Template:Prereq

Article with prerequisite Unspecified or incorrect parameter

The following template description is not displayed when the template is inserted in an article.

Goal

This template will advise the reader to first read through one or more articles and then continuing with the current article.

Adding this template to a page in the article, Howto or Help namespace will automatically add the page to a subcategory to Category:Pages with prerequisites. This can be suppressed by using a non-empty nocat parameter.

Usage

Put this template between the article text and any previous messageboxes.

{{prereq |article= |articles= |area= |areas= |skill= |skills= |nocat=}}

All the parameters are optional and except for nocat refer to that before reading the page the reader should preferably:

article, articles

Have read one or more articles linked to.

area, areas

Have knowledge in one or more areas.

skill, skills

Have one or more skills.

nocat

If non-empty pages will not be categorized.

Examples

{{prereq |article=[[Howto:Multiplayer]]}}

Article with prerequisite This article may be easier to understand if you have previously read and understood the following article: Howto:Multiplayer

{{prereq |articles=[[$FG HOME]], [[$FG ROOT]], [[$FG AIRCRAFT]] and [[$FG SCENERY]]}}

Article with prerequisites This article may be easier to understand if you have previously read and understood the following articles: $FG HOME, $FG ROOT, $FG AIRCRAFT and $FG SCENERY