | This is an explanatory supplement to the PBC:Neutral point of view policy. This page is intended to provide additional information about concepts in the page(s) it supplements. This page is not one of PBC's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the Administrative Committee. |
{{supplement|interprets=[[PBC:Neutral point of view]] policy|shortcut=PBC:SHORTCUT|shortcut2=PBC:SHORTCUT2}}
- becomes:
| This is an explanatory supplement to the PBC:Neutral point of view policy. This page is intended to provide additional information about concepts in the page(s) it supplements. This page is not one of PBC's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the Administrative Committee. |
{{supplement|interprets=[[PBC:Neutral point of view]] and [[PBC:Biographies of living persons]] policies}}
- becomes:
| This is an explanatory supplement to the PBC:Neutral point of view and PBC:Biographies of living persons policies. This page is intended to provide additional information about concepts in the page(s) it supplements. This page is not one of PBC's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the Administrative Committee. |
Categorization
This template adds a page to Category:PBC supplemental pages.
See also
{{Information page}}– the banner template for pages that are more just informational and non-opinionated like PBC:GOV{{PBC how-to}}– the banner template for pages that are more directly instructional and non-opinionated like H:EDIT.{{Essay|interprets=}}– the banner template for pages that are more opinionated then instructional or technical; there are several parameters and variations.- PBC:Template messages/PBC namespace – for more "PBC:"-namespace header templates.