Wikipedia:Template index/General
On disambiguation pages
[edit]- 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 |
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{{disambiguation}} |
Bottom of disambiguation pages. | |
{{disambiguation cleanup}} |
Bottom of disambiguation pages that need cleanup. | |
{{place name disambiguation}} Redirect: {{geodis}} |
Bottom of disambiguation pages consisting only of geographic locations. | |
{{human name disambiguation}} Redirect: {{hndis}} |
Bottom of disambiguation pages whose title is a human name. | |
{{number disambiguation}} Redirects: {{numberdis}}, {{numdab}} |
Bottom of number-oriented | |
{{set index article}} Redirect: {{SIA}} |
Bottom of list articles about a set of items of a specific type that share the same (or similar) name. | |
{{surname}} |
article (main) namespace. | This template should be used only in theBottom of surname (last name) disambiguation pages. |
In introductory lines
[edit]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 |
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{{subst:refer|Topic}} Redirects: {{disamb1}}, {{may refer to}}, ... |
Topic may refer to: | Top |
{{subst:disamb2}} Redirect: {{itref}} |
It may refer to: | In line |
{{subst:disamb3}} Redirect: {{theyref}} |
They may refer to: | In line |
{{subst:disamb4|Topic|description}} Redirects: {{refers2}}, {{mayrefer2}} |
Topic may refer to description: | Top |
{{subst:disambiguation name|Name}} Redirect: {{nameref}} |
The name Name may refer to: | Top |
{{subst:disamb-name2|Topic|description}} Redirect: {{nameof}} |
Topic is the name of description, including: | Top |
{{subst:disamb-term|term}} Redirect: {{termref}} |
The term "term" may refer to: | Top |
{{subst:disamb-terms|term1|term2}} Redirect: {{termsref}} |
The terms "term1" and "term2" may refer to: | Top |
What to type | What it makes | Where it goes |
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{{details|location}} |
Sections near top | |
{{further|location}} |
Sections near top | |
{{main|location}} |
Sections near top | |
{{main list|location}} |
Sections near top | |
{{see also|location}} |
Sections near top |
Footnotes and references
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{{citation}} |
Makes a formatted citation for use with Harvard style reference links. | Articles notes or references |
{{Harvard citation|name|year}} Redirect: {{harv}} |
Makes a Harvard style reference link. | Articles notes or references |
{{note|name}} |
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Articles notes or references |
{{note label|name|label|backlink}} |
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Articles notes or references |
{{ref|name}} |
Makes reference links and footnotes[1] that are numbered automatically.[2] | Articles notes or references |
{{ref label|name|label|backlink}} |
Makes reference links and footnotes[1] with specific labels.[2] | Articles notes or references |
Timing-related messages
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{{anachronism}} |
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Top of articles or sections that have anachronisms | ||
{{current}} |
Use 'section' in 2nd parameter, if tagging a section.
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Top of articles or sections about current events | ||
{{current disaster}} |
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Top of articles about current disasters | ||
{{current person}} |
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Article top | ||
{{current related}} |
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Article top | ||
{{current spaceflight}} |
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Article top | ||
{{current sport}} |
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Article top | ||
{{current sports transaction}} |
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Article top | ||
{{high traffic}} category |
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Talk page top | ||
{{now}} |
The current date and time is 17 August 2024 T 16:07 UTC. | Talk page top | ||
{{recent death}} |
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Article top | ||
{{recentism}} |
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Article top | ||
{{update}} |
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Article or section top |
External issues
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{{False version}} |
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Article top |
Title-related messages
[edit]What to type | What it produces | Where to put it |
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{{correct title|title=article}} |
Article top | |
{{lowercase title|article}} |
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
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{{special characters}} |
Article top |
Expansion requests
[edit]See also: Expansion requests in the talk namespace
What to type | What it makes | Where it goes | ||||
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{{expand section}} {{expand section|text}} |
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Section top | ||||
{{Missing information|text}} |
Article top |