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===Merging Templates===
===Merging Templates===
Halopedia already has a working template infrastructure in place, and for the most part, there should not be much need to modify it. However, if you come across a template on the temporary wiki that Halopedia does not have but which would be useful, you are welcome to add that template to Halopedia and make use of it where necessary. In the more common case where a Halopedia template does not feature a certain functionality that Halo Nation's did, you should add this functionality to Halopedia's template manually, but only if it is useful! Also note that when merging infoboxes, Fandom/Wikia used their own proprietary syntax for infoboxes, called "Portable Infoboxes". This syntax will function correctly on Halopedia, and so infoboxes ''must'' be entirely rewritten by hand in order to work as intended.
Halopedia already has a working template infrastructure in place, and for the most part, there should not be much need to modify it. However, if you come across a template on the temporary wiki that Halopedia does not have but which would be useful, you are welcome to add that template to Halopedia and make use of it where necessary. In the more common case where a Halopedia template does not feature a certain functionality that Halo Nation's did, you should add this functionality to Halopedia's template manually, but only if it is useful! Also note that when merging infoboxes, Fandom/Wikia used their own proprietary syntax for infoboxes, called "Portable Infoboxes".This syntax will function correctly on Halo Alpha but not on Halopedia, so infoboxes must be entirely rewritten by hand in order to work as intended.  


It is advised that you do not attempt to merge templates yourself unless you're confident with the syntax and semantics of wikitext.
It is advised that you do not attempt to merge templates yourself unless you're confident with the syntax and semantics of wikitext.