Wikipedia:Template messages

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This page lists existing templates which you may find useful. For information on what templates are and how to use them, please see Wikipedia:Template namespace.

Instructions: When you add new template messages to this page, please help keep the tables in alphabetical order.

If you can't find the template that you need, you can request it on Wikipedia:Requested templates

Main page and alternatives

• For templates used on one of the Wikipedia's Main Pages.

Article-related namespace

Please list navigational templates (as, for example, between pages relating to a specific topic) at Wikipedia:Navigational templates or at the appropriate WikiProject page. See also Wikipedia:Article series.

[edit] General Content warnings Current events Disambiguation / Other uses Expansion requests Footnotes / References Instructions Lorem ipsum Miscellaneous info Solution and spoiler warnings Special character warnings Technical limitations Tools	[edit] Article sources Citation templates for generic and specific sources GFDL sources Public domain sources Requesting sources and verification U.S. government sources	[edit] Links To databases (IMDb, Gutenberg, etc.) To main articles To maps To notes about German names To sister projects	[edit] Sister Projects All templates relating to Wikimedia sister projects
[edit] For deletion Categories (CfD) Images and media (IfD) Redirects (RfD) Speedy deletion (D) Templates (TfD) Stub types (SfD) Articles (AfD)	[edit] Disputes and warnings Accuracy Suspected hoax Neutrality Original research Contradictory Controversial Two versions Unencyclopedic	[edit] Maintenance Article in use (major edits) Protected from editing/vandalism Copyright violations Article issues General attention needed ISSN issues Lack of geopolitical balance Translations IPA conversion Merging / Splitting Categorization issues Move to sister projects	[edit] Cleanup General cleanup Wikify, copyediting Verify facts Importance/significance Context; technical Tone; clarity Fact or fiction Self-contradictory Complete rewrite Translate Pronunciation (IPA) Geographical balance Merges, moves
(Some of the templates are on multiple lists in the row above.)
[edit] Compact TOC Tables of contents: 0-9/A-Z Category TOCs	[edit] Lists Dynamic lists Incomplete lists Subject or topic lists	[edit] Infoboxes Table attributes for specific infoboxes Conservation status of species for taxoboxes See also: Wikipedia:Infobox templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Taxobox_Usage	[edit] Redirect pages To be inserted at the bottom of redirect page, but does not prevent the redirect from working. Note: This feature is broken in MediaWiki 1.4. See the Bugzilla:927 bug report.
[edit] Talk namespace Featured articles (and candidates) Free images Korea-related Link to translation Peer review ToDo lists WikiProject notices WikiProject inactive notice Comment	[edit] Image namespace Coat of Arms Copyright status unknown or unverified Creative commons licensed image Fair use claimed Free use image / Semi-free use image Government copyrights (UK, Canada, Poland) GNU/GFDL image Images and media for deletion Image categorization Non-free (copyrighted) image "not an orphan" Public domain image Screenshot See also: Wikipedia:Image copyright tags	[edit] Media namespace Integration of Ogg-files Sound sample (Ogg, fair use claimed)	[edit] Standard boxes Calendars Court Decisions Periodic Table

Non article-related namespace

[edit] Project namespace Policies and non-policies Village Talk WikiProjects WP:Sandbox WP:FAQ WP:BJAODN (Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense)

[edit] Category namespace Births in Years Books in Years Deaths in Years More information Categorization of people: Subjective Category Disclaimer Disputed categorisation

[edit] User namespace Contribution Licensing Disclaimer Languages New Page Links Open Tasks Picture of the Day Shared IP Wikimedia Licensing

[edit] User talk namespace Experimenting & Vandalism Notices Shared IP Notices Spamming Notices Three Revert Rule User Talk Requests Welcome Messages Edit-summary request Minor-edit reminder

All templates

• Wikipedia:Template messages/All (Very long page)

Related pages for specific types of templates

• Wikipedia:Navigational templates are designed to provide links to several related articles.
• Wikipedia:Infobox templates are designed to present summary information about an article's subject, such that similar subjects have a uniform look and in a common format.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Taxobox Usage lists templates for building taxonomical infoboxes (taxoboxes) for biological classification of living things and explains their usage. The boxes also contain conservation status templates.
• Wikipedia:Country referencing templates are designed to provide a tiny thumbnail of a country's flag next to its hyperlinked name, meant to visually improve lists of nations.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types is the full listing of stub types. There are dozens of stub templates and associated categories. The creation and organization of stub types is being addressed by the WikiProject Stub sorting. The guidlines for template creation are found at Wikipedia:Stub.
  • The high level topical subdivisions of stub templates are General, Culture, Commerce, Government and politics, Leisure, Sports, Religion and belief, Geography, History, People, Science, Technology, Transportation, Military and weaponry, and Miscellaneous.
• Wikipedia:Image copyright tags are copyright and licensing messages and other related tags for image description pages (the image namespace).

• The MediaWiki namespace controls interface messages for internal system use, and can only be modified by administrators.