Wikipedia:Template messages/General

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

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

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

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

Disambiguation and redirection

On article pages

Note: These templates should never be substituted.

See also: Wikipedia:Hatnote#Templates and Category:Disambiguation and redirection templates

What to type	What it produces	Where to put it
{{ 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)"
{{ disambiguation needed }} links talk view Redirect: {{ambiguous link}}		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.
{{ 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.
{{ hatnote|message }} links talk view	message	Top of articles with alternative meanings where none of the other templates are appropriate.
{{ other people|name }} links talk view	For other people named Name, see Name (disambiguation).	Top of articles about people who share the same or a similar name.
{{ other people2|name }} links talk view	For other people of the same name, see Name.	Top of articles about people who share the same or a similar name.
{{ other people3|person1|person2|name }} links talk view	This article is about person1. For person2, see name.	Top of articles about people who share the same or a similar name.
{{ other places|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.
{{ other places3|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.
{{ other uses|example }} links talk view	For other uses, see example.	Top of articles with a disambiguation page.
{{ other uses2|example }} links talk view	For other uses, see example (disambiguation).	Top of articles with a disambiguation page.
{{ 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|example }} links talk view	"location" and "example" redirect here. For other uses, see location (disambiguation) and example (disambiguation).	Top of articles with two redirecting pages that each have disambiguation pages.
{{ 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.
{{ selfref }} links talk view	{{{1}}}	In articles, wherever reference is made to a Wikipedia project page.
{{ two other uses|example|use2|examples|etc. }} links talk view	This page is about example. For use2, see examples. For use3, see example (disambiguation).	Top of articles with a different use and a disambiguation page.
{{ year dab|1234 }} links talk view	This article is about the year 1234. For other uses, see 1234 (disambiguation).	Top of articles about a year for which there also exists an article about a number (e.g. the year 1000; the number 1000).

On disambiguation pages

For others, see MediaWiki:Disambiguationspage.

What to type	What it produces	Where to put it
{{ disambiguation }} links talk view		Bottom of disambiguation pages.
{{ disambiguation cleanup }} links talk view		Bottom of disambiguation pages that need cleanup.
{{ geodis }} links talk view		Bottom of disambiguation pages consisting only of geographic locations.
{{ hndis }} links talk view		Bottom of disambiguation pages whose title is a human name.
{{ numberdis }} links talk view Redirect: {{numdab}}		Bottom of number-oriented
{{ SIA }} links talk view		Bottom of list articles about a set of items of a specific type that share the same (or similar) name.
{{ surname }} links talk view		Bottom of surname (last name) disambiguation pages.

In introductory lines

Note: ordinarily, these templates should be substituted.

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

Section

See also: Wikipedia:Template messages/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
{{ main list|location }} links talk view	For a more comprehensive list, see location.	Sections near top

Footnotes and references

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{ citation }} links talk view	Makes a formated citation for use with Harvard style reference links.	Articles notes or references
{{ Harvard citation|name|year }} links talk view Redirect: {{harv}}	Makes a Harvard style reference link.	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
{{ 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
{{ ref|name }} links talk view	Makes reference links and footnotes that are numbered automatically.	Articles notes or references
{{ ref label|name|label|backlink }} links talk view	Makes reference links and footnotes with specific labels.	Articles notes or references

Timing-related messages

See also: Wikipedia:Current event templates and Category:Temporal templates

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
{{current}} links talk edit	Use 'section' in 2nd parameter, if tagging a section.	Article top or section
{{current disaster}} links talk edit		Article top
{{current person}} links talk edit		Article top
{{current related}} links talk edit		Article top
{{current spaceflight}} links talk edit		Article top
{{current sport}} links talk edit		Article top
{{current sports transaction}} links talk edit		Article top
{{high traffic}} category links talk edit		Talk page top
{{now}} links talk edit	The current date and time is 12 February, 2012 T 19:55 UTC.	Various
{{out of date}} links talk edit		Article top
{{pbneutral}} links talk edit	For use on highly sensitive high traffic articles that are prone to opinionated edits.	Talk page top
{{recent death}} links talk edit		Article top
{{recentism}} links talk edit		Article top
{{update}} links talk edit		Article or section top

Title-related messages

{{ correct title|title=article }} links talk view	The correct title of this article is article. It appears incorrectly here because of technical restrictions.	Article top
{{ lowercase title|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

Character/symbol notes

{{ IPA notice }} links talk view		Article top
{{ special characters }} links talk view		Article top

Expansion requests

See also: Expansion requests in the talk namespace

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{expand section}} {{expand section|text}} links talk edit		Section top
{{histinfo}} {{histinfo|text}} links talk edit		Talk page top