Broken/wikipedia:Template index/Talk namespace

These are templates that can be used on talk pages. There are also additional templates at List of discussion templates, and User talk page templates. See the See also section below for links to additional templates and guidelines.

If you create a new, or modify an old, talk page template, please read the guideline first about how they should look at Talk page templates.

General

What to type	Result	Where to put it
{{ bug report }} links talk view	To enable us to help you with your technical problems, please provide as much detail and information as possible, such as: Your script or gadget name and version. Does the bug persist if you update (Reload), and if so, does it also persist if you update by clearing your browser cache (Shift-Reload) Your browser's name and version (in your browser's main menu under Help → About) or your browser ID (something like "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070219 Firefox/2.0.0.2") Error console errors (in your browser's main menu under Tools → Error console; push clear, reload the page, and copy and paste the error messages) Which browser add-ons have you installed (in your browser's main menu under Tools → Add-ons) Optional: What happens if you disable your add-ons and restart the browser (close the quick start and the error console too) Which user scripts have you installed on your vector.js page (please state if you use another skin) Which operating system do you use Describe the problem, please be as specific as possible about what is wrong (including when it happens, what happens, what is broken, and what still works) Steps to reproduce your problem and what happens at each step. Without reproducing your problem, we might not be able to fix your problem.	On talk pages
{{ high traffic }} links talk view		Top of talk page
{{ notice }} links talk view		At the top of talk page but below WikiProject banners. Used for any general messages.
{{ outdent }} links talk view	┌─────────────────────────────────┘	In a discussion thread when the indention of previous replies gets too deep, e.g.,  ::::This is the previous post, indented 4 levels {{Outdent|::::}}Start of a new post
{{ press }} links talk view	Template:Press	Top of talk page
{{ skip to talk }} links talk view		At the top of talk page, for link to TOC in page with many header or message templates at top.

Archiving

What to type	Result (and usage notes)	Where to put it
{{ archive }} links talk view		Top of archive page
{{ archiveme }} links talk view	Template:Archiveme	Top of long talk page that needs archiving
{{ archives }} links talk view	edit Archives	Top of talk page
{{ automatic archive navigator }} links talk view	Template:Automatic archive navigator Creates a navigation bar for talk archive files	Close to top of archive page

Biography

What to type	Result	Where to put it
{{ BLP }} links talk view		Top of Talk page
{{ connected contributor }} links talk view		Top of Talk page
{{ BLP list }} links talk view	Template:BLP list	Top of Talk page

Comments

What to type	What it makes
{{ calm }} links talk view
{{ caution }} links talk view
{{ censor }} links talk view	Template:Censor
{{ central }} links talk view
{{ consensus }} links talk view	Template:Consensus
{{ controversial }} links talk view
{{ not a forum }} links talk view
{{ notice }} links talk view
{{ old XfD multi }} links talk view	Template:Old XfD multi
{{ Old moves }} links talk view	Template:Old moves
{{ Q&A }} links talk view	Template:Q&A
{{ round in circles }} links talk view	Template:Round in circles
{{subst:single-purpose account|username|time, day month year (UTC)}} links talk edit	— Example (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 17:08, 22 December 2024 (UTC).
{{ talk header }} links talk view
{{ talk page of redirect }} links talk view
{{ talk page stalker }} links talk view	(talk page stalker) plus other options, e.g., (talk page stalker)
{{subst:unsigned|username|time, day month year (UTC)}} links talk edit	— Preceding unsigned comment added by Example (talk • contribs) 17:08, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
{{subst:unsigned2|date|Name or IP address}} links talk edit	— Preceding unsigned comment added by Name or IP address (talk • contribs) time and date
{{subst:unsigned IP|IP address|time and date}} links talk edit	— Preceding unsigned comment added by IP address (talk) time and date
{{subst:unsignedIP2|time and date|IP address}} links talk edit	— Preceding unsigned comment added by IP address (talk) time and date
{{ warning }} links talk view

Discussion thread tags

See also: Wikipedia:List of discussion templates

What to type	What it makes
{{ discussion top }} links talk view
{{ discussion bottom }} links talk view
{{ done }} links talk view	Done
{{ done-t }} links talk view An alternative to {{done}} that uses a Unicode text character instead of an image. Note that this makes the symbol turn up as a question mark or a small box in some web browsers.
{{ doing }} links talk view	Doing...
{{ help me }} links talk view
{{ not done }} links talk view	Not done
{{ not done-t }} links talk view An alternative to {{not done}} that uses a Unicode text character instead of an image. Note that this makes the symbol turn up as a question mark or a small box in some web browsers.
{{ OOCOT }} links talk view
{{ OOCOB }} links talk view
{{ reply to }} links talk view	@Example:
{{ resolved }} links talk view	Resolved.
{{ unresolved }} links talk view
{{ stale }} links talk view
{{ stuck }} links talk view

Expansion and improvement

What to type	What it makes
{{Refideas|1=foo|2=bar}} links talk edit
{{to do}} links talk edit	Template:To do

Requests

What to type	What it makes
{{audio requested}} links talk edit	Template:Audio requested
{{diagram requested}} links talk edit	Template:Diagram requested
{{image requested}} links talk edit
{{map requested}} links talk edit	Template:Map requested
{{video requested}} links talk edit	Template:Video requested

Peer review

What to type	What it makes
{{peer review}} links talk edit	Template:Peer review
{{old peer review}} links talk edit	Template:Old peer review

FAQ

What to type	What it makes
{{ FAQ }} links talk view	Template:FAQ

Featured and good articles

What to type	What it makes
{{subst:FAC}}	Template:Featured article candidates
{{subst:FAR}}	Template:Featured article review
{{GA}} links talk edit

Free images

What to type	What it makes
{{images}} links talk edit	Template:Images

Translation requests

What to type	What it makes
{{expand Spanish}} links talk edit	}}

Templates for other languages are available in Category:Expand by language Wikipedia templates. For full instructions, see WP:Translation.

Fringe subjects

{{talk fringe}} Talk

Template:Talk fringe

WikiProject notices

Main page: Wikipedia:Template messages/WikiProject banners

To be placed at the top of talk pages of articles covered by the associated WikiProject:

Generic notice

What to type	What it makes
{{WPBannerMeta|PROJECT = yourProject}} Talk

For more examples see Category:WikiProject banner templates.

Banner shells

What to type	Result	Where to put it
{{WikiProject banner shell}}	Template:WikiProject banner shell	Use to condense multiple WikiProject notices on a talk page. List each WikiProject template with an additional parameter of , e.g., {{WikiProject banner shell|1= {{WikiProject Physics}} }} See Talk:William Brown (admiral) for an example of use.

Educational assignment

What to type	Result	Where to put it
{{educational assignment}}	Template:Educational assignment	Top of talk page

See also

• Help:Talk pages
• Wikipedia:List of discussion templates
• Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines
• Wikipedia:Talk page layout
• Category:Article talk header templates
• Category:Non-subject-matter-related article-talk header templates
• Category:Talk header templates
• Category:Talk message boxes