Wikipedia:Template index/General

"WP:OTHERUSES" redirects here. For the guideline on hatnotes, see Wikipedia:Hatnote.

Nkhani iyi njakukhwaskana na templates relating to article descriptions. For templates related to issues and disputes with articles, including NPOV, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Disputes. For templates related to formatting, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Format. For templates related to cleanup, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup.

Disambiguation and redirection

On disambiguation pages

For others, see

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title I/O. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. MediaWikiWiki:Disambiguationspage. For hatnote templates used to distinguish pages, see Wikipedia:Hatnote#Distinguish or Template:Hatnote templates documentation

What to type	What it produces	Where to put it
{{disambiguation}} links talk edit		Bottom of disambiguation pages.
{{disambiguation cleanup}} links talk edit		Bottom of disambiguation pages that need cleanup.
{{place name disambiguation}} links talk edit Redirect: {{geodis}}		Bottom of disambiguation pages consisting only of geographic locations.
{{human name disambiguation}} links talk edit Redirect: {{hndis}}		Bottom of disambiguation pages whose title is a human name.
{{number disambiguation}} links talk edit Redirects: {{numberdis}}, {{numdab}}		Bottom of number-oriented
{{set index article}} links talk edit Redirect: {{SIA}}		Bottom of list articles about a set of items of a specific type that share the same (or similar) name.
{{surname}} links talk edit		Bottom of surname (last name) disambiguation pages.

In introductory lines

The following templates should be substituted because they merely provide convenient ways to produce standard common phrases in running text (not, e.g., hatnotes or message boxes).

What to type	What it produces	Where to put it
{{subst:refer|Topic}}  links talk edit Redirects: {{disamb1}}, {{may refer to}}, ...	Topic may refer to:	Top
{{subst:disamb2}}  links talk edit Redirect: {{itref}}	It may refer to:	In line
{{subst:disamb3}}  links talk edit Redirect: {{theyref}}	They may refer to:	In line
{{subst:disamb4|Topic|description}}  links talk edit Redirects: {{refers2}}, {{mayrefer2}}	Topic may refer to description:	Top
{{subst:disambiguation name|Name}}  links talk edit Redirect: {{nameref}}	The name Name may refer to:	Top
{{subst:disamb-name2|Topic|description}}  links talk edit Redirect: {{nameof}}	Topic is the name of description, including:	Top
{{subst:disamb-term|term}}  links talk edit Redirect: {{termref}}	The term "term" may refer to:	Top
{{subst:disamb-terms|term1|term2}}  links talk edit Redirect: {{termsref}}	The terms "term1" and "term2" may refer to:	Top

Section

Wonaniso: Wikipedia:Template index/Section

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{details|location}} links talk edit	Wonani vinandi: location	Sections near top
{{further|location}} links talk edit	Wonani vinandi: location	Sections near top
{{main|location}} links talk edit	Nkhani ikulu: location	Sections near top
{{main list|location}} links talk edit	For a more comprehensive list, see location.	Sections near top

Footnotes and references

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{citation}} links talk edit	Makes a formatted citation for use with Harvard style reference links.	Articles notes or references
{{Harvard citation|name|year}} links talk edit Redirect: {{harv}}	Makes a Harvard style reference link.	Articles notes or references
{{note|name}} links talk edit	^ The footnote also links back to the reference. ^ A # can be used at the beginning of the line to create a numbered list. Similarly, * creates a bullet.	Articles notes or references
{{note label|name|label|backlink}} links talk edit	a The footnote also links back to the reference. a A # can be used at the beginning of the line to create a numbered list. a b Similarly, * creates a bullet.	Articles notes or references
{{ref|name}} links talk edit	Makes reference links and footnotes that are numbered automatically.	Articles notes or references
{{ref label|name|label|backlink}} links talk edit	Makes reference links and footnotes with specific labels.	Articles notes or references

Timing-related messages

Wonaniso: Wikipedia:Current event templates and Category:Temporal templates

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{anachronism}} links talk edit	Use {{anachronism inline}} for use at exact examples.	Top of articles or sections that have anachronisms
{{current}} links talk edit	Use 'section' in 2nd parameter, if tagging a section.	Top of articles or sections about current events
{{current disaster}} links talk edit		Top of articles about current disasters
{{current person}} links talk edit		Article top
{{current related}} links talk edit		Article top
{{current spaceflight}} links talk edit		Article top
{{current sport}} links talk edit		Article top
{{current sports transaction}} links talk edit		Article top
{{high traffic}} category links talk edit		Talk page top
{{now}} links talk edit	Siku na nyengo ya mwahuno ni 20 Disembala 2024 T 15:27 UTC.	Talk page top
{{recent death}} links talk edit		Article top
{{recentism}} links talk edit		Article top
{{update}} links talk edit		Article or section top

External issues

What to type	What it produces	Where to put it
{{False version}} links talk edit		Article top

Title-related messages

{{correct title|title=article}} links talk edit	The correct title of this page is article. It appears incorrectly here due to technical restrictions.	Article top
{{lowercase title|article}} links talk edit	Decapitalises first letter of page title; for use in articles whose title is incorrectly capitalized due to technical restrictions, such as iPod.	Article top

Character/symbol notes

{{special characters}} links talk edit

Article top

Expansion requests

See also: Expansion requests in the talk namespace

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{expand section}} {{expand section|text}} links talk edit		Section top
{{Missing information|text}} links talk edit		Article top