Wikipedia:Template index/Talk namespace#See also

{{Shortcut|WP:TTALK|WP:TM/TALK}}

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

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! What to type !! Result !! Where to put it

{{tetl|bug report}}

| {{Bug report}}

| On talk pages

{{tetl|high traffic}}

| {{High traffic|notlinked=yes}}

| Top of talk page

{{tetl|notice}}

| {{Notice}}

| At the top of talk page but below WikiProject banners. Used for any general messages.

{{tetl|outdent}}

| {{Outdent}}

| 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

{{tetl|press}}

| {{Press|nocat=true}}

| Top of talk page

{{tetl|skip to talk}}

| {{skip to talk}}

| At the top of talk page, for link to TOC in page with many header or message templates at top.

Archiving

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{{tetl|Archive}}

| {{Archive|category=no|demospace=yes}}

| Top of archive page

{{tetl|Archive request}}

| {{Archive request|cat=no}}

| Top of long talk page that needs archiving

{{tetl|Archives}}

| {{Archives}}

| Top of talk page

Biography

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{{tetl|BLP}}

|{{BLP}}

|Top of Talk page

{{tetl|connected contributor}}

|{{Connected contributor|Jimbo Wales}}

|Top of Talk page

{{tetl|BLP list}}

|{{BLP list}}

|Top of Talk page

Comments

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What to typeWhat it makes
| {{tetl|caution}}

| {{Caution|demospace=talk}}

| {{tetl|censor}}

| {{Censor}}

| {{tetl|central}}

| {{Central}}

| {{tetl|consensus}}

| {{Consensus}}

| {{tetl|controversial}}

| {{Controversial}}

| {{tetl|not a forum}}

| {{Not a forum}}

| {{tetl|notice}}

| {{Notice|demospace=talk}}

| {{tetl|old XfD multi}}

| {{Old XfD multi}}

| {{tetl|Old moves}}

| {{Old moves}}

| {{tetl|Q&A}}

| {{Q&A}}

| {{tetl|round in circles}}

| {{Round in circles}}

| {{tlxs|single-purpose account|username|time, day month year (UTC)}}
{{lts/|single-purpose account}}

| Example (talkcontribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at {{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} (UTC).

| {{tetl|talk header}}

| {{Talk header}}

| {{tetl|talk page of redirect}}

| {{tmbox

| type = style

| image = 30px

| text = This is the talk page of {{a or an|project page}} that has been {{#ifeq:|yes|merged and}} redirected {{#if:(Wikipedia:Redirect's target)|to:
{{•}} :(Wikipedia:Redirect's target)|elsewhere.}} {{#if:(Wikipedia:Redirect's target)|
}}Because this page is not frequently watched, present and future discussions should take place {{#if:(Wikipedia:Redirect's target)|at:
{{•}} (Wikipedia talk:Redirect's target)|{{#if:(Wikipedia:Redirect's target)|at:
{{•}} {{TALKPAGENAME:(Wikipedia:Redirect's target)}}|at the talk page of the target page.}}}}

}}

| {{tetl|talk page stalker}}

| {{Talk page stalker}}
plus other options, e.g., {{Talk page stalker|w}}

| {{tlxs|unsigned|username|time, day month year (UTC)}}
{{lts/|unsigned}}

| — Preceding unsigned comment added by Example (talkcontribs) {{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} (UTC)

| {{tlxs|unsigned2|date|Name or IP address}}
{{lts/|unsigned2}}

| — Preceding unsigned comment added by Name or IP address (talkcontribs) time and date

| {{tlxs|unsigned IP|IP address|time and date}}
{{lts/|unsigned IP}}

| — Preceding unsigned comment added by IP address (talk) time and date

| {{tlxs|unsignedIP2|time and date|IP address}}
{{lts/|unsignedIP2}}

| — Preceding unsigned comment added by IP address (talk) time and date

| {{tetl|warning}}

| {{Warning|demospace=talk}}

Discussion thread tags

{{see also|Wikipedia:List of discussion templates}}

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| {{tetl|discussion top}}

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{{discussion top}}

| {{tetl|discussion bottom}}

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{{discussion bottom}}

| {{tetl|done}}

|

{{Done}}

| {{tetl|done-t}}
An alternative to {{tl|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.

|

{{Done-t}}

| {{tetl|doing}}

|

{{Doing}}

valign="top" | {{tlx|Further discussions|Talk:Hello world#Foo Bar{{!}}Talk:Nonsense}}
{{lts/|Further discussions}}
Useful in old discussions that are re-opened elsewhere

|{{Further discussions|Talk:Hello world#Foo Bar|Talk:Nonsense}}

| {{tetl|help me}}

|

{{Help me|demospace=talk|category=}}

| {{tetl|not done}}

|

{{Not done}}

| {{tetl|not done-t}}
An alternative to {{tl|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.

|

{{Not done-t}}

| {{tetl|OOCOT}}

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{{OOCOT}}

| {{tetl|OOCOB}}

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{{OOCOB}}

| {{tetl|reply to}}

|

{{Reply to|Example}}

| {{tetl|resolved}}

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{{Resolved}}

| {{tetl|unresolved}}

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{{Unresolved|nocat=true}}

| {{tetl|stale}}

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{{Stale}}

| {{tetl|stuck}}

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{{Stuck}}

Expansion and improvement

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style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top" | {{tlx|Refideas|1{{=}}foo|2{{=}}bar}}
{{lts/|refideas}}

|{{refideas|1=foo|2=bar}}

{{tlrow|to do|nocat=true}}

=Requests=

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{{tlrow|audio requestedcategory=no}}

{{tlrow|diagram requested

category=no}}

{{tlrow|image requested

category=no}}

{{tlrow|map requested

category=no}}

{{tlrow|video requested

category=no}}

=Peer review=

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style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top" | {{tl|peer review}}
{{lts/|peer review}}

| {{Peer review|archive=1|nocat=true|demo=yes}}

{{tlrow|old peer review|nocat=true}}

FAQ

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{{tetl|FAQ}}{{FAQ}}

Featured and good articles

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|{{tlsp|FAC}}{{featured article candidates|Template messages/Talk namespace/archive1}}
|{{tlsp|FAR}}{{featured article review|Template messages/Talk namespace/archive1}}
{{tlrow|GA}}

Free images

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{{tlrow|images}}

==Translation requests==

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What to typeWhat it makes
{{tlrow|expand Spanish}}

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

Fringe subjects

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| {{tl|talk fringe}}
Talk

| {{Talk fringe|[fringe subject]}}

WikiProject notices

{{main|Wikipedia:Template messages/WikiProject banners}}

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

=Banner shells=

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{{tl|WikiProject banner shell}}

|{{WikiProject banner shell|1= }}

| 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=

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{{tl|educational assignment}}

| {{Educational assignment}}

| Top of talk page

See also