Wikipedia:Template index/Examples

A list of examples of the various message templates, and other sorts of templates.

Main namespace (for encyclopedic articles)

Usage and links	Description and examples
General Disambiguation and redirection Section Footnotes and references Timing-related Title-related Character/symbol notes Expansion requests Disambiguation introductory lines Miscellaneous	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. Example: {{disambiguation }}
Cleanup Tag consolidation General cleanup Copy editing Cleanup of specific subjects Fiction Inline with article text Style of writing Structure, formatting and sections Introduction Potentially unwanted content Context and detail Off-topic Expand and add Expert needed Time-sensitive Contradiction and confusion Content forks Importance and notability Neutrality and factual accuracy Verifiability and sources Categories Images Lists Wiki tech Infobox needed Infobox cleanup needed	Template messages to inform readers and editors of specific problems with articles or sections; not to be used as a badge of shame. These template messages may be added to articles needing a cleanup. Their purposes are to foster improvement of the encyclopedia by alerting editors to changes that need to be made. Cleanup tags are meant to be temporary notices that lead to an effort to fix the problem, not a permanent badge of shame to show disagreement with the article, or a method of warning the readers against the article. Example: {{multiple issues}} Example: {{cleanup|reason=Example}} Example: {{CIA}} Example: {{fiction}} Example: {{abbreviations}}
Compact tables of contents (TOC) Non-Category pages Alphabetical lists Category pages Alphabetical lists Numeric lists	A list of ways to create several kinds of compact tables of contents (TOC). Please note that a normal compact TOC will not work when put on Category pages; the page contains a separate section instructing you how to put a compact TOC on Category pages. Example: {{Compact ToC}}
Deletion / discussion / speedy Deletion tools Articles (AfD) Categories (CfD) Files (FfD) Miscellany (MfD) Redirects (RfD) Stub types (SfD) Templates (TfD) Discussion pages Speedy deletion	Before attempting to delete any articles, categories, etc., read Wikipedia:Deletion policy, and the specific instructions for the type of page you want to delete. Example: {{cfd result}} Example: {{Old AfD}}
Disputes Autobiography Contradictory Controversial Factual accuracy Neutrality Notability Original research Possible neologisms Suspected hoax Unencyclopedic Verifiability	Dispute templates are used to alert other editors that work is needed on a certain article, and auto-categorize pages so that patrolling editors can aid their talent to the problem. They should normally not be used without a clear description from the applying editor of the rationale, preferably presented in a numbered list form on the article's talk page, in a section which includes the name of the template that was applied. As these items are dealt with, it is suggested each line be struck through. Some guidance should be given by the posting editor as to what action will resolve the matter when using section and article (page) tagging templates. For placement at top of an article. For placement at top of article or section. For placement in or at top of a section only. For inline article placement. For placement on talk pages of articles. For placement on talk pages of users. Example: {{Contradict}}
Formatting Division boxes Hide/show boxes Image frames Multiple columns	Templates related to descriptions (such as disambiguation, spoiler, wikicode) are listed under Template messages/General. Templates related to issues and disputes with articles, including NPOV, are listed under Disputes templates. Example: {{divbox|gray|Title|Lorem ipsum}} Example: {{key press|Ctrl|F5}} Ctrl+F5
Links Internal links (articles, namespaces and categories) Templates German titles External links (databases and websites, etc.) Film and television (IMDb, YouTube, etc.) Games (board and video games, etc.) Geography (locations and maps) Literature (books, etc.) Music Religion Wikis (sister projects, etc.) Miscellaneous (science and the internet, etc.)	Example: {{main|Article}} Main article: Article Example: {{cat main}} The main article for this category is Template index/Examples. Example: {{lnt|namespace|page name}} Namespace talk:Page name (edit | namespace | history | links | watch | logs) Example: {{tl|name of template}} {{name of template}} Example: {{German title Freiherr}} Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as 'Baron'). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
Lists Dynamic lists Incomplete lists Subject or topic lists Disputed content/length	Example: {{Unsorted list|reason=alpha}} Example: {{List dispute}}
Maintenance Articles requiring significant attention and other issues General attention needed ISSN issues Lack of geopolitical balance Articles undergoing major edits Categorization issues Copyright violations Protected articles, pages and images	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. Example: {{In use}} Example: {{Uncategorized}}
Merging To be placed on top of the pages or sections which require merging.	Example: {{merge}}
Redirect pages To be placed at the end of the same line as the redirect tag.	It is sometimes considered helpful to put redirects into categories where appropriate, see Wikipedia:Categorizing redirects. For pages which should ultimately be handled by a full article, add both {{R with possibilities}} and one or more stub sorting templates to draw attention to the needed article. Redirect templates are designed to be used together. For example, the redirect "Architechts" uses both {{R from misspelling}} and {{R from plural}}. {{This is a redirect}} can be used to add up to seven templates to a single page by listing the appropriate redirect templates as parameters. Example: {{R to project namespace}}
Section Templates that are section-specific.	While most templates can be used in sections, these templates are section-specific. Example: {{Expand-section}}
Sources / citations / references Requesting sources and verification General sources Citations of generic sources Citations of specific sources (GFDL, public domain, U.S. government, etc.) Footnotes and links	Example: {{Unreferenced|date=November 2014}} Example: {{more footnotes}}
Splitting To be placed on top the pages or sections which require splitting.	Example: {{Split}}
Standard boxes Calendars Court Decisions Diagrams Game and Puzzle layouts Grids Periodic Table	Describes standard box and diagram templates, used for specific subject matter items. They include right and left side, or lower article boxes, calendars, tables, grids and diagrams used in article expostion. The templates provide a consistent, clean format for the displayed information. Infoboxes are described on the Infoboxes page. Example: {{MINUTE|00:00}} 00
Translation Translation-related cleanup and expansion.	Example: {{proofreader needed}}
Wikimedia sister projects MediaWiki Meta-Wiki Simple Wikibooks Wikimedia Commons Wikinews Wikiquote Wikisource Wikispecies Wikiversity Wiktionary	List of templates that are designed to provide article-to-article linking between Wikipedia and its Wikimedia sister projects. Also, links to pages concerning moving articles between projects. Example: {{mediaWiki}} Example: {{meta|Insert page title here}} Example: {{wikibooks}} Example: {{commons category|Insert category name here}}

