Wikipedia:Template index/Wikipedia namespace
The Wikipedia:Project namespace includes Wikipedia official policies and guidelines, process pages, discussion pages, optional essays, informative pages, humorous and historical pages.
Policies and guidelines
| What to type | What it makes | Where it goes |
|---|---|---|
| {{policy}} |
Official policies top | |
| {{Legal policy}} |
Official policies top | |
| {{Procedural policy}} |
Official policies top | |
| {{guideline}} |
Pages that document guidelines top | |
| {{MoS-guideline}} |
Pages that document style guidelines top | |
{{subcat guideline|Guideline category should be one of:
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Example for naming convention as <guideline category>: |
For tagging guidelines of specific categories top Use only available (sub-) categories |
{{disputedtag|talk=Discussion Title}}
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Disputed "policy"/"guideline" designations top | |
{{disputedtag|section=yes|talk=Discussion Title}}
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Disputed sections of policies/guidelines section | |
| {{proposed}} |
Policy/guideline proposals top | |
| {{draft proposal}} |
Drafts of policy/guideline proposals top | |
{{under discussion|status|talk=Discussion Title}}
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Policies and guidelines whose status as policy or guideline is being actively discussed, although their current status is not contested. top | |
{{under discussion|section|talk=Discussion Title}}
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Sections of policies, guidelines or other pages which are being actively discussed at the talk page section | |
{{under discussion-inline|talk=Discussion Title}}
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[under discussion] | Specific wordings or sentences in policies, guidelines or other pages which are being actively discussed at the talk page within text |
| {{failed}} |
Failed policy/guideline proposals top | |
| {{dormant}} |
Proposals that have become dormant through lack of discussion top | |
| {{Polarized proposal}} |
Currently unable to compromise policy/guideline proposals top |
How-to and information
| What to type | What it makes | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{Information page}} |
The banner template for administration pages that are more just informational and non-opinionated like WP:GOV. | |||||
| {{Wikipedia how to}} |
The banner template for administration pages that are more directly instructional and non-opinionated like H:EDIT. | |||||
{{supplement|pages=[[Wikipedia:Policy]] page}}
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Use this template carefully, only when there is a well-established consensus at the relevant policy or guideline page to link to the administration page in question from the policy or guideline like WP:BRD. | |||||
| {{Process header}} |
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A blank template meant to be populated and used at the top of a page in the Wikipedia and help namespace. |
Essays
| What to type | What it makes | Where it goes/Notes |
|---|---|---|
{{essay|WP:SHORT}}
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Essays top the banner template for administration pages that are more opinionated then instructional or technical, there are several parameters and variations. | |
| {{orphaned essay}} |
Essays top | |
| {{Notability essay}} |
top | |
| {{Civility essay}} |
top | |
| {{Behavioral essay}} |
top | |
| {{Categorization essay}} |
top | |
| {{Deletion essay}} |
top |
WikiProjects
| What to type | What it makes | Where it goes and notes |
|---|---|---|
| {{WikiProject status}} |
Parameters: |active, |semi-active, |inactive, |defunct
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Displays the activity status of a WikiProject by using optional parameters top |
| {{WikiProject advice}} |
Used on essays and other advice pages that are written by one or more WikiProjects top | |
| {{WikiProject notability essay}} |
Unofficial notability criteria defined by individual WikiProjects top | |
| {{WikiProject style advice}} |
Unofficial style advice defined by individual WikiProjects top | |
| {{WikiProject content advice}} |
Unofficial content advice defined by individual WikiProjects top |
Historical and under development
| What to type | What it makes | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| {{historical}} |
For a former policy, use {{Historical|type=policy}}. For a former guideline, use {{Historical|type=guideline}} | |
{{superseded|[[New page]]}}
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For process and infomation pages that have been superseded by other pages. | |
| {{WikiProject status|Defunct}} | Set inactive=yes parameter from {{WikiProject status}}.
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| {{Essay in development}} |
This template is for essay pages actively undergoing a major edit. | |
| {{Under construction}} |
This template is for administration pages actively undergoing a major edit. | |
| {{In use}} |
Placed at the top of an administration page you are actively editing for a short period of time | |
| {{WP Future}} |
Pages using this template will be placed into Category:Inactive project pages unless the parameter category=no is given | |
| {{Freq}} |
This template is meant to be used at the top of a page in the Wikipedia and help namespace. | |
| {{Brainstorming}} |
This template is meant to be used at the top of a page in the Wikipedia and help namespace currently being developed. |
Notices and warnings
| What to type | What it makes | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| {{Disputed tag}} |
template to dispute whether a page (or a section on a page) has properly been accorded policy or guideline status. | |
| {{Under discussion}} |
If the discussion concerns a proposed change to the status of a policy or guideline page then you may use the status parameter (see Policies and guidelines above). | |
| {{Notice}} |
A blank template used at the top of administration pages that can be populated manually. | |
| {{nutshell}} |
To present a concise summary at the top of administration pages that can be populated manually. | |
| {{Update}} |
Used to denote process, how-to and information pages that contain old or out-of-date information that needs updating. | |
| {{Warning}} |
A blank template used at the top of administration pages that can be populated manually. | |
| {{Caution}} |
A blank template used at the top of administration pages that can be populated manually. | |
| {{Purpose}} |
To be used for when an essay, how-to or information page reason for existing is unclear. |
Humorous
| What to type | What it makes | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| {{humor}} |
For use on Wikipedia and User namespaces pages that are not serious enough for publication in the mainspace. | |
| {{humorantipolicy}} |
Humor pages that spoof and/or may have been proposed as policies or guidelines. | |
| {{Humorous essay}} | For humorous essays in both the Wikipedia and User namespaces. |
Other
| What to type | What it makes | Where it goes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| {{admin backlog}} |
Maintenance categories and pages with a backlog that require an administrator top | ||
| {{backlog}} |
Maintenance categories and pages with a backlog top | ||
{{shortcut|WP:SHORT}} |
Other project pages with shortcut(s) top | ||
| {{subst:sandboxpaste}} |
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