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.
Contents
Disambiguation and redirection[edit]
On disambiguation pages[edit]
- For others, see MediaWikiWiki:Disambiguationspage. For hatnote templates used to distinguish pages, see Wikipedia:Hatnote#Distinguish or Template:Hatnote templates documentation
| What to type | What it produces | Where to put it | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{disambiguation}} |
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Bottom of disambiguation pages. | |||
| {{disambiguation cleanup}} |
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Bottom of disambiguation pages that need cleanup. | |||
| {{place name disambiguation}} Redirect: {{geodis}} |
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Bottom of disambiguation pages consisting only of geographic locations. | |||
| {{human name disambiguation}} Redirect: {{hndis}} |
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Bottom of disambiguation pages whose title is a human name. | |||
| {{number disambiguation}} Redirects: {{numberdis}}, {{numdab}} |
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Bottom of number-oriented | |||
| {{set index article}} Redirect: {{SIA}} |
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Bottom of list articles about a set of items of a specific type that share the same (or similar) name. | |||
| {{surname}} |
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Bottom of surname (last name) disambiguation pages. |
In introductory lines[edit]
The following templates should be substituted because they merely provide convenient ways to produce standard common phrases in running text (not, e.g., hatnotes or message boxes).
| What to type | What it produces | Where to put it |
|---|---|---|
| {{subst:refer|Topic}} Redirects: {{disamb1}}, {{may refer to}}, ... |
Topic may refer to: | Top |
| {{subst:disamb2}} Redirect: {{itref}} |
It may refer to: | In line |
| {{subst:disamb3}} Redirect: {{theyref}} |
They may refer to: | In line |
| {{subst:disamb4|Topic|description}} Redirects: {{refers2}}, {{mayrefer2}} |
Topic may refer to description: | Top |
| {{subst:disambiguation name|Name}} Redirect: {{nameref}} |
The name Name may refer to: | Top |
| {{subst:disamb-name2|Topic|description}} Redirect: {{nameof}} |
Topic is the name of description, including: | Top |
| {{subst:disamb-term|term}} Redirect: {{termref}} |
The term "term" may refer to: | Top |
| {{subst:disamb-terms|term1|term2}} Redirect: {{termsref}} |
The terms "term1" and "term2" may refer to: | Top |
Section[edit]
| What to type | What it makes | Where it goes |
|---|---|---|
| {{details|location}} |
Sections near top | |
| {{further|location}} |
Sections near top | |
| {{main|location}} |
Sections near top | |
| {{main list|location}} |
Sections near top |
Footnotes and references[edit]
| What to type | What it makes | Where it goes |
|---|---|---|
| {{citation}} |
Makes a formatted citation for use with Harvard style reference links. | Articles notes or references |
| {{Harvard citation|name|year}} Redirect: {{harv}} |
Makes a Harvard style reference link. | Articles notes or references |
| {{note|name}} |
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Articles notes or references |
| {{note label|name|label|backlink}} |
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Articles notes or references |
| {{ref|name}} |
Makes reference links and footnotes[1] that are numbered automatically.[2] | Articles notes or references |
| {{ref label|name|label|backlink}} |
Makes reference links and footnotes[1] with specific labels.[2] | Articles notes or references |
[edit]
| What to type | What it makes | Where it goes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{anachronism}} |
|
Article or section top | ||
| {{current}} |
Use 'section' in 2nd parameter, if tagging a section.
|
Article top or section | ||
| {{current disaster}} |
|
Article top | ||
| {{current person}} |
|
Article top | ||
| {{current related}} |
|
Article top | ||
| {{current spaceflight}} |
|
Article top | ||
| {{current sport}} |
|
Article top | ||
| {{current sports transaction}} |
|
Article top | ||
| {{high traffic}} category |
|
Talk page top | ||
| {{now}} |
The current date and time is 19 November 2018 T 02:52 UTC. | Talk page top | ||
| {{recent death}} |
|
Article top | ||
| {{recentism}} |
|
Article top | ||
| {{update}} |
|
Article or section top |
[edit]
| {{correct title|title=article}} |
Article top | |
| {{lowercase title|article}} |
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[edit]
| {{IPA notice}} |
Article top | |
| {{special characters}} |
Article top |
Expansion requests[edit]
See also: Expansion requests in the talk namespace
| What to type | What it makes | Where it goes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
{{expand section}}{{expand section|text}} |
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Section top | ||||
{{Missing information|text}} |
Article top |