Wikipedia:Template index/Maintenance

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Note that a message about "this page" may have an unintended effect on a page that includes the page with the message. If that applies, put the message inside noinclude tags, or be specific about which page the message refers to.

Articles undergoing major edits[edit]

Please note that these templates are courtesies; nobody is required to stop editing just because they're shown.

What to type What it makes
{{In use}}
links talk edit
{{In use|30 minutes to fix
the information in the History section}}

links talk edit
{{Under construction}}
links talk edit
{{In use section|a short while}}
links talk edit

New articles[edit]

What to type What it makes
{{In creation}}
links talk edit
{{Newlist}}
links talk edit

Protected articles, pages and images[edit]

Please note that these templates are only meant to indicate that pages have been protected; adding any of them to a page will not add any protection to that page.

What to type What it makes
{{pp-dispute}}
links talk edit
{{pp-vandalism}}
links talk edit
{{pp-vandalism}}
links talk edit
{{pp-protected}}
links talk edit
{{pp-protected}}
links talk edit
{{pp-sock}}
links talk edit
{{pp-move}}
links talk edit
{{pp-office}}
links talk edit

Copyright violations[edit]

What to type What it makes
{{Copyvio|url=http://example.org}}
Talk
{{Copyvio-revdel}}
links talk edit
{{Copypaste}}
links talk edit
{{Close paraphrasing}}
links talk edit
{{Copyvio links}}
links talk edit

Articles requiring significant attention and other issues[edit]

What to type What it makes Where it goes
{{Multiple issues}}

EditTalkLinks

  • Use the section=y parameter if you use the template for a particular section.
  • To tag a specific issue, set any string of text to the parameter, such as issue=y
  • To specify the month tagged for the categories that sort articles by month, type issue=March 2024 or issue=April 2007
Article or section with three or more issues
{{Expert needed}}

EditTalkLinksCategory

Article page
{{Globalize}}

EditTalkLinksCategory

Article page
{{Missing information}}

EditTalkLinksCategory

Article page
{{ISSN-needed}}

EditTalkLinksCategory

Talk page
{{Very long}}

TalkLinksCategory

Article page
{{Citations broken from PEIS limit}}
TalkLinksCategory
Article page

Categorization issues[edit]

This is about categorization issues in articles. For tags that are placed on categories, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Category namespace and Wikipedia:Template messages/Deletion.

What to type What it makes
{{Uncategorized}}
category links talk edit
{{Improve categories}}
category links talk edit
{{Unreferenced category}}
category links talk edit

For inline article placement[edit]

What to type What it makes Where it goes
{{copyvio link}}

Edit
Talk
Links

[infringing link?]

After links referencing an external Web site which is strongly suspected of carrying a work in violation of the creator's copyright.
{{Update inline}}

Edit
Talk
Links

[needs update]

After outdated statements, information or sources.