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Articles undergoing major edits

Please note that these templates are courtesies; nobody is required to stop editing just because they're shown.

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! What to type !! What it makes

{{tlrow|In use|category=no}}

{{tlrowp|In use|30 minutes to fix
the information in the History section|category=no}}

{{tlrow|Under construction}}

{{tlrowp|In use section|a short while|category=no}}

{{clear}}

New articles

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! What to type !! What it makes

{{tlrow|In creation|category=no}}

{{tlrow|Newlist}}

{{clear}}

Protected articles, pages, and images

Please note that these templates are only meant to indicate that pages have been protected; adding any of them to a page will not add any protection to that page.

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! What to type !! What it makes

{{Tlrow|pp-dispute|demolevel=sysop|category=no}}

{{Tlrow|pp-vandalism|demolevel=autoconfirmed|category=no}}

{{Tlrow|pp-vandalism|demolevel=sysop|category=no}}

{{Tlrow|pp-protected|demolevel=autoconfirmed|category=no}}

{{Tlrow|pp-protected|demolevel=sysop|category=no}}

{{Tlrow|pp-sock|demolevel=autoconfirmed|category=no}}

{{Tlrow|pp-move|demolevel=sysop|category=no}}

{{Tlrow|pp-office|demolevel=sysop|category=no}}

Copyright violations

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| {{Copyvio|url=http://example.org}}
{{small|Talk}}

| {{Copyvio|url=http://example.org}}

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{{tlrow|Copyvio-revdel}}

{{tlrow|Copypaste}}

{{tlrow|Close paraphrasing}}

{{tlrow|Copyvio links}}

{{end}}

Articles requiring significant attention and other issues

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!width="27%"| What to type !!width="60%"| What it makes !!width="13%"| Where it goes

| {{tl|Multiple issues}}

[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Template:Multiple issues|action=edit}} Edit] – Talk – Links

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{{Multiple issues}}

  • Use the section=y parameter if you use the template for a particular section.
  • To tag a specific issue, set any string of text to the parameter, such as issue=y
  • To specify the month tagged for the categories that sort articles by month, type issue={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} or issue=April 2007

| | Article or section with three or more issues

| {{tl|Expert needed}}

[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Template:Expert needed|action=edit}} Edit] – Talk – Links – Category

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{{Expert needed|1=Sample|nocat=true}}

| | Article page

| {{tl|Globalize}}

[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Template:Globalize|action=edit}} Edit] – Talk – Links – Category

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{{Globalize}}

| | Article page

| {{tl|Missing information}}

[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Template:Missing information|action=edit}} Edit] – Talk – Links – Category

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{{Missing information|some issue}}

| | Article page

| {{tl|ISSN-needed}}

[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Template:ISSN-needed|action=edit}} Edit] – Talk – Links – Category

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{{ISSN-needed|category=}}

| | Talk page

| {{tl|Very long}}

Talk – Links – Category

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{{Verylong}}

| | Article page

{{tl|Citations broken from PEIS limit}}
Talk – Links – Category

|{{Citations broken from PEIS limit}}

|Article page

Categorization issues

This is about categorization issues in articles. For tags that are placed on categories, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Category namespace and Wikipedia:Template messages/Deletion.

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{{tlrow|Uncategorized|category=Uncategorized pages}}

{{tlrow|Improve categories|category=Articles needing additional categories}}

{{tlrow|Unreferenced category|category=Articles with uncited categories}}

{{end}}

For inline article placement

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!width="20%"| What to type !!width="60%"| What it makes !!width="20%"| Where it goes

| {{Tl|copyvio link}}

[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Template:Copyvio link|action=edit}} Edit]

Talk

Links

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{{Copyvio link}}

| | After links referencing an external Web site which is strongly suspected of carrying a work in violation of the creator's copyright.

| {{Tl|Update inline}}

[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Template:Update inline|action=edit}} Edit]

Talk

Links

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{{Update inline}}

| | After outdated statements, information or sources.

{{Wikipedia template messages}}

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