Template messages

Templates are used within pages to provide the same message over and over again. Changes to the look, wording, or style of the message can be done quickly, because templates are made again for the reader when the article loads.

In other words, when the message is changed, you do not need to update a page that uses it if you use a template. Standard notices that might be on a page for months or forever should be "transcluded" for easy updating. This loads the current version of the message and puts it on the page every time you load it.

Some templates are used to tell people something about the article. Other templates (also called navboxes) are used to give links to other articles. These templates are in Category:Navigational boxes.

For any of these messages, you can include "subst:" (as in {{subst:1911}}) when inserting them to put the full text into the page. Doing this means that any future changes to the template will not be shown in that article, but it can be useful sometimes.

To make a new message, start a page in the Template namespace. The title should be "Template:", then the name of your message. The page should then be written with the text of your message. Add your new template to this list.

Article content

These templates are used to let people know about issues with the information in the article.

Name	Current text	Where
{{stub}} (talk)		Bottom of Article
{{NPOV}} (talk)		Article's top
{{complex}} (talk)		Article's top
{{cleanup}} (talk)		Article's top
{{redlinks}} (talk)		Article's top
{{unreferenced}} (talk)		Article's top
{{disputed}} (talk)		Article's top
{{current}} (talk)		Article's top
{{update}} (talk)		Article's top
{{1911}} (talk)	This article includes text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica. Please add to the article as needed.	Near bottom of Article
{{wrongtitle|correcttitle}} (talk)	The title of this article is wrong due to some technical limitations. The right title is correcttitle.	Articles with lower case title etc. top
{{mergeto|articlename}} (talk)		Article's top
{{mergefrom|articlename}} (talk)		Article's top
{{inuse}} (talk)	Someone is currently editing this article for a short while. In the terms of Wikipedia this is called major edit. As a courtesy, please do not edit this article when you see this message. The person who added this notice will be listed in the edit history of this article. If this article has not been edited recently, please remove this template. This message is intended to help reduce edit conflicts; please remove it between editing sessions to allow others to improve the article.	Articles top

Delete an article

The templates here are used to let administrators know about articles you think should be deleted. See Wikipedia:Deletion_policy for when to use these.

Name	Current text	Where
{{rfd|reason}} (talk)		Articles top
{{qd|reason}} (talk)		Articles top
{{non}} (talk)		Articles top
{{notable}} (talk)		Articles top
{{testpage}} (talk)		Articles top

User talk page

See also: Category:Vandalism and warning templates

The templates here are used to welcome users, warn vandals and other templates that should go on a user's talk page.

