Wikipedia:Template index
This is a list of messages created after the installation of the MediaWiki namespace. Original messages can be found at MediaWiki interface messages. Other includable elements are listed on MediaWiki custom elements. Read more about the MediaWiki namespace. See also Wikipedia:Topics
Instructions
In order to create a new custom message, simply create a page in the MediaWiki namespace, named "MediaWiki:", followed by a name for the message, that contains the text of the message. Names cannot contain spaces and initial case is irrelevant. To create such a page, like any other page, create a link something like [[MediaWiki:mymessage]] and then click on it. You may want to consider protecting the messages you create (if you have administrator privileges), but see the talk page for a discussion of this. Please list any custom messages you create on this page.
There are two major ways to include custom messages, subst and msg. subst makes a copy of the message text and places it where you put the tag after you save an article (substitution), msg loads the message and puts it on the page every time you load it (transclusion).
In other words, when the message is updated, you do not need to update a page that uses it if you use msg. As a guideline, short, temporal messages that will be removed soon should be copied using subst (which has the advantage of showing the message in the wiki source), and standard notices that might remain on a page for months or forever should be transcluded for easy updating. (You should not use msg for a message which contain any links which may change in the future. This method doesn't refresh "What links here" unless every article containing the msg get changed after the modification of the link in the message.)
For convenient editing of the custom message from a page on which it is used you can include in the custom message a link to edit itself, see e.g. the navigational box at Train.
When you add new MediaWiki custom messages, please help keep the table in alphabetical order.
See also: MediaWiki custom messages:Quick reference.
Main Page and alternatives
See: Main Page, Main Page (text only), Main Page (tableless)
See also: MediaWiki:Did you know, MediaWiki:Feature, MediaWiki:In the news, MediaWiki:April_23_selected_anniversaries (and Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries
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{{msg:wikipediatoc}} Talk |
(long, table of contents for Main Pages see wikipediatoc) | Main Page and friends (see above) in the appropriate section |
{{msg:wikipedialang}} Talk |
(long, list of languages see wikipedialang) | Main Page and friends (see above) in the appropriate section |
{{msg:wikipediasister}} Talk |
Wikipedia is written by volunteer editors and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other volunteer projects:
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Main Page and friends (see above) in the appropriate section |
Article namespace
General
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{{msg:compactTOC}} Talk |
Articles near top | ||||||
{{msg:compactTOC2}} Talk |
Template:CompactTOC2 | Articles near top | |||||
{{msg:compactTOCwithnumbers}} Talk |
Template:CompactTOCwithnumbers | Articles near top | |||||
{{msg:compactTOCwithnumbers2}} Talk |
Template:CompactTOCwithnumbers2 | Articles near top | |||||
{{msg:compactTOCallplustwo}} Talk |
Template:CompactTOCallplustwo | Articles near top | |||||
{{msg:compactTOCallplustwo2}} Talk |
Template:CompactTOCallplustwo2 | Articles near top | |||||
{{msg:contradict}} Talk |
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Articles near top | |||||
{{msg:Controversial}} Talk |
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Top of Talk page | |||||
{{msg:current}} Talk |
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Articles near top | |||||
{{msg:disambig}} Talk |
Articles bottom | ||||||
{{msg:disputed}} Talk |
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Disputed articles top | |||||
{{msg:expand_list}} Talk |
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Lists top | |||||
{{msg:GC}} |
Template:GC | Disputed articles top | |||||
{{subst:GFDL}} Talk |
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Image descriptions varies | |||||
{{msg:inclusion}} Talk |
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Disputed articles top | |||||
{{msg:listdev}} Talk |
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{{msg:NPOV}} Talk |
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Disputed articles top | |||||
{{msg:Merge}} Talk |
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Articles Top, followed by link to other article | |||||
{{msg:Merge2}} Talk |
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Articles Top | |||||
{{subst:mnl}} Talk |
template/example for external links section for municipalities in the Netherlands, for use with subst only, because it requires editing (experimental) | end | |||||
{{subst:ref_1}} Talk |
Template:Ref 1 | Articles varies | |||||
{{subst:ref_2}} Talk |
Template:Ref 2 | Articles varies | |||||
{{subst:ref_3}} Talk |
Template:Ref 3 | Articles varies | |||||
{{subst:ref_4}} Talk |
Template:Ref 4 | Articles varies | |||||
{{subst:ref_5}} Talk |
Template:Ref 5 | Articles varies | |||||
{{msg:spoiler}} Talk |
Template:Spoiler | Articles near top | |||||
{{msg:stub}} Talk |
Articles bottom | ||||||
{{msg:stublist}} Talk |
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{{{1}}} | {{[[Template:|]]}} | nocat=1|category=no|categories=no|demo=yes}} | Transclusions | ||||
Lists bottom | |||||||
{{msg:poke-stub}} Talk |
Articles top | ||||||
{{msg:TotallyDisputed}} Talk |
Template:TotallyDisputed | Disputed articles top |
Maintenance
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{{msg:delete}} Talk, list |
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Articles at top | ||
{{msg:inuse}} Talk, list |
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Articles top | ||
{{msg:inuse30}} Talk, list |
same as msg:inuse except is used to request that current author be allowed to finish an edit that may take up to 30 minutes, to avoid edit conflicts | Articles top | ||
{{msg:inuse60}} Talk, list |
same as msg:inuse except is used to request that current author be allowed to finish an edit that may take up to one hour, to avoid edit conflicts | Articles top | ||
{{msg:inuse90}} Talk, list |
same as msg:inuse except is used to request that current author be allowed to finish an edit that may take up to 90 minutes, to avoid edit conflicts | Articles top | ||
{{msg:inuse120}} Talk, list |
same as msg:inuse except is used to request that current author be allowed to finish an edit that may take up to two hours, to avoid edit conflicts | Articles top | ||
{{msg:notenglish}} Talk, list |
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Articles top | ||
{{msg:protected}} Talk, list |
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Articles top | ||
{{subst:vfd}} Talk, list |
{{subst:#ifeq:a|b||{{subst:#ifexist:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/{{subst:PAGENAME}}|{{subst:lessthan}}!-- The nomination page for this article already existed when this tag was added. If this was because the article had been nominated for deletion before, and you wish to renominate it, please replace "page={{subst:PAGENAME}}" with "page={{subst:PAGENAME}} (2nd nomination)" below before proceeding with the nomination.
