Thread:DaNASCAT/@comment-8761077-20121030152504/@comment-3987368-20121031075847

Due to the varying natures of different wikis, it's common for them to create their own templates to suit their needs. When a wiki is created, it comes with templates (I think it was 120, actually) but they typically create more and customize old ones to their liking.

A while ago, Wikia had a tutorial on templates. You could watch that here and see if it helps you.