WP:TEMPLATE and various other shortcuts redirect here. For information on what templates are and how the template namespace is intended to be used, please see Wikipedia:Template namespace .
This page provides an index for a wide range of standard templates in use within Wikipedia . It also gives an overview of what subjects are covered within each heading.
The bold links at the top of each cell lead to detailed pages that describe the templates in that section in detail, and how and when to use them.
If you cannot find the template you are looking for, please click on the section headers that seem most relevant, since there may be templates for a particular usage covered on the detailed pages, but not listed in the table below.
If after searching, you still cannot find the template you need, you can request it on Wikipedia:Requested templates . For help on creating templates, see Help:Template , or contact a user who has identified themselves as an adept template coder . Note that in order to maintain consistent design of templates there have been significant discussions about a variety of templates at both Wikipedia talk:Article message boxes and Wikipedia talk:Talk page templates .
A more comprehensive category system may also be viewed at Category:Wikipedia templates .
Please list navigational templates (as, for example, between pages relating to a specific topic) at Wikipedia:Navigational templates or at the appropriate WikiProject page. See also Wikipedia:Article series .
Internal links (articles, namespaces, categories)
External links (databases, websites, etc)
Wikiquote
Wiktionary
Wikibooks
Wikisource
Wikimedia Commons
Wikinews
Wikiversity
Wikispecies
Mediawiki
Meta-Wiki
Linking between projects Soft redirects
Transwiki copy
Deletion of:
Articles (AfD)
Categories (CfD)
Images and media (IfD)
Redirects (RfD)
Speedy deletion (D)
Templates (TfD)
Stub types (SfD) Moving or Renaming (within Wikipedia or to other wikis)
Accuracy
Suspected hoax
Neutrality
Original research
Contradictory
Controversial
Unencyclopedic
Notability
Autobiography
Article in use (major edits)
Protected from editing/vandalism
Copyright violations
Article issues
General attention needed
ISSN issues
Lack of geopolitical balance
IPA conversion
Categorization issues
General cleanup : Complete rewrite, section, remainder, copyediting, grammar/punctuation/spellingWriting style : Clarity, tone, etcStructures and sections Potentially unwanted content : Copyright, content policy, spam, trivia, etcContext and detail : Too specialized/technical, off-topic Expand and add : General, diagrams/imagesExpert needed : Authenticity/verificationTime sensitive Contradiction and confusion : Misleading/vagueNeutrality and factual accuracy : Dubious, opinion, weasel words, etcImportance and notability : SignificanceVerifiability and sources : Consistency, absent/broken citations, original research, etcIntroduction : Length, vague, complete rewriteLists , Images (blur, exposure, size, etc)Wiki tech : Wikify, uncategorized, disambiguation, orphans
Subject-specific : Fiction , etcMiscellaneous Merges and splits Moving : Articles, sister projects, etcTranslations and pronunciations : IPA[vague , etc
Non-Category
Category
Alphabetical (A-Z)
Numerical (0-9)
Dynamic lists
Incomplete lists
Subject or topic lists
Disputed content/length
To be placed at the end of the same line as the redirect tag.
Calendars
Court Decisions
Diagrams
Game and Puzzle layouts
Grids
Periodic Table
Division boxes
Userbox holders
Multiple columns
Image holders
Policies and non-policies
Village Talk
WikiProjects
WP:Sandbox
WP:FAQ
Births in Years
Books in Years
Deaths in Years
More information
Categorization of people:
Subjective Category Disclaimer
Disputed categorisation
Contribution Licensing
Disclaimer
Languages
New Page Links
Open Tasks
Picture of the Day
Shared IP
Wikimedia Licensing
Experimenting & Vandalism Notices
Shared IP Notices
Spamming Notices
Three Revert Rule
User Talk Requests
Welcome Messages
Edit-summary request
Minor-edit reminder
Block notices
Wide range of other warnings and notices
Featured articles (and candidates)
Expansion requests
Request Photo/Images
Comments
Discussion thread tags
Free Images
Translation requests
Peer review
To Do lists
WikiProject notices
Copyright status unknown or unverified
Creative commons licensed image
Fair use claimed
Free use image / Semi-free use image
Government copyrights (UK, Canada, Poland)
GNU/GFDL image
Images and media for deletion
Image categorization
Non-free (copyrighted) image
"not an orphan"
Public domain image
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Help:Templates
Main page and alternatives – For templates used on one of the Wikipedia's Main Pages .Wikipedia:Infobox templates are designed to present summary information about an article's subject, such that similar subjects have a uniform look and in a common format.Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/taxobox usage lists templates for building taxonomical infoboxes (taxoboxes) for biological classification of living things and explains their usage. The boxes also contain conservation status templates.Wikipedia:Country referencing templates are designed to provide a tiny thumbnail of a country's flag next to its hyperlinked name, meant to visually improve lists of nations.Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types is the full listing of stub types. There are thousands of stub templates and associated categories. The creation and organization of stub types is being addressed by the WikiProject Stub sorting . The guidelines for template creation are found at Wikipedia:Stub .
The high level topical subdivisions of stub templates are General, Culture, Commerce, Government and politics, Leisure, Sports, Religion and belief, Geography, History, People, Science, Technology, Transportation, Military and weaponry, and Miscellaneous. The MediaWiki namespace controls interface messages for internal system use, and can only be modified by administrators .
Wikipedia:Spoiler warning for a detailed explanation about how and when to use spoiler warning templates.Wikipedia:Userboxes are user information boxes designed for user pages.Wikipedia:WikiProject user warnings to create a complete, standardised set of user warning templates with full documentation and help pages.Category:Internationalisation maintenance templates . Templates noting a particular national or regional viewpoint of an article, and asking for a worldwide view. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias for some template banner examples compiled in one place.
The wiki templates are powerful tools for editing Wikipedia articles.
A "wiki template" is a kind of sub-template , and the "Wikipedia Edit Language" uses the notation {{template-name}} for the sub-template reference.
Technical note : "Wiki template references" are embedded on the "Wikipedia Edit Language", as a
web template embedded language, using the open {{ and close }} hooks , for enclose the wiki template language syntax , where valid names and valid instructions can be used, like template reference, as {{disambig}}, and conditions, as {{#if:{{{variable_foo|}}} | foo yes |foo is blank }}.
