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== Template:Sec (Section Transclusion) Documentation ==
'''Colors:''' Gray


=== Credit ===
'''Alignment:''' [[Alignment#True_Neutral|True Neutral]]


Darkfire stole this from [[User:Gorgon|Gorgon]] and then gave it to [[User:Sephira|Sephira]]
'''Worshippers' Alignment:''' Any


'''Area of Control:''' [[Human|Humans]], Balance


The original test version of this template was created in [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/User:Sanbeg/Sec Steve Sanbeg's userspace on Wikisource].
'''Clerical Domains:''' [[Magic:Level#Evil|Evil]], [[Magic:Level#Good|Good]], [[Magic:Level#Healing|Healing]], [[Magic:Level#Protection|Protection]], [[Magic:Level#War|War]]
* Steve Sanbeg is also the author of [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Labeled_Section_Transclusion Extension:Labeled Section Transclusion], which will hopefully replace this here one day (see the Description below).
* While the documentation and format of this template have been changed, the original code should be essentially the same.


=== Description ===
'''Holy Warrior:''' [[Equalizer]]


This template is for transcluding pre-marked sections of articles.
'''Religious Orders:''' [[Guild:Mikon's_Council_of_Balance|Mikon's Council of Balance]]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Labeled_Section_Transclusion Extension:Labeled Section Transclusion] is an improved method of doing this task, and this template should be considered [[Wikipedia:Deprecation | deprecated]] if that extension is implemented here.
* While Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Transclusion#Without_using_the_labeled_section_method | Selective transclusion without using the labeled section]] method does work here, it is very limited/restricted, and this template allows more flexibility and ease of use.


'''Center of Worship:''' [[Mikona]]


=== Usage and Examples ===
[http://www.avlis.org/portal.php?getpage=mikon More information on Mikon]


==== Step 1 ====
Add section tags to the article page that you want to transclude the information from, as shown below:


<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap">
''"Be disciplined, if you may. But let the present moment decide when discipline evaporates and gets replaced by freedom."''
This is a sample article, with a few sections
&lt;onlyinclude><nowiki>{{{sec1 |This is the first section}}}</nowiki>&lt;/onlyinclude>
&lt;onlyinclude><nowiki>{{{sec2 |This is the second section}}}</nowiki>&lt;/onlyinclude>
</pre>


* This is the article titled '''Test_Article''' used in '''Step 2''' below.
According to Mikon, everyone has the right to choose their own path in life. Good is of course always preferable to evil in terms of living harmoniously. We all want to live in a safe and enjoyable world. However, Mikon is a warrior and he's used to fighting. Sometimes it is necessary to further an evil end in order to achieve stability and harmony in the long run. The good and the evil will often not see this. They merely look at what is happening at that moment. It is Mikon's job, and the job of his followers to find out how to turn a situation so it comes out for the best down the road.
* This template has a limit of 25 numbered sections, so you can only use <code>sec1</code> through <code>sec25</code>.


Many different types of people and philosophies exist. Mikon is tolerant of them all. He understands that in order to have the light, you will need the darkness to compare it to. Order will not exist without chaos either. Most do not understand these points and only wish to have their own beliefs dominate. This is one thing Mikon will not allow. The dance is everything. There is no goal or destination. The journey is why we are here, and without those opposing sides going against each other the journey will cease.


==== Step 2 ====
After the nine warriors were changed to gods by the [[Eternal Spark]], and the [[Negerai]] was defeated, the new gods all went back to their respective planes of appropriate philosophy.... except for Mikon. He remained behind on the [[Wikipedia:Prime Material Plane|Prime Material Plane]]. The Supreme charged him with the task of keeping all Gods out of the Prime Material Plane, so that the balance is not destroyed. This is his job to this day.
Add the following code to the target article page that you want to transclude the previously defined section(s) of '''Test_Article''' to:


Mikon has major temples in [[Mikona]] and [[Visimontium]], chapels in  [[The_Village_of_Blandenberg|Blandenburg]] and [[Bachwood]], and a shrine to the Equalizers of Mikon in [[Eastshore]].


'''Usage: ''' <code><nowiki>{{sec | PAGENAME | SECTIONNUMBER }}</nowiki></code>
==Mikon's Philosophy==


* Many philosophies fixate on one particular thing. In general, the deep rooted spiritual beliefs of the good religions are outwardly focussed, and the deep rooted spiritual beliefs of the evil religions are inwardly focused. Neutral religions tend to not worry so much about where one is focussed, but instead they worry about HOW one focuses.


