StarCraft Wiki:Creating information box templates

The following are some guidelines for creating various types of information box templates.

Ability boxes
For convenience, ability box templates are abstractions of a few of base ability templates. By using these abstracted templates multiple times the wiki ensures the uniformity of data and it allows the data for an ability to be changed by altering a single template.


 * Abilities made in StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War should be based on Template:SC1AbleBox.
 * Abilities made in StarCraft II should be based on Template:SC2AbleBox.

Do not use the base ability templates directly in articles. Create abstracted ability templates based on the base ability templates and use the abstracted ability templates instead.

All ability boxes should be categorized into Category:Ability boxes.

For example to create a box for an ability called Nitro Boost for a unit in StarCraft II one would create Template:SC2NitroBoost.

Upgrade boxes
For convenience, ability box templates are abstractions of a few of base ability templates. By using these abstracted templates multiple times the wiki ensures the uniformity of data and it allows the data for an ability to be changed by altering a single template.


 * Upgrades made in StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War should be based on Template:SC1UpgrdBox.
 * Upgrades made in StarCraft II should be based on Template:SC2UpgrdBox.

Do not use the base ability templates directly in articles. Create abstracted ability templates based on the base ability templates and use the abstracted ability templates instead.

All ability boxes should be categorized into Category:Upgrade boxes.

For example to create a box for an upgrade called Overcharged Engines for a unit in StarCraft II one would create Template:SC2OverEng.