Main namespace: other

Usage and links	Description and examples
Main page and alternatives	Example: {{contents pages (header bar)}}
Wikipedia:Hatnote	Hatnotes are short notes placed at the top of an article or section of an article (hence the name "hat"). Hatnotes help readers locate a different article they might be seeking. Readers may have arrived at the article containing the hatnote because they were redirected, because the sought article uses a more specific, disambiguated title, or because the sought article and the article with the hatnote have similar names. Hatnotes provide links to the possibly sought article or to a disambiguation page. Example: {{Hatnote|CUSTOM TEXT}} CUSTOM TEXT
Navigation templates	A navigation template is a grouping of links used in multiple related articles to facilitate navigation between those articles. Editing of a navigation template is done in a central place, the template page. There are two main varieties of navigation template: navigation boxes (or navboxes), designed to sit at the very bottom of articles, and sidebars, designed to sit at the side of the article text. The two are complementary and either or both may be appropriate in different situations. Example: {{Named sapphires}}
Inline templates linking country articles	Country codes, to render a flag icon and a wikilink to a country's article Example: {{AFG}} Afghanistan
Infoboxes	An infobox on Wikipedia is a consistently-formatted table which is present in articles with a common subject. Example: {{Infobox manner of address|name=Example}} Styles of Example
Automatic taxobox	Template index/Examples Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Clade: Choanozoa Kingdom: Animalia This template sets up a {{Automatic taxobox}}, a table setting out the Biological classification (taxonomy) for a group of living things with a choice of over 160 parameters. Example: {{Automatic taxobox|taxon=Animalia}}
WikiProject Countering systemic bias	Templates for noting a particular national or regional bias of an article, and asking for a worldwide view. Example: {{globalize}}
WikiProject Stub sorting	Wikiproject to list stub messages/templates that are applied to stubs. Example: {{Edu-stub}}

