TheWikipedia:Project namespace includes Wikipedia official policies and guidelines, process pages, discussion pages, optional essays, informative pages, humorous and historical pages.
| What to type | What it makes | Where it goes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{policy}} links talk edit |
| Official policies top | ||
| {{Legal policy}} links talk edit |
| Official policies top | ||
| {{Procedural policy}} links talk edit |
| Official policies top | ||
| {{guideline}} links talk edit |
| Pages that document guidelines top | ||
| {{MoS-guideline}} links talk edit |
| Pages that document style guidelines top | ||
{{subcat guideline|links talk edit Guideline category should be one of:
| Example fornaming convention as <guideline category>:
| For tagging guidelines of specific categories top Use onlyavailable (sub-)categories | ||
{{disputedtag|talk=Discussion Title}} |
| Disputed "policy"/"guideline" designations top | ||
{{disputedtag|section=yes|talk=Discussion Title}} |
| Disputed sections of policies/guidelines section | ||
| {{proposed}} links talk edit |
| Policy/guideline proposals top | ||
| {{draft proposal}} links talk edit |
| Drafts of policy/guideline proposals top | ||
{{under discussion|status|talk=Discussion Title}} |
| Policies and guidelines whose status as policy or guideline is being actively discussed, although theircurrent status is not contested. top | ||
{{under discussion|section|talk=Discussion Title}} |
| Sections of policies, guidelines or other pages which are being actively discussed at the talk page section | ||
{{under discussion-inline|talk=Discussion Title}} | [under discussion] | Specific wordings or sentences in policies, guidelines or other pages which are being actively discussed at the talk page within text | ||
| {{failed}} links talk edit |
| Failed policy/guideline proposals top | ||
| {{dormant}} links talk edit |
| Proposals that have become dormant through lack of discussion top | ||
| {{Polarized proposal}} links talk edit |
| Currently unable to compromise policy/guideline proposals top |
| What to type | What it makes | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{Information page}} links talk edit |
| The banner template foradministration pages that are more just informational and non-opinionated likeWP:GOV. | ||||
| {{Wikipedia how to}} links talk edit |
| The banner template for administration pages that are more directly instructional and non-opinionated likeH:EDIT. | ||||
{{supplement|pages=[[Wikipedia:Policy]] page}} |
| Use this template carefully,only when there is a well-established consensus at the relevant policy or guideline page to link to the administration page in question from the policy or guideline likeWP:BRD. | ||||
| {{Process header}} links talk edit |
| A blank template meant to be populated and used at the top of a page in the Wikipedia and help namespace. |
| What to type | What it makes | Where it goes/Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
{{essay|WP:SHORT}} | Essay on editing Wikipedia
| Essays top the banner template foradministration pages that are more opinionated then instructional or technical, there are several parameters and variations. | |||
| {{orphaned essay}} links talk edit |
| Essays top | |||
| {{Notability essay}} links talk edit | Essay on editing Wikipedia
| top | |||
| {{Civility essay}} links talk edit | Essay on editing Wikipedia
| top | |||
| {{Behavioral essay}} links talk edit | Essay on editing Wikipedia
| top | |||
| {{Categorization essay}} links talk edit | Essay on editing Wikipedia
| top | |||
| {{Deletion essay}} links talk edit | Essay on editing Wikipedia
| top |
| What to type | What it makes | Where it goes and notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{WikiProject status}} links talk edit | Parameters:|active=,|semi-active=,|inactive=,|defunct=
| Displays the activity status of a WikiProject by using optional parameters top | ||
| {{WikiProject advice}} links talk edit |
| Used on essays and other advice pages that are written by one or moreWikiProjects top | ||
| {{WikiProject notability essay}} links talk edit |
| Unofficial notability criteria defined by individualWikiProjects top | ||
| {{WikiProject style advice}} links talk edit |
| Unofficial style advice defined by individualWikiProjects top | ||
| {{WikiProject content advice}} links talk edit |
| Unofficial content advice defined by individualWikiProjects top |
| What to type | What it makes | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{historical}} links talk edit |
| For a former policy, use {{Historical|type=policy}}. For a former guideline, use {{Historical|type=guideline}} | ||
{{superseded|[[New page]]}} |
| For process and infomation pages that have been superseded by other pages. | ||
| {{WikiProject status|Defunct}} |
| Setinactive=yes parameter from{{WikiProject status}}. | ||
| {{Essay in development}} links talk edit |
| This template is for essay pages actively undergoing a major edit. | ||
| {{Under construction}} links talk edit |
| This template is for administration pages actively undergoing a major edit. | ||
| {{In use}} links talk edit |
| Placed at the top of an administration page you are actively editing for a short period of time | ||
| {{WP Future}} links talk edit |
| Pages using this template will be placed into Category:Inactive project pages unless the parameter category=no is given | ||
| {{Freq}} links talk edit |
| This template is meant to be used at the top of a page in the Wikipedia and help namespace. | ||
| {{Brainstorming}} links talk edit |
| This template is meant to be used at the top of a page in the Wikipedia and help namespace currently being developed. |
| What to type | What it makes | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{Disputed tag}} links talk edit |
| template to dispute whether a page (or a section on a page) has properly been accorded policy or guideline status. | ||
| {{Under discussion}} links talk edit |
| If the discussion concerns a proposed change to the status of a policy or guideline page then you may use thestatus parameter (see Policies and guidelines above). | ||
| {{Notice}} links talk edit |
| A blank template used at the top of administration pages that can be populated manually. | ||
| {{nutshell}} links talk edit |
| To present aconcise summary at the top ofadministration pages that can be populated manually. | ||
| {{Update}} links talk edit |
| Used to denoteprocess,how-to and information pages that contain old or out-of-date information that needs updating. | ||
| {{Warning}} links talk edit |
| A blank template used at the top of administration pages that can be populated manually. | ||
| {{Caution}} links talk edit |
| A blank template used at the top of administration pages that can be populated manually. | ||
| {{Purpose}} links talk edit |
| To be used for when an essay, how-to or information page reason for existing is unclear. |
| What to type | What it makes | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{humor}} links talk edit |
| For use on Wikipedia and User namespaces pages that are not serious enough for publication in the mainspace. | ||
| {{humorantipolicy}} links talk edit |
| Humor pages that spoof and/or may have been proposed as policies or guidelines. | ||
| {{Humorous essay}} |
| For humorous essays in both the Wikipedia and User namespaces. |
| What to type | What it makes | Where it goes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{admin backlog}} links talk edit |
| Maintenance categories and pages with abacklog that require an administrator top | ||
| {{backlog}} links talk edit |
| Maintenance categories and pages with abacklog top | ||
{{shortcut|WP:SHORT}}links talk edit | Other project pages with shortcut(s) top | |||
| {{subst:sandboxpaste}} links talk edit | {{Please leave this line alone (sandbox heading)}} <!-- We like people to see the notice. Put any testing content below it. --> | Wikipedia:Sandbox top |
