Template:Index

About this template

This template should be included at the bottom of all articles about in-setting topics or sources, in the "References" section after the last line under the Bibliography. It will automatically generate a table including data from the Encyclopedia Grehawkania Index based upon the page name (Topic) of the page on which it is included.

If there are no entries currently in the EGIndex database for the Topic, a blank table with no entries will be displayed, similar to that shown below under "Usage".

If you find an article with a blank table or without data in the table, the Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) may not have information from officially published sources or the {{PAGENAME}} may be populating the table incorrectly—see Troubleshooting below. .

Usage

The template is always added to a page as the last line under the '''Bibliography''' heading near the end of a wiki article, just above categories. This usage is simply:

{{index}}

This results in a table at the end of the page which contains product references and page numbers, displayed as below:

Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index

The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.

Topic	Type	Description	Product	Page/Card/Image

Full References Section

This template should be included at the bottom of all pages, in the "References" section of most pages. It is usually placed after all other References, so that it populates at the bottom of the page.
Other than when the Index entry needs special function to include or exclude other words in its database search, it usually looks like this:

==References==
===Citations===
<references />
===Bibliography===
{{index}}

[[Categories:INSERT CATEGORY NAME]]

Parameters

title=

The name of the article topic, only if it differs from the article's displayed name. Use a word from the name of the article's subject.

{{index|title=TOPICWORD}}

This method can also be used to broaden included results relating to the Topic if other Topics include the same word; e.g. using Thrommel instead of Thrommel IV will give results including all the rulers named Thrommel.

This method can also be used for more precise results—to narrow the result list, multiple words can be added to the search query.

{{index|title=TOPICWORD%' AND Topic LIKE '%ANOTHERWORD}}

● "Topic" can be replaced with "Description" or "Type" to give different results.

● Either "AND" or "OR" are allowed in the query.

{{index|title=TOPICWORD%' OR Description LIKE '%ANOTHERWORD}}

● "NOT" can be used to disclude or filter out some entries,

{{index|title=TOPICWORD%' AND Topic NOT LIKE '%ANOTHERWORD}}

exact=

{{index|exact=yes}}

Used to exclude other results where the topic is included in the name, add an |exact=yesparameter to the template. (or |exact=1) .

This can be combined with |title=, as above, to show only title results with specific phrasing, omitting entries containing the title.

{{index|title=Barrier Peaks|exact=yes}}.

This example would return only entries where the title is exactly "Barrier Peaks", instead of also including other miscellaneous entries containing that phrase, like "Expedition to the Barrier Peaks" or "Horn of the Barrier Peaks".

Index table only

Used when the EGI introduction paragraph is not desired, for other formatting reasons. Other parameters are used the same as above.

{{indextableonly}}

{{indextableonly|title=TOPICWORD}}

{{indextableonly|title=TOPICWORD|exact=yes}}}}

Troubleshooting

If there are syntax errors due to the Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index listing the Topic in an unusual way (e.g. "Magical Arts, University of"), the title should be altered to get proper EGI results.

{{index|title=}}

For other errors, this template can also be used to eliminate these errors by using only the words of the Topic, without any unusual phrasing, etc.

{{index|title=TOPICWORD%' AND Topic LIKE '%ANOTHERWORD}}

Punctuation

Errors may also result from punctuation or unusual characters in the Topic's name. It is possible to make the EGI ignore the apostrophe on pages with titles such as "Kuroth's Quill" or "Johydee's Mask". Use a backslash directly before an unusual character to make the table "escape" the apostrophe or unusual punctuation.

{{index|title=TOPICWORD\'s ANOTHERWORD}}

Examples

Page Name	Code Example
Thrommel IV	{{index|title=Thrommel}}
Brother Milerjoi	{{index|title=Milerjoi}}
Kuroth's Quill	{{index|title=Kuroth\'s Quill}}
Battle of Karndred's Meadows	{{index|title=Karndred\'s Meadow}}
Royal Guild of Navigators	{{index|title=Navigators%' AND Topic LIKE '%Guild}}
Knights of Holy Shielding	{{index|title=Holy Shielding, Knights of}} or just {{index|title=Holy Shielding}}
Johydee's Mask	{{index|title=Johydee\'s Mask}} or {{index|title=Johydee%' AND Topic LIKE '%Mask}}
Dar Kesh-Anam	{{index|title=Dar Kesh\-Anam}} or {{index|title=Dar%' AND Topic LIKE '%Anam}}