Wikipedia:Template messages/General

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Note: This page contains details of templates relating to article descriptions

Templates related to issues and disputes with articles, including NPOV, are listed under Disputes templates.

Templates related to formatting are listed under Template messages/Format.

Templates related to Cleanup issues are listed under Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup.

[edit] Disambiguation and redirection

[edit] On article pages

Shortcuts: WP:OTHERUSES WP:DISTINGUISH

Note: These templates should never be subst'd.

For others, see Wikipedia:Hatnotes#Templates.

What to type	What it produces	Where to put it
{{ dablink`\|`message }} links talk view	message	Top of articles with alternative meanings where none of the following templates are appropriate.
{{ distinguish`\|`topic }} links talk view	Not to be confused with topic.	Top of articles with deceptively similar titles.
{{ distinguish2`\|`topic }} links talk view	Not to be confused with topic.	As above, but topic not treated as a link (although it may include one).
{{ For`\|`description\|location }} links talk view	For description, see location.	Top of articles with only one alternative meaning and no disambiguation page.
{{ For2`\|`description\|text }} links talk view	For description, see text which can include links.	Top of articles with only one alternative meaning and no disambiguation page.
{{ about`\|`topic`\|`other topic`\|`location }} links talk view	This page is about topic. For other topic, see location.	Top of articles whose disambiguation page is not suffixed with "(disambiguation)"
{{ about`\|`topic }} links talk view	This page is about topic. For other uses, see Template messages/General (disambiguation).	Top of articles with a disambiguation page.
{{ otheruses }} links talk view	For other uses, see Template messages/General (disambiguation).	Top of articles with a disambiguation page.
{{ otheruses`\|`location }} links talk view	For other uses, see location.	Top of articles with a disambiguation page.
{{ otheruses2`\|`location }} links talk view	For other uses, see location (disambiguation).	Top of articles with a disambiguation page.
{{ otherplaces }} links talk view	For other places with the same name, see Template messages/General (disambiguation).	Top of articles about places who share the same or a similar name.
{{ otherplaces2`\|`location }} links talk view	For other places with the same name, see location (disambiguation).	Top of articles about places who share the same or a similar name.
{{ otherplaces3`\|`location }} links talk view	For other places with the same name, see location.	Top of articles about places who share the same or a similar name.
{{ otherpersons`\|`name }} links talk view	For other persons named Name, see Name (disambiguation).	Top of articles about people who share the same or a similar name.
{{ otherpeople1`\|`name }} links talk view	This article is about Name; for other people named Template messages/General, see Template messages/General (disambiguation).	Top of articles about people who share the same or a similar name.
{{ otherpeople2`\|`name }} links talk view	For other persons of the same name, see Name.	Top of articles about people who share the same or a similar name.
{{ otherpeople3`\|`name }} links talk view	This article is about Name. For other people named Template messages/General, see Template messages/General (disambiguation).	Top of articles about people who share the same or a similar name.
{{ otherpeople4`\|`name }} links talk view	This article is about Name. For other people named Template messages/General, see Template messages/General.	Top of articles about people who share the same or a similar name.
{{ otheruses-number }} links talk view	This page is about the year Template messages/General. For the number Template messages/General, see Template messages/General (number).	Top of articles about a year for which there also exists an article about a number (e.g. the year 1000; the number 1000).
{{ redirect`\|`location }} links talk view	"location" redirects here. For other uses, see location (disambiguation).	Top of articles requiring disambiguation that have pages redirecting to them.
{{ redirect2`\|`location`\|`other location }} links talk view	"location" and "other location" redirect here. For other uses, see location (disambiguation).	Top of articles requiring disambiguation that have two pages redirecting to them.
{{ redirect3`\|`location`\|`description including links }} links talk view	"location" redirects here. description including links.	Top of articles requiring disambiguation that have pages redirecting to them.
{{ redirect4`\|`location`\|`other location }} links talk view	"location" and "other location" redirect here. For other uses, see location (disambiguation) and other location (disambiguation).	Top of articles with two redirecting pages that each have disambiguation pages.
{{ twootheruses }} links talk view	For other uses, see Template messages/General (disambiguation).	Top of articles with a different use and a disambiguation page.
{{ redirect-acronym`\|`(Acronym)`\|`Other uses }} links talk view	"(Acronym)" redirects here. (Acronym) may also refer to Other uses.	Articles that have an acronym redirecting to them, which may have other uses.
{{dn}}, {{ Ambiguous link }} links talk view	^{[disambiguation needed]}	In-line To be added to links to disambiguation pages and links to articles to which they clearly don't refer. While it is better to simply correct the link, use this template if you're not sure where the link should really be disambiguated to.

[edit] On disambiguation pages

For others, see MediaWiki:Disambiguationspage.

What to type

What it produces

Where to put it

{{ disambig }}
links talk view

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

Bottom
of disambiguation pages.

{{ disambig-cleanup }}
links talk view

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
Note: This page may need to be cleaned up to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. See WikiProject Disambiguation for more information.

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of disambiguation pages that need cleanup.

{{ geodis }}
links talk view

This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

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of disambiguation pages consisting only of geographic locations.

{{ hndis }}
links talk view
Redirect: {{namedab}}

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same personal name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

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of disambiguation pages whose title is a human name.

{{ numberdis }}
links talk view
Redirect: {{numdab}}

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same number. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

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of number-oriented disambiguation pages.

{{ surname }}
links talk view

This page or section lists people with the surname Template messages/General. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.

This template should only be used in the article (main) namespace.

Bottom
of surname (last name) disambiguation pages.

{{ SIA }}
links talk view

This article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names).

