Thread:Knj00/@comment-5869874-20130908010128/@comment-4830404-20130908024639

To create a Template page, you use the Template: prefix with the name of the template you're trying to create. Of course, you would make sure that you weren't overwriting a template.

Templates are used to save the trouble of typing the same thing over and over. The biggest benefit is that if you use the same Template on a lot of pages and you need to make a change, you can simply edit the Template once instead of editing all of the pages.

That said, I would caution against creating Templates for Templates' sake. Too many Templates is not a good thing. There should be a good reason for each Template; otherwise there is no need for it.