Wikipedia:Template messages

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WP:TEMPLATE and various other shortcuts redirect here. For information on what templates are and how the template namespace is intended to be used, please see Wikipedia:Template namespace. For information on template development, see Help:Template.

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Contents 1 Using this page 2 Article-related namespace 2.1 General 2.2 Sources / Citations / References 2.3 Links 2.4 Cleanup 2.5 Deletion / Renaming / Discussion 2.6 Disputes and warnings 2.7 Maintenance 2.8 Sister Projects 2.9 Compact Tables of Contents (TOC) 2.10 Lists 2.11 Redirect pages 2.12 Subject matter boxes and diagrams 2.13 Formatting 3 Non article-related namespace 3.1 Wikipedia 3.2 Category 3.3 User 3.4 User talk 3.5 Talk 3.6 Image 3.7 Template 4 Related pages for specific types of templates 5 See also

This page provides an index for a wide range of standard templates in use within Wikipedia. Whether you are providing a custom message or a pastel box or are flagging articles, adding tags, or adding templates, this page also gives an overview of what subjects are covered within each heading.

[edit] Using this page

The bold links at the top of each cell lead to detailed pages that describe the templates in that section in detail, and how and when to use them.

If you cannot find the template you are looking for, please click on the section headers that seem most relevant, since there may be templates for a particular usage covered on the detailed pages, but not listed in the table below.

If after searching, you still cannot find the template you need, you can request it on Wikipedia:Requested templates. For help on creating templates, see Help:Template, or contact a user who has identified themselves as an adept template coder. Note that in order to maintain consistent design of templates there have been significant discussions about a variety of templates at both Wikipedia talk:Article message boxes and Wikipedia talk:Talk page templates.

A more comprehensive category system may also be viewed at Category:Wikipedia templates.

[edit] Article-related namespace

Please list navigational templates (as, for example, between pages relating to a specific topic) at Wikipedia:Navigational templates or at the appropriate WikiProject page.

[edit] General Disambiguation and redirection Section Timing (Current events, etc) Title (distinguishment between deceptively similar titles, etc) Special character warnings Footnotes and references Expansion requests Miscellaneous (Lorem ipsum, etc)	[edit] Sources / Citations / References Requesting sources and verification General sources Citations of generic sources Citations of specific sources (GFDL, public domain, U.S. government, etc) Footnotes and links	[edit] Links Internal links (articles, namespaces, categories) Templates German titles External links (databases, websites, etc) Film and television (IMDb, YouTube, etc) Games (board, video game, etc) Geography (locations/maps) Literature (books, etc) Music Religion Wikis (sister projects, etc) Miscellaneous (science, Internet, etc)	[edit] Cleanup Tag Consolidation: combining the other cleanup tags into one messagebox General cleanup: Complete rewrite, section, remainder, copyediting, grammar/punctuation/spelling Writing style: Clarity, tone, etc Structures and sections Potentially unwanted content: Copyright, content policy, spam, trivia, etc Context and detail: Too specialized/technical, off-topic Expand and add: General, diagrams/images Expert needed: Authenticity/verification Time-sensitive Contradiction and confusion: Misleading/vague Neutrality and factual accuracy: Dubious, opinion, weasel words, etc Importance and notability: Significance Verifiability and sources: Consistency, absent/broken citations, original research, etc Introduction: Length, vague, complete rewrite Lists, Images (blur, exposure, size, etc) Wiki tech: Wikify, uncategorized, disambiguation, orphans Infobox needed Subject-specific: Fiction, etc Miscellaneous Merges Splitting Moving: Articles, sister projects, etc Translations
[edit] Deletion / Renaming / Discussion Deletion of: Articles (AfD) Categories (CfD) Images and media (IfD) Redirects (RfD) Speedy deletion (D) Templates (TfD) Stub types (SfD) Moving or Renaming (within Wikipedia or to other wikis)	[edit] Disputes and warnings Accuracy Suspected hoax Neutrality Original research Contradictory Controversial Unencyclopedic Notability Autobiography	[edit] Maintenance Article in use (major edits) Protected from editing/vandalism Copyright violations Article issues General attention needed ISSN issues Lack of geopolitical balance IPA conversion Categorization issues	[edit] Sister Projects Wikiquote Wiktionary Wikibooks Wikisource Wikimedia Commons Wikinews Wikiversity Wikispecies Mediawiki Meta-Wiki Linking between projects Soft redirects Transwiki copy
[edit] Compact Tables of Contents (TOC) Non-Category Alphabetical (A-Z) Numerical (0-9) Category Alphabetical (A-Z) Numerical (0-9)	[edit] Lists Dynamic lists Incomplete lists Subject or topic lists Disputed content/length	[edit] Redirect pages To be placed at the end of the same line as the redirect tag.	[edit] Subject matter boxes and diagrams Calendars Court Decisions Diagrams Game and Puzzle layouts Grids Periodic Table
[edit] Formatting Division boxes Multiple columns Image holders

[edit] Non article-related namespace

[edit] Wikipedia Policies and non-policies Village Talk WikiProjects WP:Sandbox WP:FAQ	[edit] Category Births in Years Books in Years Deaths in Years More information Categorization of people: Subjective Category Disclaimer Disputed categorisation	[edit] User Languages Contribution licensing Userboxes User Sandboxes Disclaimer New page links Open tasks Picture of the day Wikimedia licensing Awards	[edit] User talk Experimenting & Vandalism Notices Shared IP Notices Spamming Notices Three Revert Rule User Talk Requests Welcome Messages Edit-summary request Minor-edit reminder Block notices Wide range of other warnings and notices
[edit] Talk Talk Featured articles (and candidates) Expansion requests Request Photo/Images Comments Discussion thread tags Free Images Translation requests Peer review To Do lists WikiProject notices	[edit] Image Copyright status unknown or unverified Creative commons licensed image Fair use claimed Free use image / Semi-free use image Government copyrights (UK, Canada, Poland) GNU/GFDL image Images and media for deletion Image categorization Non-free (copyrighted) image "not an orphan" Public domain image Screenshot See also: Wikipedia:Image copyright tags	[edit] Template Template documentation High-use and intricate Template talk page messages

[edit] Related pages for specific types of templates

• Wikipedia:Template messages/Main page and alternatives for templates used on one of the Wikipedia's Main Pages.
• Wikipedia:Navigational templates and for list of the navigational templates.
• Wikipedia:Infobox templates are designed to present summary information about an article's subject in an uniform format.
• Wikipedia:Taxobox usage describes taxonomical infoboxes for biological classification.
• Wikipedia:Country referencing templates that provide a tiny thumbnail of a country's flag.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types is the full listing of thousands of stub types.
• Wikipedia:MediaWiki namespace controls interface messages for internal system use, and can only be modified by administrators.
• Wikipedia:Spoiler warning for information about spoilers on Wikipedia.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject user warnings to create a complete, standardised set of user warning templates with full documentation and help pages.
• Category:Internationalisation maintenance templates noting a particular national or regional bias of an article, and asking for a worldwide view.
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias#Related cleanup templates for useful examples.
• Wikipedia:Deprecated and orphaned templates to coordinate efforts to maintain the template namespace by removing unneeded templates in an orderly and systematic manner.
• Special:Unusedtemplates - lists all templates which are not transcluded in another page.

[edit] See also

• Wikipedia:Template standardisation
• Wikipedia:Colours in templates.
• Wikipedia:Stub - the guidelines for stub template creation.
• Substitution in templates.
• Help:Template - wiki template help page.
• m:Help:Substitution - more detailed information on subst template (on the Meta-Wiki).
• Help:Link