Wikipedia:Template index/General

  • WP:TM/GENERAL
  • WP:TM/G
  • WP:TMG

On disambiguation pages

For others, see

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title I/O. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. MediaWikiWiki:Disambiguationspage. For hatnote templates used to distinguish pages, see Wikipedia:Hatnote#Distinguish or Template:Hatnote templates documentation

What to type What it produces Where to put it
{{disambiguation}}
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of disambiguation pages.
{{disambiguation cleanup}}
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of disambiguation pages that need cleanup.
{{place name disambiguation}}
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Redirect: {{geodis}}
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of disambiguation pages consisting only of geographic locations.
{{human name disambiguation}}
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Redirect: {{hndis}}
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of disambiguation pages whose title is a human name.
{{number disambiguation}}
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Redirects: {{numberdis}}, {{numdab}}
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of number-oriented
{{set index article}}
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Redirect: {{SIA}}
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of list articles about a set of items of a specific type that share the same (or similar) name.
{{surname}}
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This template should be used only in the article (main) namespace. Bottom
of surname (last name) disambiguation pages.

In introductory lines

  • WP:TM/DABINT
  • WP:TMGDI

The following templates should be substituted because they merely provide convenient ways to produce standard common phrases in running text (not, e.g., hatnotes or message boxes).

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{{subst:refer|Topic}}
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Redirects: {{disamb1}}, {{may refer to}}, ...
Topic may refer to: Top
{{subst:disamb2}}
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Redirect: {{itref}}
It may refer to: In line
{{subst:disamb3}}
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Redirect: {{theyref}}
They may refer to: In line
{{subst:disamb4|Topic|description}}
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Redirects: {{refers2}}, {{mayrefer2}}
Topic may refer to description: Top
{{subst:disambiguation name|Name}}
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Redirect: {{nameref}}
The name Name may refer to: Top
{{subst:disamb-name2|Topic|description}}
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Redirect: {{nameof}}
Topic is the name of description, including: Top
{{subst:disamb-term|term}}
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Redirect: {{termref}}
The term "term" may refer to: Top
{{subst:disamb-terms|term1|term2}}
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Redirect: {{termsref}}
The terms "term1" and "term2" may refer to: Top
What to type What it makes Where it goes
{{details|location}}
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Sections
near top
{{further|location}}
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Sections
near top
{{main|location}}
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Sections
near top
{{main list|location}}
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Sections
near top
What to type What it makes Where it goes
{{citation}}
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Makes a formatted citation for use with Harvard style reference links. Articles
notes or references
{{Harvard citation|name|year}}
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Redirect: {{harv}}
Makes a Harvard style reference link. Articles
notes or references
{{note|name}}
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  1. ^ The footnote also links back to the reference.
  • ^ A # can be used at the beginning of the line to create a numbered list. Similarly, * creates a bullet.
Articles
notes or references
{{note label|name|label|backlink}}
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  1. a The footnote also links back to the reference.
  • a A # can be used at the beginning of the line to create a numbered list.
  • a b Similarly, * creates a bullet.
Articles
notes or references
{{ref|name}}
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Makes reference links and footnotes[1] that are numbered automatically.[2] Articles
notes or references
{{ref label|name|label|backlink}}
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Makes reference links and footnotes[1] with specific labels.[2] Articles
notes or references

Timing-related messages

What to type What it makes Where it goes
{{anachronism}}
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Top of articles or sections that have anachronisms
{{current}}
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Use 'section' in 2nd parameter, if tagging a section.
Top of articles or sections about current events
{{current disaster}}
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Top of articles about current disasters
{{current person}}
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Article top
{{current related}}
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Article top
{{current spaceflight}}
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{{current sport}}
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Article top
{{current sports transaction}}
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Article top
{{high traffic}}
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Talk page top
{{now}}
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The current date and time is 28 March 2024 T 12:35 UTC. Talk page top
{{recent death}}
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{{recentism}}
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{{update}}
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Article or section top

External issues

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{{False version}}
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Title-related messages

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{{correct title|title=article}}
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{{lowercase title|article}}
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Decapitalises first letter of page title; for use in articles whose title is incorrectly capitalized due to technical restrictions, such as iPod. Article top

Character/symbol notes

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{{special characters}}
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Expansion requests

See also: Expansion requests in the talk namespace

What to type What it makes Where it goes
{{expand section}}
{{expand section|text}}
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Section top
{{Missing information|text}}
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Article top
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