Bottom
of list articles about a set of items of a specific type that share the same (or similar) name.

[edit] Section

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{ Details`\|`location }} links talk view	For more details on this topic, see location.	Sections near top
{{ Further`\|`location }} links talk view	Further information: location	Sections near top
{{ main`\|`location }} links talk view	Main article: location	Sections near top
{{ Mainlist`\|`location }} links talk view	For a more comprehensive list, see location	Sections near top

[edit] Footnotes and references

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{ Ref`\|`name }} links talk view	Makes reference links and footnotes^[1] that are numbered automatically.^[2]	Articles notes or references
{{subst:footnotes\|100%}} See Template:footnotes	Makes reference links and footnotes^[1] that are numbered automatically.	Articles notes or references
{{ Note`\|`name }} links talk view	^ The footnote also links back to the reference. ^ A # can be used at the beginning of the line to create a numbered list. Similarly, * creates a bullet.	Articles notes or references
{{ Ref label`\|`name\|label\|backlink }} links talk view	Makes reference links and footnotes^[1] with specific labels.^[2]	Articles notes or references
{{ Ref harvard`\|`name\|label\|backlink }} links talk view	Makes reference links and footnotes (Smith 2005, p. 1) with specific labels.(Smith 2005, p. 25)	Articles notes or references
{{ Note label`\|`name\|label\|backlink }} links talk view	^a The footnote also links back to the reference. ^a A # can be used at the beginning of the line to create a numbered list. ^a ^b Similarly, * creates a bullet.	Articles notes or references

[edit] Timing-related messages

What to type

What it makes

Where it goes

{{Anachronism}}
links talk edit

Use {{Anachronism-inline}} for use at exact examples.

Article or section top

{{update}}
links talk edit

This article may need to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information, and remove this template when finished. Please see the talk page for more information.

Article or section top

{{outofdate}}
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Article top

{{Current}}
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{{Current}}
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Section top

{{Current related}}
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{{Current person}}
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{{Current sport}}
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{{Current disaster}}
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{{current war}}
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{{Recent death}}
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{{Current spaceflight}}
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{{High-traffic}}
category links talk edit

On {{{date}}}, Wikipedia:Template messages/General was [{{{url}}} linked] from {{{site}}}, a high-traffic website.

All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history.

Talk page top

{{Pbneutral}}
links talk edit

Please be neutral when editing this highly sensitive article. It discusses a topic about which people have diverse opinions.

For use on highly sensitive high traffic articles that are prone to opinionated edits.

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{{Now}}
links talk edit

The current date and time is 22 December 2009 T 14:48 UTC.

Various

[edit] Title-related messages

{{ Wrongtitle`\|`title=article }} links talk view	The correct title of this page is article. It appears incorrectly here because of technical restrictions.	Article top
{{ lowercase`\|`article }} links talk view	Decapitalises first letter of page title; for use in articles whose title is incorrectly capitalized due to technical restrictions, such as iPod.	Article top
{{ Pound`\|`article }} links talk view	The correct title of this article is article. The substitution or omission of a # sign is because of technical restrictions.	Article top
{{ Bracketed`\|`article }} links talk view	The correct title of this article is article. The substitution or omission of any < > [ ] { } is due to technical restrictions.	Article top

[edit] Character/symbol notes

{{ IPA notice }}
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{{ SpecialChars }}
links talk view

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[edit] Expansion requests

What to type What it makes Where it goes

{{expand}}
{{expand|text}}
links talk edit

Article top

{{Expand-section}}
{{Expand-section|text}}
links talk edit

Section top

{{Histinfo}}
{{Histinfo|text}}
links talk edit

This article lacks historical information. Please add it if you can. For help, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Historical information.

This article lacks historical information. Specifically: text Please add it if you can. For help, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Historical information.

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[edit] Disambiguation introductory lines

Shortcuts: WP:TM/DABINT WP:TMGDI

What to type	What it produces	Where to put it
{{ disamb1`\|`Topic }} links talk view Redirects: {{refers}}, {{mayrefer}}	Topic may refer to:	Top See {{disamb1}} for further information.
{{ disamb2 }} links talk view Redirect: {{itref}}	It may refer to:	In line See {{disamb2}} for further information.
{{ disamb3 }} links talk view Redirect: {{theyref}}	They may refer to:	In line See {{disamb3}} for further information.
{{ disamb4`\|`'''Topic'''`\|`description }} links talk view Redirects: {{refers2}}, {{mayrefer2}}	Topic may refer to description:	Top See {{disamb4}} for further information.
{{ disamb-also`\|`'''[[Topic]]'''`\|`description`\|`It/They }} links talk view Redirect: {{alsoref}}	Topic description. It/They may also refer to:	Top See {{disamb-also}} for further information.
{{ disamb-name`\|`Name }} links talk view Redirect: {{nameref}}	The name Name may refer to:	Top See {{disamb-name}} for further information.
{{ disamb-name2`\|`Topic`\|`description }} links talk view Redirect: {{nameof}}	Topic is the name of description, including:	Top See {{disamb-name2}} for further information.
{{ disamb-term`\|`term }} links talk view Redirect: {{termref}}	The term "term" may refer to:	Top See {{disamb-term}} for further information.
{{ disamb-terms`\|`term1`\|`term2 }} links talk view Redirect: {{termsref}}	The terms "term1" and "term2" may refer to:	Top See {{disamb-terms}} for further information.

[edit] Miscellaneous (mainly for editors)

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{ Selfref }} links talk view	{{{1}}}	In articles, wherever reference is made to a Wikipedia project page.
{{ Lorem ipsum }} links talk view	Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.	Pages testing or demonstrating fonts top

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