Name	Current text	Where
{{subst:Test}} (talk)	Thank you for trying things out on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it is now gone. Please use the sandbox if you want to do any more test changes, and see the welcome page if you want to learn about helping Simple English Wikipedia. Thank you.	User talk varies
{{subst:Vandalism}} (talk)	Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to make useful changes to Wikipedia. However, some of your changes did not appear to be useful and have been removed. If you want to try out changing Wikipedia to learn more about how it works, please use the sandbox. Thank you.	User talk varies
{{subst:Block}} (talk)	You have been blocked as it says in Wikipedia's blocking policy. If you do not agree with this block, please reply on your talk page by adding {{unblock|reason}}, replacing reason with why you think the block is wrong, or send an e-mail to an active administrator on this list.	User talk varies
{{Sharedip}} (talk)	This address is shared by many users This IP address, Template messages, is shared by many users. This means that messages left here may reach the wrong person. Be careful when blocking this IP or reverting contributions without checking them first. If you are using this address and have not registered, you can create an account to stop receiving comments meant for other users. Caution should be used when blocking this IP or reverting its contributions without checking - if a block is needed, administrators should consider using a soft block with the template {{anonblock|optional comment}} as the block reason. Note: In the event of vandalism from this address, abuse reports may be sent to your network administrator for further investigation. IT staff who want to monitor vandalism from this IP address can subscribe to a web feed of this page in either RSS or Atom format.	User talk top
{{SchoolIP}} (talk)	Attention: This IP address, Template messages, is registered to a school, and may be shared by many different users. If proxy servers are used, this host may represent many users at many different actual computers, or even at different schools within the network. Because of this, a message meant for one person may be received by another, and a block will be shared by many people. If you are editing from this address and are getting messages because of other people, you can avoid these messages by creating an account for yourself. In some cases, you may not be able to create an account for a while because account creation has been blocked to stop vandalism. Caution should be used when blocking this IP. If a block is needed, administrators should consider a soft block. Note: In the event of on going vandalism, anonymous editing from this IP address may be blocked for up to 1 year at a time, and abuse reports may be sent to your school administration for investigation in cases of long-term abuse by registered users. Educational institution staff and network administrators, to monitor this IP address for vandalism, can subscribe to a web feed of this page in either RSS or Atom format.	User talk top
{{ISP|ISP Name}} (talk)	This address is shared by many users This IP address, Template messages, is registered to ISP Name, an Internet service provider through which many individual users may connect to the Internet via proxy. This IP address may be reassigned to a different person when the current user disconnects. For this reason, a message intended for one person may be received by another. If you are editing from this address and are frustrated by irrelevant messages, you can avoid them by creating an account for yourself. In some cases, you may temporarily be unable to create an account due to efforts to deal with vandalism, in which case, please see here. If you are autoblocked repeatedly, we encourage you to contact your Internet service provider or IT department and ask them to contact Wikimedia's XFF project about enabling X-Forwarded-For HTTP headers on their proxy servers so that our editing blocks will affect only the intended user. Caution should be used when blocking this IP or reverting its contributions without checking - if a block is needed, administrators should consider using a soft block with the template {{anonblock|optional comment}} as the block reason. Note: In the event of vandalism from this address, abuse reports may be sent to your network administrator for further investigation. IT staff who want to monitor vandalism from this IP address can subscribe to a web feed of this page in either RSS or Atom format.	User talk top
{{subst:Warning|message}} (talk)	message	User talk varies
{{subst:CopyNotice}} (talk)	We like and strongly encourage helpful changes to Wikipedia, but "message" was directly copied and pasted from the main English Wikipedia. Please do not do that. Such articles are usually too complex. They need to be simplified before or immediately after being added to the Simple English Wikipedia. In addition, be sure to include attribution on the article's talk page. Thank you.	User talk varies
{{subst:Noupload}} (talk)	Welcome to Wikipedia! Our policy is that images cannot be uploaded directly to the Simple English Wikipedia, and any images uploaded here will be deleted. Please upload any images to the Wikimedia Commons next time. Images uploaded there can be used in Simple English Wikipedia articles in the usual way. Thank you.	User talk varies
{{subst:Uw-advert1}} (talk)	An article you recently created, or a change you made to an article or page is written like an advertisement. Advertisements are not allowed on Wikipedia and will be removed, so please change the article or page so that it has a neutral point of view. Users who continue to advertise may be blocked from changing Wikipedia. Thank you.	User talk varies
{{subst:Encopy}} (talk)	We like and strongly encourage helpful changes to Wikipedia, but an article you created was directly copied and pasted from the main English Wikipedia. Please do not do that. Such articles are usually too complex. They need to be simplified before or immediately after being added to the Simple English Wikipedia. In addition, be sure to include attribution on the article's talk page. Thank you.	User talk varies
{{subst:Copyright}} (talk)	Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that you recently made a new article or made changes to one by adding things copied from a book, magazine, newspaper or another website without the permission of the copyright holder. Many sources, including websites found on the Internet, are copyrighted. I am afraid Wikipedia cannot accept any things copied from these sources as it can get Wikipedia into serious legal trouble. The article or changes have been or will soon be deleted. Next time, please look up sources to find out information for articles and explain it in your own words, and do not copy sentences or images from them. Thank you.	User talk varies
{{subst:Barnstar|Message}} (talk)	Congratulations: You have been given a Barnstar! For making amazing templates!	User talk varies
{{subst:Warn}} (talk)	Hello, Template messages. When you revert a user's changes, like you did earlier, don't forget to leave the user a message on his talk page. You may find Template:User talk page warnings/table useful when doing this, to let them know that the change was considered inappropriate, and to direct them to the sandbox. Thank you.	User talk varies

Policies and guidelines

Name	Current text	Where
{{disputedpolicy}} (talk)		article top
{{proposed}} (talk)		article top
{{guideline}} (talk)		article top
{{policy}} (talk)		article top

Other

This is the place for any templates that do not fit in any of the other categories.

Name	Current text	Where
{{tl|template name here}} (talk)	{{template name here}}	article top
{{countrycat}} (talk)	France	Place at top of country categories. Automatically takes the country name.
{{User Translator}} (talk)		Defines yourself as a translator from another language.

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The large number of categories seen below are a result of the templates being shown on this page.