TemplateDoc:Ref/Marketing

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Description

This template should be used when citing marketing media created for other pieces of Halo media.

For other citation templates, see Template:Ref.

Usage

Syntax

To insert this template onto a page, place one of the following wikitext samples onto the article, and fill in as necessary. You may also add any of additional parameters seen below if necessary, for instance a quote, or particular detail you want to highlight.

Citing a standalone marketing piece

{{Ref/Marketing|Id=ref_id|marketed_media_name_or_acronym|piece_of_marketing_youre_citing}}

Citing a piece from a larger marketing campaign

{{Ref/Marketing|Id=ref_id|marketed_media_name_or_acronym|name_of_marketing_campaign|piece_of_marketing_youre_citing}}

Parameters

Field Name	Aliases	Optional or Required?	Description	Example
Id	-	Recommended	An ID for the reference, so it can be reused. Make it specific to your particular citation, so that it does not conflict with other IDs, and so other editors can understand it. It should always be put at the start.	ReachJFO
1 (unnamed field)	Media, MediaLink	Required	The name of the piece of media that was being marketed. This field supports the use of Halopedia's acronym system, so CE can be used in place of Halo: Combat Evolved. If the game's page name includes a suffix, please include the MediaText field too.	Halo 3
MediaText	MediaLinkText (Deprecated)	Required only if Media includes a suffix	If the Media page includes a suffix, this field should be filled in with what the display text of the link should be - i.e. the page name, but without the suffix.	Halo 3
2 (unnamed field)	Campaign	Optional	The marketing campaign that the cited piece of marketing was a part of.	Believe
3 (unnamed field)	Ad	Required	The particular advert or piece of marketing being cited.	Shooting a Hero
Detail	-	Optional	Any additional details you wish to specifically highlight about the cited game element.	JFO is a player customisation item
Quote	-	Optional	Used to cite a particular quote from the game that supports your citation.	Designed and tested at Beweglichrüstungsysteme this helmet is fully compatible with all armor systems.
Quotee	QuoteeLink	Optional	If Quote is used, this field can be used to specify who or what is being quoted. This field can receive a page name, in which case it will create a link. If the page name includes a suffix please include the QuoteeText.	Official description
QuoteeText	QuoteeLinkText (Deprecated)	Required only if Quotee is a page name and includes a suffix	If Quotee contains a page name, this field can be used to override the link display text.	Official description

Error states

Warnings

This template can emit the following warnings:

• Missing recommended parameter - If a recommended parameter is not passed to the template.
• Deprecated parameter - If a deprecated template parameter is used in a template call.

Errors

This template can throw the following errors:

• Missing required parameter - If a required parameter is not passed to the template.
• Invalid parameter - If an unrecognised parameter is passed to the template.
• Overwritten parameter - If the same paramater is given multiple values in the template call.

Examples

Here are some examples of what the template will output, when used:

Standard usage

{{Ref/Marketing|Id=DelivHope|HR|Deliver Hope}}

Campaign field usage

{{Ref/Marketing|Id=H3Bel|H3|Believe|Shooting a Hero}}

Dependencies

Template dependencies

This template does not depend on any other templates.

Module dependencies

This template depends on the following Lua module:

• Module:Ref

Extension dependencies

This template requires the following extensions:

• Extension:Scribunto
• Extension:Acronym (In-house extension)
• Extension:UniqueLink (In-house extension)

Dependent templates

No other templates are known to depend on this one.