* Replace PAGENAME with the source article page name ('''Test_Article''' in the example above). E.g., <code>Test_Article</code>
* Followers of Mikon see problems with these beliefs. If one is focussed so much on what's outside of them, their own selfish needs will never be attended to, and they may wind up being repressed. In the long run this may cause corruption and opression of those who do not follow the ways of "good". Evil has the opposite problem. They are so selfish and self-serving that they get a narrow view of things and eventually get eliminated by things they never saw coming. Not only that, but their inward focused nature often makes them incredibly bad at living in harmony with others!
** If the source article page is outside of the '''Main''' namespace, include the namespace (and full path from it). E.g., <code>User:John/Test_Article</code>
* Replace SECTIONNUMBER with the matching section number that you want to transclude from the source article (''do not include the '''sec''' prefix''). E.g., <code>1</code> - <code>25</code>


* Law and chaos have the same basic problems. If someone is too disciplined, they become a slave to their practice and never realize that the practice itself is no longer deliberate, but instead has become a HABIT. What kind of control do you have over yourself when all you are doing is acting out a routine you call "discipline"? On the other hand, if someone is not disciplined at all, how will they be able to run their life effectively? We all need to live in the world. We all need to make our way in society from day to day. Such things take a little bit of discipline. Otherwise, we would never eat right, or wash our clothes, or pay our taxes on time.


==== Examples ====
* Mikon symbolizes the middle path. "Be disciplined, if you may. But let the present moment decide when discipline evaporates and gets replaced by freedom." This holy proverb of the followers of Mikon reiterates that everyone should have a balance of both in their life. Discipline is needed to do certain things. It is a useful tool. However, it is only a TOOL. There comes a time when the tool can be put down when it is not needed for a while. However, if you never use that tool, you are in for some problems in life.


To transclude the <code>sec1</code> section from the <code>Test_Article</code> example above, use:
* Goodness and evil, inwardness and outwardness, are also to be taken in moderation. People must learn about themselves in life. They must become attuned to what their wants and needs are. However, they must also be conscious of those around them and how their wants and needs will affect the innocent. Should you NEVER hurt the innocent if it means getting your wants and needs? Not necessarily. There's a time and a place for everything to be weighed. If certain innocents may be hurt by your ambition, you will need to figure how that action will turn out in the long run for everyone, both inside and outside of yourself.
<code><nowiki>{{sec | Test_Article | 1 }}</nowiki></code>


To transclude the <code>sec2</code> section from the <code>Test_Article</code> example above, use:
* Good is of course always preferable to evil in terms of living harmoniously. We all want to live in a safe and enjoyable world. However, Mikon is a warrior and he's used to fighting. Sometimes it is necessary to further an evil end in order to achieve stability and harmony in the long run. The good and the evil will often not see this. They merely look at what is happening at that moment. It is Mikon's job, and the job of his followers to find out how to turn a situation so it comes out for the best down the road.
<code><nowiki>{{sec | Test_Article | 2 }}</nowiki></code>


 
* Many different types of people and philosophies exist. Mikon is tolerant of them all. He understands that in order to have the light, you will need the darkness to compare it to. Order will not exist without chaos either. Most do not understand these points and only wish to have their own beliefs dominate. This is one thing Mikon will not allow. The dance is everything. There is no goal or destination. The journey is why we are here, and without those opposing sides going against each other the journey will cease.
==== Other Usage ====
 
The author gave a few other examples in his [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/User:Sanbeg/Test test page], using an extra <code>ns =</code> parameter after the SECTIONNUMBER, to modify which namespace the PAGENAME belongs to, so it doesn't need to be included.
 
An example of the previous <code>User:John/Test_Article</code> PAGENAME done this way would be:
 
<code><nowiki>{{sec | John/Test_Article | 1 | ns = User }}</nowiki></code>
 
* In this case there isn't much improvement (more confusing even), since the username still needs to be included, but it may be useful for the Template namespace, or others.
 
 
One other example he gave didn't use this template. Only the markup in the source article page, and transclusion with extra parameters.
 
Still using the '''Test_Article''' in the example above as a source, with the example code:
 
<code><nowiki>{{Test_Article | sec1 = }}</nowiki></code>
 
This transcludes everything except section 1 ('''sec1'''), since the contents of that section are unset by the empty parameter value given.
 
