Sandbox5

This Sandbox page is to experiment with using forms to create tables

For background see: Help:Use the template format to create tabular output

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Step One: Create query as normal

{{#ask: [[Category:Semantic biography]]
 |?Firstname
 |?Lastname
 |?Occupation
 |?Birth place
 |format=table
 |sort=Lastname
 |order=ascending
}}

	Firstname	Lastname	Occupation	Birth place
Thomas Adams	Thomas	Adams	Gentleman
David Adamsone	David	Adamsone	Mariner
Robert Adlington	Robert	Adlington	Lighterman
Christian Aelst	Christian	Aelst	Merchant
William Allen	William	Allen	Mariner
Manoel Alvares	Manoel	Alvares	Steward
William Anderson	William	Anderson	Mariner
Thomas Anneley	Thomas	Anneley	Mariner
James Anselm	James	Anselm	Mariner
Robert Archer	Robert	Archer	Grocer
Edward Arlibear	Edward	Arlibear	Mariner
Thomas Arvill	Thomas	Arvill	Cooper
Joseph Ashe	Joseph	Ashe	Merchant
Thomas Astin	Thomas	Astin	Mariner
Richard Atkinson	Richard	Atkinson	Embroiderer
John Augustine	John	Augustine	Merchant
Peter Aylward	Peter	Aylward	Merchant
Alexander Baareffoott	Alexander	Baareffoott	Cooper
Henderijck Backer	Henderijck	Backer	Mariner
Richard Baddely	Richard	Baddeley	Fishmonger	Unknown
William Baddison	William	Baddison	Mariner
John Baker	John	Baker	Mariner
James Baldwin	James	Baldwin	Vintner
William Ballow	William	Ballow	Ferryman
Martin Band	Martin	Band	Mariner
William Barber	William	Barber	Mariner
John Baretson	John	Baretson	Mariner
John Barfoot	John	Barfoot	Mariner
John Barley	John	Barley	Waterman
John Barrell	John	Barrell	Shipwright
John Barrell	John	Barrell	Shipwright
Edward Barton	Edward	Barton	Merchant
George Bascum	George	Bascum	Mariner
Johannes Basford	Johannes	Basford	Tobacconist
Thomas Basse	Thomas	Basse	Mariner
William Bassett	William	Bassett	Grasier
Joos Bateman	Joos	Bateman	Merchant
John Bates	John	Bates	Mariner
Richard Batson	Richard	Batson	Merchant
Michell Batten	Michell	Batten	Mariner
David Bayly	David	Bayly	Mariner
Andrew Beake	Andrew	Beake	Looking glass maker
Elias Beake	Elias	Beake	Merchant
Adam Beale	Adam	Beale	Shipwright
Richard Beard	Richard	Beard	Winecooper
Thomas Bedham	Thomas	Bedham	Mariner
Erasmus Bedloo	Erasmus	Bedloo	Merchant
Thomas Bee	Thomas	Bee	Mariner
Robart Beebee	Robart	Beebee	Waterman
Richard Belchamber	Richard	Belchamber	Merchant
... further results

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Step two: Creating a template

See Help:Semantic templates

See useful Youtube video on creating templates: Kristin McMurray, Creating Templates
See useful Youtube video on different types of templates: Peter Forsyth, Introduction to templates on Wikipedia

In this video a simple template called "Template:Sample1" is created. The template displays text in red. The template is called {{Sample1}}

Here are the results of the template:
This is red text. It is very pretty.