Wikipedia:Template index/Maintenance

For general maintenance templates such as Cleanup, see Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup.

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.

Articles undergoing major edits

Please note that these templates are courtesies; nobody is required to stop editing just because they're shown.

What to type	What it makes
{{In use}} links talk edit
{{In use|30 minutes to fix the information in the History section}} links talk edit
{{Under construction}} links talk edit
{{In use section|a short while}} links talk edit

New articles

What to type	What it makes
{{In creation}} links talk edit
{{Newlist}} links talk edit

Protected articles, pages and images

Please note that these templates are only meant to indicate that pages have been protected; adding any of them to a page will not add any protection to that page.

What to type	What it makes
{{pp-dispute}} links talk edit
{{pp-vandalism}} links talk edit
{{pp-vandalism}} links talk edit
{{pp-protected}} links talk edit
{{pp-protected}} links talk edit
{{pp-sock}} links talk edit
{{pp-move}} links talk edit
{{pp-office}} links talk edit

Copyright violations

What to type	What it makes
{{Copyvio|url=http://example.org}} Talk
{{Copyvio-revdel}} links talk edit
{{Copypaste}} links talk edit
{{Close paraphrasing}} links talk edit
{{Copyvio links}} links talk edit

Articles requiring significant attention and other issues

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{Multiple issues}} Edit – Talk – Links	Use the section=y parameter if you use the template for a particular section. To tag a specific issue, set any string of text to the parameter, such as issue=y To specify the month tagged for the categories that sort articles by month, type issue=October 2024 or issue=April 2007	Article or section with three or more issues
{{Expert needed}} Edit – Talk – Links – Category		Article page
{{Globalize}} Edit – Talk – Links – Category		Article page
{{Missing information}} Edit – Talk – Links – Category		Article page
{{ISSN-needed}} Edit – Talk – Links – Category		Talk page
{{Very long}} Talk – Links – Category		Article page
{{Citations broken from PEIS limit}} Talk – Links – Category		Article page

Categorization issues

This is about categorization issues in articles. For tags that are placed on categories, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Category namespace and Wikipedia:Template messages/Deletion.

What to type	What it makes
{{Uncategorized}} category links talk edit
{{Improve categories}} category links talk edit
{{Unreferenced category}} category links talk edit

For inline article placement

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{copyvio link}} Edit Talk Links		After links referencing an external Web site which is strongly suspected of carrying a work in violation of the creator's copyright.
{{Update inline}} Edit Talk Links		After outdated statements, information or sources.