Template:Off-topic talk
This template for use on talk pages (and comparable pages, such as noticeboards) to show clearly that a discussion or section thereof is off-topic, so that later editors can skip over it if they want to.
Usage
You may either use {{Off-topic talk}} by itself for the default message, or you may customize with optional parameters.
Template | Result |
---|---|
{{Off-topic talk}} |
Off-topic |
First unnamed parameter, a.k.a. |1= , |reason= , or |note= :{{Off-topic talk|reason=Inter-personal disputes belong in user talk or at a noticeboard; this talk page is for improving the article.}} |
Off-topic: Inter-personal disputes belong in user talk or at a noticeboard; this talk page is for improving the article. |
Second unnamed parameter, a.k.a. |2= , |label= :{{Off-topic talk|label=Out-of-scope}} |
Out-of-scope |
{{Off-topic talk|label=[[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion|Custom message with link]]}} |
Custom message with link |
Combined:{{Off-topic talk|label=Wrong venue|reason=[[WP:TFD]] is only for actual templates; for template redirects, use [[WP:Redirects for discussion]]}} |
Wrong venue: WP:TFD is only for actual templates; for template redirects, use WP:Redirects for discussion |
This template will cleanly subst:
, though there's not any particular reason to substitute it.
Examples: three use cases
Wrapped in {{Resbox}}
as a hatnote at the top of an off-topic thread:
==What about nocturnal underwater basketweaving?== {{Resbox|{{Off-topic talk}}}} I think this page needs a section on nocturnal underwater basketweaving. — ConfusedPerson99, 02:39, 21 March 2018 (UTC) :This is the Wikipedia Manual of Style. Maybe you're looking for [[Talk:Basketweaving]]? Anyway, I'm marking this thread off-topic. – Sensible23, 12:37, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
Inline in the |result=
or similar parameter of template-closing templates like {{Archive top}}
, {{Discussion top}}
, {{Hidden archive top}}
({{hat}}
), {{collapse}}
, {{collapse top}}
, etc.:
{{Discussion top |result={{Off-topic talk}}. This is the talk page for [[WWP:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)]], and has nothing to do with Spider-Man.}}
Inline in one's own comment:
* I agree with UserName123XYZ. {{off-topic talk}} – By the way, can anyone figure out why my user page has turned purple? ~~~~
TemplateData
TemplateData for Off-topic talk
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
reason | 1 reason note | Text to follow the text "Off-topic" | Content | optional |
custom message | 2 label | Enter a message to replace the default "Off-topic" text.
| Content | optional |
See also
Inline icon templates by shape and color
Any of the following inline, comment-level templates can be converted into {{Resolved}}-style hatnotes by using {{Resbox}} to put a box around the icon and text.
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Closing without action | {{Closing without action}} |
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Works for me | {{Works for me}} |
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{{equc}} |
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{{cloc}} |
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Pending | {{Tobedone}} |
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[[User:|]] is doing... | {{Isdoing}} |
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{{N.b.}} | |
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Confirmed | {{Bug confirmed}} |
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Robot clerk note: | {{Clerk note bot}} |
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Question: | {{Question}} |
foo: | {{Question|label=foo}} |
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{{Idkc}} |
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Others
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I have read the above message. I will reply when I have a moment. | {{Read}} |
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Self-whale... for when a trout just isn't enough | {{Self-whale}} |
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per snowball clause | {{Snow}} |
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1.75x amplified ultimate quack of ultimate destiny | {{Megaphoneduck|ultimate}} |
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Multi-sign templates
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- {{AIV}} – used by Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism
- {{AN3}} - used by Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard and its subpages
- {{BOTREQ}} - used by Wikipedia:Bot requests
- {{CPC}} - used by Wikipedia:Copyright problems
- {{CUI}} - used by CheckUsers
- {{EFFP}} – used by Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives
- {{EFR}} – used by Wikipedia:Edit filter/Requested
- {{EP}} – used for servicing requests in edit-protected areas
- {{RFPP}} – used by Wikipedia:Requests for page protection
- {{RFPC}}, {{RFPNPR}}, {{RFPPM}}, {{RFPR}} – used by subpages of Wikipedia:Requests for permissions
- {{UAA}} – used by Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention
- {{UND}} – used by Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion
- {{Smiley}} – used for informal communication purposes
- {{Article history}}
Others
- Template:Check mark templates, for templates like these but without text
- Template:Icon, a template that creates an inline icon/image that is used in metapages
- Wikipedia:List of discussion templates, a more linear table of essentially the same set of templates
- Template:Resolved/See also, the smaller family of thread-level hatnote templates, similar to the above but with a box around them; any template above can be converted to one of those with {{Resbox}}
- Template:Table cell templates/doc, the family of table-specific templates that work only in tables
- Category:Image with comment templates
- Category:Resolution templates