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
editThe 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
editWhat to type | What it makes | Where it goes |
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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 3 September 2024 T 00:11 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
editWhat to type | What it produces | Where to put it | ||
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{{False version}} |
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Article top |
Title-related messages
editWhat 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
editWhat to type | What it produces | Where to put it |
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{{special characters}} |
Article top |
Expansion requests
editSee also: Expansion requests in the talk namespace
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{{expand section}} {{expand section|text}} |
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Section top | ||||
{{Missing information|text}} |
Article top |