Alist of examples of the various message templates, and other sorts of templates.
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Templates relating to article descriptions. Templates related to issues and disputes with articles, including NPOV, are listed underTemplate messages/Disputes. Templates related to formatting are listed underTemplate messages/Format. Templates related to Cleanup issues are listed underTemplate messages/Cleanup. Example:{{disambiguation}}  This page is a list ofproject pages associated with the same title or shortcut. If aninternal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended page. | |||||||||||
| 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 acleanup. 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 permanentbadge of shame to show disagreement with the article, or a method ofwarning the readers against the article. Example:{{multiple issues}}
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A list of ways to create several kinds ofcompacttables 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}} | |||||||||||
| Before attempting to delete any articles, categories, etc., readWikipedia:Deletion policy, and the specific instructions for the type of page you want to delete. Example:{{cfd result}}
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| 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}}
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| Templates related to descriptions (such as disambiguation, spoiler, wikicode) are listed underTemplate messages/General. Templates related to issues and disputes with articles, including NPOV, are listed underDisputes templates. Example:{{divbox|gray|Title|Lorem ipsum}}Title Lorem ipsumExample:{{key press|Ctrl|F5}}Ctrl+F5 | ||||||||||
| Example:{{main|Article}} Main article:Article Example:{{cat main}}The main article for thiscategory isTemplate index/Examples. Example:{{lnt|namespace|page name}} Namespace talk:Page name (edit |talk |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 areFreifrau andFreiin. | ||||||||||
| Example: {{Unsorted list|reason=alpha}}
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| 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}}
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| Example:{{merge}}
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| It is sometimes considered helpful to put redirects intocategories where appropriate, seeWikipedia:Categorizing redirects. For pages which should ultimately be handled by a full article, add both Redirect templates are designed to be used together. For example, the redirect "ArchitechtsArchitechts" uses both Example:{{R to project namespace}} | ||||||||||
| While mosttemplates can be used insections, these templates are section-specific. Example:{{Expand-section}}
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Example:{{Unreferenced|date=November 2014}}
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| Example:{{Split}}
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| 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 theInfoboxes page. Example:{{MINUTE|00:00}}00 | ||||||||||
| Example:{{proofreader needed}}
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List oftemplates 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}} MediaWiki has documentation related to:Template index/Examples  Meta has related information at:Insert page title here  Wikibooks has more on the topic of:Template index/Examples  Wikimedia Commons has media related toInsert category name here. |
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| Example:{{contents pages (header bar)}} | |||||||||
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 wereredirected, 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 providelinks to the possibly sought article or to adisambiguation page. Example:{{Hatnote|CUSTOM TEXT}}CUSTOM TEXT | |||||||||
Anavigation 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 (ornavboxes), designed to sit at the very bottom of articles, andsidebars, 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}} | |||||||||
Country codes, to render a flag icon and a wikilink to a country's article Example:{{AFG}} | |||||||||
Aninfobox onWikipedia is a consistently-formatted table which is present in articles with a common subject. Example:{{Infobox manner of address|name=Example}}
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This template sets up a{{Automatic taxobox}}, a table setting out theBiological classification (taxonomy) for a group of living things with a choice of over 160 parameters. Example:{{Automatic taxobox|taxon=Animalia}} | |||||||||
Templates for noting a particular national or regional bias of an article, and asking for aworldwide view. Example:{{globalize}}
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Wikiproject to list stub messages/templates that are applied tostubs. Example:{{Edu-stub}} | |||||||||
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| These notes are generally placed on top ofcategory pages. For notes about the deletion and renaming of categories, seeWikipedia:Template messages/Deletion. Additional templates for category pages can be found inCategory:Category namespace templates and its subcategories. Fortable of contents templates, seeWikipedia:Template messages/Compact tables of contents. Example:{{birth year category header|123|4}}What you would see: see the header atCategory:1234 deaths. Example:{{category diffuse|nocat=true}} Pages in this categoryshould 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. | |||||||
| These are tags that may be placed on thefile 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 atWikipedia:File copyright tags. Example:{{ffd}}The purpose of this file is currently being discussed in accordance with Wikipedia'simage use policy. The outcome of the discussion may result in the file's usage or license being changed, or possibly itsdeletion. Please share your thoughts on the matter atthis file's entry on theFiles for discussion page. Feel free to edit the file description page, but the pagemust not be blanked and this noticemust not be removed until the discussion is closed. How to list a file for discussion: 1. Add {{ffd|log=2025 October 27}} to the file description page.2. Add {{subst:Ffd2|1=Template index/Examples|uploader= |reason= }} ~~~~ toadd a line to today's FfD.3. Add {{ffdc|1=Template index/Examples|log=2025 October 27}} in the caption on each page in thefile links.4. Please consider notifying the uploader by placing {{subst:ffd notice|1=Template index/Examples}} on their talk page(s).
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| These aretemplate messages that can be used ontalk pages. If you create a new or modify an old talk page template please first read the guideline about how they should look atWikipedia:Talk page templates. Example:{{connected contributor|Jimbo Wales}}
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| 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 inCategory:Template namespace templates and its subcategories. Example:{{documentation subpage}}
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| Example:{{user sandbox}}
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| 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 templatesBlatant 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'mMrjulesd. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more ofyour recent contributions because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use thesandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message onmy talk page. Thanks!Single-level templates (Advisories. Noticeboard notices. Warnings.) Foreign-language contributors. Miscellanea (Page headers. Images. Discussions and editing. New user. Deletion notifications. Other notifications.) Example:{{usercomment}}
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| Example:{{essay}} Essay on editing Wikipedia
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| Thesetemplate messages areWikiProject banners for use onTalk pages. They should typically be placed at the top oftalk pages ofarticles or pages covered by the associated WikiProject. Example:{{WikiProject Albums}}
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