Wikipedia:Tip of the day/Display template gallery

This is a gallery of Wikipedia tip-of-the-day (TOTD) display templates. To add the TOTD display template to your User or Talk page just put curly braces around the display template name and copy/paste it in to your User or Talk page, and save it.

Note: After saving, you may have to bypass your browser's cache to see the changes. Internet Explorer: hold down the Ctrl key and click the Refresh or Reload button. Firefox: hold down the Shift key while clicking Reload (or press Ctrl-Shift-R). Google Chrome and Safari users can just click the Reload button. For details and instructions about other browsers, see: Wikipedia:Bypass your cache.

You may have to the Wikipedia server to see the change.

totd

{{totd}} is the main userspace version of the tip of the day display template, with light blue border, centered in the middle of the page. Complete with inspirational light bulb.

Note: This is the only template that can take one optional parameter: border-color, which is used to adjust the border color from the default (#ADD8E6). For example: {{totd|border-color=#444444}} would render a dark gray border instead of the light blue shown below by default:

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Tip of the day...

Fix double redirects

A redirect is a special page that automatically causes the text of another page to be displayed in its place. A redirect that points to another redirect is called a double redirect. These pages are undesirable, because Wikipedia's MediaWiki software will not follow the second redirect, in order to prevent infinite loops. A self-redirect is an article that redirects to itself. These situations create slow, unpleasant experiences for the reader, waste server resources, and make the navigational structure of the site confusing.

Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip

Read more:

How to fix double redirects  

Become a Wikipedia tipster

To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd}}

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totd b

{{totd b}} is a more compact centered version of the above template. Useful for columns:

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Tip of the day...

Fix double redirects A redirect is a special page that automatically causes the text of another page to be displayed in its place. A redirect that points to another redirect is called a double redirect. These pages are undesirable, because Wikipedia's MediaWiki software will not follow the second redirect, in order to prevent infinite loops. A self-redirect is an article that redirects to itself. These situations create slow, unpleasant experiences for the reader, waste server resources, and make the navigational structure of the site confusing. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: How to fix double redirects

Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd b}}

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totd3

{{totd3}} is a left-aligned purple box version, useful for displaying the tip in columns (or instead you may align-right or align-center using the
{{right|{{totd3}}}} or {{center|{{totd3}}}} templates):

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Tip of the day... Fix double redirects A redirect is a special page that automatically causes the text of another page to be displayed in its place. A redirect that points to another redirect is called a double redirect. These pages are undesirable, because Wikipedia's MediaWiki software will not follow the second redirect, in order to prevent infinite loops. A self-redirect is an article that redirects to itself. These situations create slow, unpleasant experiences for the reader, waste server resources, and make the navigational structure of the site confusing. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: How to fix double redirects   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd3}}

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totd-random

{{totd-random}} is a centered tip of the moment template, that automatically displays a different tip every time you enter the page it is on. If the tip does not update, try clearing or purging your browser or server cache:

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Tip of the moment... How to change your username Where to request changing your account name depends on the type of rename: Simple – For renames to usernames that are not already taken. Check here to see whether the username you want is available. Usurpations – For renames to usernames that are already taken and have no significant edits. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Wikipedia:Changing username   Username policy   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-randomizing template to your user page, use {{totd-random}}

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totd-tomorrow

{{totd-tomorrow}} is a centered version that shows tomorrow's tip, and is used by Wikipedia tipsters to make sure that the tips are up-to-date and corrected before they go live:

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Please proofread the daily tip... It's displayed below one day early. Some tips are obsolete. So we need new tips too. Please share your best tips and tip ideas at the Tip of the day department. edit Tomorrow's tip of the day... Alphabetical list of articles Sometimes, it might be useful to look up a subject in the same way you would do so in a book—in the index. Wikipedia has an index. To use it.. click on the Special pages line of the Tools menu from the Lists of pages section, click on the All pages with prefix link at Display pages with prefix: type the beginning of the article's name into the box and press Go. You will see a list of all pages that begin with what you typed. You can reduce the number of articles displayed in this list by typing more of the name and pressing Go again. You can also find Wikipedia users in a similar way by changing the entry in the drop-down box labelled Namespace, from (Article) to User. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Wikipedia: Special pages   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd-tomorrow}}

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tip of the day

{{tip of the day}} is a borderless left-justified version, with light bulb:

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Tip of the day... Fix double redirects A redirect is a special page that automatically causes the text of another page to be displayed in its place. A redirect that points to another redirect is called a double redirect. These pages are undesirable, because Wikipedia's MediaWiki software will not follow the second redirect, in order to prevent infinite loops. A self-redirect is an article that redirects to itself. These situations create slow, unpleasant experiences for the reader, waste server resources, and make the navigational structure of the site confusing. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: How to fix double redirects   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{tip of the day}}

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tip of the day with h3 heading

{{tip of the day with h3 heading}} creates a version with the tip in heading/paragraph left-justified format (no light bulb):

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Tip of the day

Fix double redirects

A redirect is a special page that automatically causes the text of another page to be displayed in its place. A redirect that points to another redirect is called a double redirect. These pages are undesirable, because Wikipedia's MediaWiki software will not follow the second redirect, in order to prevent infinite loops. A self-redirect is an article that redirects to itself. These situations create slow, unpleasant experiences for the reader, waste server resources, and make the navigational structure of the site confusing.

Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip

Read more:

How to fix double redirects  

All tips  

Become a Wikipedia tipster

To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{tip of the day with h3 heading}}

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totd2

{{totd2}} is the borderless left-justified version used on Wikipedia's Help page‍—‌which already has its own borders (No light bulb):

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Tip of the day... Fix double redirects A redirect is a special page that automatically causes the text of another page to be displayed in its place. A redirect that points to another redirect is called a double redirect. These pages are undesirable, because Wikipedia's MediaWiki software will not follow the second redirect, in order to prevent infinite loops. A self-redirect is an article that redirects to itself. These situations create slow, unpleasant experiences for the reader, waste server resources, and make the navigational structure of the site confusing. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: How to fix double redirects   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd2}}

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totd CP

{{totd CP}} is like the help page version, but with a box and light bulb. It is centered and it spans the whole field (screen or column) that it is in:

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Tip of the day... Fix double redirects A redirect is a special page that automatically causes the text of another page to be displayed in its place. A redirect that points to another redirect is called a double redirect. These pages are undesirable, because Wikipedia's MediaWiki software will not follow the second redirect, in order to prevent infinite loops. A self-redirect is an article that redirects to itself. These situations create slow, unpleasant experiences for the reader, waste server resources, and make the navigational structure of the site confusing. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: How to fix double redirects   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd CP}}

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totd-static

{{totd-static}} is like the totd version but the date is static. You have to manually change the date. Good for tip testing purposes.

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Visit the Tips departmentedit How to bypass scrolling and clicking When you are done editing, you do not have to scroll or click to summarize your edits, nor to Preview or Save the article. You can jump to the Edit summary box by pressing the Tab ↹ key. To preview the article, press Alt+⇧ Shift+p. To save the article, press Alt+⇧ Shift+s or press ↵ Enter when the cursor is in the Edit summary box. To see the changes you have made so far, press Alt+⇧ Shift+v. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Wikipedia:Keyboard shortcuts   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this static template to your user page, use {{totd-static}} To change the static tip date, click on the template link above, edit the template, and add a new date in Month Day format (yearless, no comma, no leading zero, like: February 2).

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See also

• Wikipedia:Tip of the day/July 21, list of TOTD templates
• Wikipedia:Tips, the complete library of tips arranged by subject
• Wikipedia:Tip of the day, main project page