Wikipedia:Template messages
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This page is a guideline on Wikipedia. Many editors agree with acting this way. It is a good idea to follow it, but it is not policy. Feel free to change the page as needed, but please use the talk page to suggest any big changes. |
Templates are used within pages to provide the same message over and over again. Changes to the look, wording, or style of the message can be done quickly, because templates are made again for the reader when the article loads.
In other words, when the message is changed, you do not need to update a page that uses it if you use a template. Standard notices that might be on a page for months or forever should be "transcluded" for easy updating. This loads the current version of the message and puts it on the page every time you load it.
For any of these messages, you can include "subst:" (as in {{subst:1911}} ) when inserting them to put the full text into the page. Doing this means that any future changes to the template will not be shown in that article, but it can be useful sometimes.
To make a new custom message, start a page in the Template namespace. The title should be "Template:", then the name of your message. The page should then be written with the text of your message. Add your new template to this list.
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[change] Article content
These templates are used to let people know about issues with the information in the article.
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| {{NPOV}} (talk) |
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| {{complex}} (talk) |
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| {{cleanup}} (talk) |
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| {{redlinks}} (talk) |
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| {{unreferenced}} (talk) |
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| {{disputed}} (talk) |
 Some people do not agree that this article is completely accurate.
They are talking about this on the talk page. |
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| {{current}} (talk) |
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| {{copy}} (talk) |
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| {{update}} (talk) |
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| {{subst:1911}} (talk) |
This article includes text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica. Please add to the article as needed. |
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| {{Wrongtitle|correcttitle}} (talk) |
The title of this project page is wrong due to some limitations. The right title is correcttitle.
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Articles with lower case title etc. top |
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| {{mergeto|articlename}} (talk) |
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| {{mergefrom|articlename}} (talk) |
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| {{Inuse}} (talk) |
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[change] Delete an article
The templates here are used to let administrators know about articles you think should be deleted. See Wikipedia:Deletion_policy for when to use these.
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| {{rfd|reason}} (talk) |
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| {{pdel|reason}} (talk) |
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| {{qd|reason}} (talk) |
An editor has asked for quick deletion of this page. The editor's reason for asking for deletion is: give a reason
If you disagree with its deletion, please explain why on this page's talk page. Please do not remove this notice from pages that you have created yourself. administrators, remember to check what links here, the page history (last edit), and the page log, before deletion. |
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| {{non}} (talk) |
An editor has asked for quick deletion of this project page. The editor's reason for asking for deletion is: It doesn't make any sense (It's obvious nonsense). (QD G1)
If you think this page should not be deleted, please say why on this page's talk page. Please do not remove this notice from pages that you have created yourself. Administrators, remember to check what links here, the page history (last edit), and the page log, before deletion |
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| {{notable}} (talk) |
An editor has asked for quick deletion of this project page. The editor's reason for asking for deletion is: The article does not explain why the subject is notable. (QD A4)
If you think this page should not be deleted, please say why on this page's talk page. Please do not remove this notice from pages that you have created yourself. Administrators, remember to check what links here, the page history (last edit), and the page log, before deletion |
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| {{testpage}} (talk) |
An editor has asked for quick deletion of this project page. The editor's reason for asking for deletion is: This is a test page. (QD G2)
If you think this page should not be deleted, please say why on this page's talk page. Please do not remove this notice from pages that you have created yourself. Administrators, remember to check what links here, the page history (last edit), and the page log, before deletion |
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[change] User talk page
The templates here are used to welcome users, warn vandals and other templates that should go on a user's talk page.
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| {{subst:Test}} (talk) |
Thank you for {{subst:#if:|experimenting with the page [[:{{{1}}}]]|trying things out}} on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it is now gone. Please use the sandbox if you want to do any more tests, and see the welcome page if you want to learn about helping Simple English Wikipedia. |
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| {{subst:Vandalism}} (talk) |
Your newest changes {{subst:#if:|to [[{{{1}}}]]}} are vandalism and this is not acceptable on any Wikipedia. Please stop. If you vandalize more pages, you may be blocked so you cannot change Wikipedia. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. |
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| {{subst:RepeatVandal}} (talk) |
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| {{subst:Block}} (talk) |
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| {{Sharedip}} (talk) |
 This address is shared by many usersThis IP address, Template messages, is shared by many users. This means that messages left here may reach the wrong person. Be careful when blocking this IP or reverting contributions without checking them first. If you are using this address and haven't registered, you can create an account to stop receiving comments meant for other users. |
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| {{SchoolIP}} (talk) |
This IP address, Template messages, belongs to a school and may be shared by many users. In the case of schools using proxy servers, this IP address may in fact represent many users at many different computers. Because of this, a message meant for one person may be gotten by another and a block will be shared by many people. If you are editing from this address and are getting messages because of other people, you can avoid them by creating an account for yourself. In some cases you may not be able to create an account for a while because of people trying to fight vandalism. Caution should be used when blocking this IP or reverting its contributions without checking - if a block is needed, administrators should consider a soft block.
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| {{ISP|ISP Name}} (talk) |
This address is shared by many users This IP address, Template messages is registered to ISP Name and is shared by many users. This means that messages left here may reach the wrong person. Be careful when blocking this IP or reverting contributions without checking them first. If you are using this address and haven't registered, you can create an account to stop receiving comments meant for other users. |
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| {{Schooluser}} (talk) |
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| {{subst:Warning|message}} (talk) |
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| {{subst:CopyNotice}} (talk) |
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| {{subst:Noupload}} (talk) |
Sorry, image uploads are not allowed on this Wikipedia. You can upload free images to Wikimedia Commons and link to them just like you would here, but fair use images are not allowed. For more information, see Wikipedia:Image use policy. |
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| {{subst:Advert}} (talk) |
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| {{subst:Encopy}} (talk) |
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| {{subst:Copyright}} (talk) |
An article or part of an article which you created has copyright violations and will have to be removed from Simple English Wikipedia. Please do not copy any more copyrighted content otherwise you may be blocked from editing. |
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| {{subst:Barnstar|Message}} (talk) |
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[change] Policies and guidelines
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| {{disputedpolicy}} (talk) |
 This policy or guideline is disputed.
People do not agree about it. Please see the discussion about it on the discussion page. |
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| {{proposed}} (talk) |
This is a proposed policy or guideline for Simple English Wikipedia. This page is not policy yet, but may be soon. Look at its talk page for more information.
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[change] Other
This is the place for any templates that don't fit in any of the other categories.
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| {{tl|template name here}} (talk) |
{{template name here}} |
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| {{countrycat}} (talk) |
France
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Place at top of country categories. Automatically takes the country name. |
For links to Wikimedia sister projects, see Wikipedia:Sister projects.
The large number of categories seen below are a result of the templates being shown on this page.