'''Result: ''' <code>This is the second section</code>
 
* This is basically the inverse of how this template works, since the template transcludes all sections, then empties the values of all that aren't selected. With the transclusion method above, everything is transcluded, and you specify individual sections that you don't want to include (or replacements for them - read on).
 
 
This also can be used to replace individual sections of the whole transcluded article page, by supplying a new value for each parameter.
 
E.g., <code><nowiki>{{Test_Article | sec1 = Hello World! }}</nowiki></code> adds <code>Hello World!</code> before also transcluding <code>This is the second section</code>.
 
 
With source article pages that have many sections set up this way, several can be left out or replaced. If '''Test_Article_2''' has 3 or more sections marked the same as the original '''Test_Article''', this can be demonstrated with the following example:
 
<code><nowiki>{{Test_Article_2 | sec1 = Hello World! | sec3 = }}</nowiki></code>
 
* This would add <code>Hello World!</code> instead of section 1, transclude section 2 normally with <code>This is the second section</code>, skip transcluding section 3, and then transclude whatever other sections come after that normally.
 
 
=== Technical details ===
 
If you intend to use <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables wikitables]</span> as parameter values in this template, then you need to know this:
 
<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates Templates]</span> have a problem handling parameter data that contains pipes "<code>|</code>", unless the pipe is inside another template <code><nowiki>{{name | param1 }}</nowiki></code>, or inside a piped link <code><nowiki>[[Help:Template | help]]</nowiki></code>. Therefore templates can not handle wikitables as input, unless you escape them by using the '''<nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki>''' magic word (parser function - see: <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words#Other Help:Magic words#Other]</span>). This makes it hard to use wikitables as parameters in templates. Instead, the usual solution is to use [[Wikipedia:Help:Table#Other_table_syntax | HTML wikimarkup]] for the table code, which is more robust.
 
'''''Note:''' [[Template:!]] functionality was replaced in MediaWiki version 1.24 by the '''<nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki>''' magic word, and the template is ignored when using it.''
 
 
=== Copy of Original Documentation ([http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/User:Sanbeg/Sec Steve Sanbeg's Userspace on Wikisource]) ===
 
* This was also in the Template namespace before he finalized [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Labeled_Section_Transclusion Extension:Labeled Section Transclusion], and the template name was recycled. It can still be viewed in its [http://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Sec&oldid=4659477 last revision] before being recycled as a redirect.
* [http://wikisource.org Wikisource] and [http://www.mediawiki.org Mediawiki] links have been reformatted to work here (and a few typo fixes).
 
 
<div name="Original Documentation" class="boilerplate metadata" id="odoc" style="margin: 0 1em; padding: 0 10px; border: 1px solid #aaa;">
Now that the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Labeled_Section_Transclusion Extension:Labeled Section Transclusion] extension is active here, this template is deprecated; please use the extension for any future work.
 
This template is intended as a proof of concept, to demonstrate transcluding sections of articles. 
 
To transclude larger sections, it may be more useful to split the section into a daughter page, or some other separate page/template, then transcluding that where necessary. If you always transclude the same section, i.e. to transclude the body of text without extra boilerplate, then it should be simple to use &lt;onlyinclude&gt;.
 
However, when there are many smaller sections, it's simpler to mark the sections, and call them by name.  For example, if you have a a large article with small numbered sections, marked like
 
 
  This is a sample article, with a few sections
  &lt;onlyinclude><nowiki>{{{sec1|This is the first section}}}</nowiki>&lt;/onlyinclude>
  &lt;onlyinclude><nowiki>{{{sec2|This is the second section}}}</nowiki>&lt;/onlyinclude>
 
Then, you could transclude section 1 with
  <nowiki>{{User:Sanbeg/Sec|Article|1}}</nowiki>
 
 
All text between &lt;onlyinclude> and &lt;/onlyinclude> should be marked with a section (or marked somehow) to prevent unconditional transclusion.  Of course, it's possible to have multiple &lt;onlyinclude> blocks.
 
See [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/User:Sanbeg/Test Wikisource:User:Sanbeg/Test] for an example.
 
Please contact me with any feedback. -[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/User:Sanbeg | Sanbeg] 19:28, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
</div>
 
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[[Category:Greater_Gods {{Deities

Symbol: Scales of balance

Colors: Gray

Alignment: True Neutral

Worshippers' Alignment: Any

Area of Control: Humans, Balance

Clerical Domains: Evil, Good, Healing, Protection, War

Holy Warrior: Equalizer

Religious Orders: Mikon's Council of Balance

Center of Worship: Mikona

More information on Mikon


"Be disciplined, if you may. But let the present moment decide when discipline evaporates and gets replaced by freedom."