Other namespaces

Usage and links	Description and examples
Category namespace Births in years Books in years Deaths in years Works in years Categorization of people: Subjective category disclaimer Disputed categorisation Category headers	These notes are generally placed on top of category pages. For notes about the deletion and renaming of categories, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Deletion. Additional templates for category pages can be found in Category:Category namespace templates and its subcategories. For table of contents templates, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Compact tables of contents. Example: {{birth year category header|123|4}} What you would see: see the header at Category:1234 deaths. Example: {{category diffuse|nocat=true}} Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large. It should directly contain very few, if any, pages and should mainly contain subcategories.
File namespace General Categorization Copy to Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons Deletion Featured content Format and quality Free image / Semi-free image usage GNU/GFDL images Government copyrights (UK, Canada, Poland, etc.) Non-free (copyrighted) images Public domain images	These are tags that may be placed on the file description pages, i.e., the pages that open up when pictures in articles are clicked. This is not the complete list (at the moment). When tagging images, please see the full text list at Wikipedia:File copyright tags. Example: {{ffd}} The purpose of this file is currently being discussed in accordance with Wikipedia's image use policy. The outcome of the discussion may result in the file's usage or license being changed, or possibly its deletion. Please share your thoughts on the matter at this file's entry on the Files for discussion page. Feel free to edit the file description page, but the page must not be blanked and this notice must not be removed until the discussion is closed. How to list a file for discussion: 1. Add {{ffd|log=2024 November 20}} to the file description page. 2. Add {{subst:Ffd2|1=Template index/Examples|uploader= |reason= }} ~~~~ to add a line to today's FfD. 3. Add {{ffdc|1=Template index/Examples|log=2024 November 20}} in the caption on each page in the file links. 4. Please consider notifying the uploader by placing {{subst:ffd notice|1=Template index/Examples}} on their talk page(s). Example: {{POV-map}}
Talk namespace General Archiving Biography Comments Discussion thread tags Expansion requests FAQ Featured and good articles Free images Peer review To do lists Translation requests WikiProject notices	These are template messages that can be used on talk pages. If you create a new or modify an old talk page template please first read the guideline about how they should look at Wikipedia:Talk page templates. Example: {{connected contributor|Jimbo Wales}} Example: {{resolved}} Resolved Example: {{GA}}
Template namespace Template documentation High-use and intricate Template talk page messages	These templates and message boxes are used on template pages and their subpages such as their /doc pages. Additional templates for template pages can be found in Category:Template namespace templates and its subcategories. Example: {{documentation subpage}}
User namespace General Languages (Babel) Licensing Open tasks Sockpuppet, blocked, talk page and inactive user alerts User sandboxes Userboxes Wikipedia Awards / Barnstars	Example: {{user sandbox}} Example: {{User:Saoshyant/Userboxes/User oops}} This user tries to do the right thing. If they make a mistake, please let them know.
User talk namespace Multi-level warning templates Single-level warning templates Behavior in articles Behavior towards editors Blatant vandalism Blocks Foreign-language contributors General disruptive editing Inserting factual inaccuracies and/or libel Meta-templates Miscellanea Promotions of objects or ideologies (also spam) Unaccepted practices, unilateral action against policies or guidelines	Wikipedia:WikiProject User warnings: User talk templates are placed on users' talk pages to advise a user against actions that disrupt Wikipedia, to advise editors of common mistakes, or to place a standard boilerplate note at the top of a page. Multi-level warning templates Blatant vandalism. General disruptive editing. Behavior in articles. Behavior towards editors. Adding promotions of objects or ideologies (also spam). Inserting factual inaccuracies and/or libel. Unaccepted practices, unilateral action against policies or guidelines. Example: {{Uw-vandalism1}} Hello, I'm Mrjulesd. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Single-level templates (Advisories. Noticeboard notices. Warnings.) Blocks. Foreign-language contributors. Miscellanea (Page headers. Images. Discussions and editing. New user. Deletion notifications. Other notifications.) Example: {{usercomment}} Example: {{Talk header}} Meta-templates.
Wikipedia namespace Policies and guidelines Essays and related Humor Maintenance Proposals and disputes Village pump WikiProjects	Example: {{essay}} Example: {{nutshell}}
WikiProject banners WikiProject banners WikiProject meta templates Banner shells	These template messages are WikiProject banners for use on Talk pages. They should typically be placed at the top of talk pages of articles or pages covered by the associated WikiProject. Example: {{WikiProject Albums}}