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Policies and guidelines

For the rules concerning the use of these tags, see WP:Policies and guidelines.

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{policy}} links talk edit		Official policies top
{{guideline}} links talk edit		Pages that document guidelines top
{{MoS-guideline}} links talk edit		Pages that document style guidelines top
{{subcat guideline| <guideline category>| <category sort key>| <shortcuts>}} links talk edit Guideline category should be one of: behavioral guideline content guideline deletion guideline editing guideline naming convention notability guideline style guideline	Example for naming convention as <guideline category>:	For tagging guidelines of specific categories top Use only available (sub-) categories
{{disputedtag|talk=Discussion Title}}		Disputed "policy"/"guideline" designations top
{{disputedtag|section=yes|talk=Discussion Title}}		Disputed sections of policies/guidelines section
{{dormant}} links talk edit		Proposals that have become dormant through lack of discussion top
{{draft proposal}} links talk edit		Drafts of policy/guideline proposals top
{{failed}} links talk edit		Failed policy/guideline proposals top
{{historical}} links talk edit		Retired pages of historical interest top
{{proposed}} links talk edit		Policy/guideline proposals top
{{superseded|[[New page]]}}		Historical pages that have been superseded by other pages top
{{under discussion|status|talk=Discussion Title}}		Policies and guidelines whose status as policy or guideline is being actively discussed, although their current status is not contested. top
{{under discussion|section|talk=Discussion Title}}		Sections of policies, guidelines or other pages which are being actively discussed at the talk page section
{{under discussion-inline|talk=Discussion Title}}	[under discussion]	Specific wordings or sentences in policies, guidelines or other pages which are being actively discussed at the talk page within text

Essays and related

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{essay|WP:SHORT}}		Essays top
{{orphaned essay}} links talk edit		Essays top
{{supplement|[[Wikipedia:Policypage]]}}		Essays top
{{Wikipedia how to}} links talk edit		top

Projects

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{project header}} links talk edit		Active WikiProject (usually added by using {{subst:WikiProject}} to create the project page) top
{{inactive}} links talk edit		Inactive WikiProject top
{{subst:sandboxpaste}} links talk edit	{{Please leave this line alone (sandbox heading)}} <!-- We like people to see the notice. Put any testing content below it. -->	Wikipedia:Sandbox top
{{subst:specialpageslist}} links talk edit	(quite long, see template)	Lists top
{{village pump}} links talk edit	(quite long, see template)	Village pump top
{{village pump page header}} links talk edit	(quite long, see template)	Village pump (section) top
{{subst:WikipediaFAQ}} links talk edit	(quite long, see template)	FAQ pages top and bottom
{{WikiProject notability essay}} links talk edit		Unofficial notability criteria defined by individual WikiProjects top

Department of Fun

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{humor}} links talk edit		For use in Wikipedia namespaces that aren't serious enough for publication
{{humorantipolicy}} links talk edit		Humor pages that spoof and/or may have been proposed as policies or guidelines top

Other

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{admin backlog}} links talk edit		Maintenance categories and pages with a backlog that require an administrator top
{{backlog}} links talk edit		Maintenance categories and pages with a backlog top
{{nutshell}} links talk edit		For presenting a concise summary of a project page or section.
{{shortcut|WP:SHORT}} links talk edit		Other project pages with shortcut(s) top

See also

• Category:Wikipedia header templates (edit talk links history)