According to Mikon, everyone has the right to choose their own path in life. Good is of course always preferable to evil in terms of living harmoniously. We all want to live in a safe and enjoyable world. However, Mikon is a warrior and he's used to fighting. Sometimes it is necessary to further an evil end in order to achieve stability and harmony in the long run. The good and the evil will often not see this. They merely look at what is happening at that moment. It is Mikon's job, and the job of his followers to find out how to turn a situation so it comes out for the best down the road.

Many different types of people and philosophies exist. Mikon is tolerant of them all. He understands that in order to have the light, you will need the darkness to compare it to. Order will not exist without chaos either. Most do not understand these points and only wish to have their own beliefs dominate. This is one thing Mikon will not allow. The dance is everything. There is no goal or destination. The journey is why we are here, and without those opposing sides going against each other the journey will cease.

After the nine warriors were changed to gods by the Eternal Spark, and the Negerai was defeated, the new gods all went back to their respective planes of appropriate philosophy.... except for Mikon. He remained behind on the Prime Material Plane. The Supreme charged him with the task of keeping all Gods out of the Prime Material Plane, so that the balance is not destroyed. This is his job to this day.

Mikon has major temples in Mikona and Visimontium, chapels in Blandenburg and Bachwood, and a shrine to the Equalizers of Mikon in Eastshore.

Mikon's Philosophy

  • Many philosophies fixate on one particular thing. In general, the deep rooted spiritual beliefs of the good religions are outwardly focussed, and the deep rooted spiritual beliefs of the evil religions are inwardly focused. Neutral religions tend to not worry so much about where one is focussed, but instead they worry about HOW one focuses.
  • Followers of Mikon see problems with these beliefs. If one is focussed so much on what's outside of them, their own selfish needs will never be attended to, and they may wind up being repressed. In the long run this may cause corruption and opression of those who do not follow the ways of "good". Evil has the opposite problem. They are so selfish and self-serving that they get a narrow view of things and eventually get eliminated by things they never saw coming. Not only that, but their inward focused nature often makes them incredibly bad at living in harmony with others!
  • Law and chaos have the same basic problems. If someone is too disciplined, they become a slave to their practice and never realize that the practice itself is no longer deliberate, but instead has become a HABIT. What kind of control do you have over yourself when all you are doing is acting out a routine you call "discipline"? On the other hand, if someone is not disciplined at all, how will they be able to run their life effectively? We all need to live in the world. We all need to make our way in society from day to day. Such things take a little bit of discipline. Otherwise, we would never eat right, or wash our clothes, or pay our taxes on time.
  • Mikon symbolizes the middle path. "Be disciplined, if you may. But let the present moment decide when discipline evaporates and gets replaced by freedom." This holy proverb of the followers of Mikon reiterates that everyone should have a balance of both in their life. Discipline is needed to do certain things. It is a useful tool. However, it is only a TOOL. There comes a time when the tool can be put down when it is not needed for a while. However, if you never use that tool, you are in for some problems in life.
  • Goodness and evil, inwardness and outwardness, are also to be taken in moderation. People must learn about themselves in life. They must become attuned to what their wants and needs are. However, they must also be conscious of those around them and how their wants and needs will affect the innocent. Should you NEVER hurt the innocent if it means getting your wants and needs? Not necessarily. There's a time and a place for everything to be weighed. If certain innocents may be hurt by your ambition, you will need to figure how that action will turn out in the long run for everyone, both inside and outside of yourself.
  • Good is of course always preferable to evil in terms of living harmoniously. We all want to live in a safe and enjoyable world. However, Mikon is a warrior and he's used to fighting. Sometimes it is necessary to further an evil end in order to achieve stability and harmony in the long run. The good and the evil will often not see this. They merely look at what is happening at that moment. It is Mikon's job, and the job of his followers to find out how to turn a situation so it comes out for the best down the road.
  • Many different types of people and philosophies exist. Mikon is tolerant of them all. He understands that in order to have the light, you will need the darkness to compare it to. Order will not exist without chaos either. Most do not understand these points and only wish to have their own beliefs dominate. This is one thing Mikon will not allow. The dance is everything. There is no goal or destination. The journey is why we are here, and without those opposing sides going against each other the journey will cease.
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