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Articles top | ||
{{msg:wiktionary}} Talk, list |
Look up template index in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Articles top | ||
{{msg:copyvio1}} Talk, list |
Template:Copyvio1 | Articles at top | ||
{{msg:copyvio2}} Talk |
Template:Copyvio2 | Articles at bottom |
Sources of articles
(where permitted these sites may also be sources of images, but please check the copyright status for each site)
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{{subst:1911}} Talk |
public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}} : Missing or empty |title= (help)
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the Articles near bottom |
{{subst:2003}} Talk |
Template:2003 | Articles near bottom |
{{subst:bioguide}} Talk |
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress | Articles near bottom |
{{msg:Catholic}} Talk |
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. {{cite encyclopedia}} : Missing or empty |title= (help)
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Articles near bottom |
{{msg:CatholicEncyclopedia}} Talk |
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. {{cite encyclopedia}} : Missing or empty |title= (help)
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Articles near bottom |
{{msg:DANFS}} Talk |
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. | Articles bottom |
{{msg:eastons}} Talk |
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons. {{cite encyclopedia}} : Missing or empty |title= (help)
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Articles at top |
{{msg:Etude}} Talk |
This article incorporates text from a publication that prior to 1923, is in the public domain: The Etude, Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Company {{citation}} : Missing or empty |title= (help)
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Articles near bottom |
{{msg:NASA}} Talk |
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. | Articles near bottom |
{{subst:FOLDOC}} Talk |
This article is based on material taken from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing prior to 1 November 2008 and incorporated under the "relicensing" terms of the GFDL, version 1.3 or later. | Articles near bottom |
{{msg:NCBI-handbook}} Talk |
This article incorporates public domain material from NCBI Handbook. National Center for Biotechnology Information. | Articles near bottom |
{{msg:NCBI-scienceprimer}} Talk |
This article incorporates public domain material from Science Primer. NCBI. Archived from the original on 2009-12-08. | Articles near bottom Image description page Under image |
{{msg:Schaff-Herzog}} Talk |
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Jackson, Samuel Macauley, ed. (1914). New Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (third ed.). London and New York: Funk and Wagnalls. {{cite encyclopedia}} : Missing or empty |title= (help)
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Articles near bottom |
{{msg:vectorsite}} Talk |
The initial version of this article was based on a public domain article from Greg Goebel's Vectorsite. | Articles Reference |
{{msg:WorldCoin}} Talk |
Template:WorldCoin | Articles Reference |
Redirect pages
One or several to be placed at the bottom of a redirect page. This doesn't prevent the redirect from working.
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{{msg:R from abbreviation}} Talk |
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{{msg:R_from_misspelling}} Talk |
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{{msg:R_for_alternate_capitalisation}} Talk |
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{{msg:R_with_possibilities}} Talk |
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{{msg:R_to_sort_name}} Talk |
Template:R to sort name | ||
{{msg:R_from_CamelCase}} Talk |
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{{msg:R_from_scientific_name}} Talk |
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{{msg:R_for_as_of}} Talk |
Template:R for as of |
Infoboxes
Attributes
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{{msg:AlbumboxStart}} Talk |
Template:AlbumboxStart | Albumboxes first line |
{{msg:Mountain box start}} Talk |
Template:Mountain box start | Mountainboxes first line |
Taxobox Conservation Status
To be placed in taxoboxes below the name.
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{{msg:StatusSecure}} Talk |
Template:StatusSecure |
{{msg:StatusConcern}} Talk |
Template:StatusConcern |
{{msg:StatusVulnerable}} Talk |
Template:StatusVulnerable |
{{msg:StatusEndangered}} Talk |
Template:StatusEndangered |
{{msg:StatusCritical}} Talk |
Template:StatusCritical |
{{msg:StatusExtinctW}} Talk |
Template:StatusExtinctW |
{{msg:StatusExtinct}} Talk |
Template:StatusExtinct |
{{msg:StatusSeeText}} Talk |
Template:StatusSeeText |
{{msg:StatusUnknown}} Talk |
Template:StatusUnknown |
Taxobox components (Taxons)
The purpose of these messages is to allow easy translation of taxobox components for use in other Wikipedias, see explanation at Wikipedia:MediaWiki namespace.
Talk namespace
WikiProject notices
To be placed at the top of talk pages covered by the associated WikiProject.
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{{msg:Album}} Talk |
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Albums | ||||||||||||
{{msg:BirdTalk}} Talk |
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Birds | ||||||||||||
for articles strongly about CAM {{subst:CamNotice}} Talk |
Template:CamNotice | Alternative Medicine | ||||||||||||
for articles weakly about CAM {{subst:CamNotice}} Talk |
Template:CamTanNotice | Alternative Medicine | ||||||||||||
{{msg:CMedWikiProject}} Talk |
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Clinical medicine | ||||||||||||
{{msg:CriticalTheory}} Talk |
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Critical Theory | ||||||||||||
{{msg:Magic}} Talk |
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Magic | ||||||||||||
{{msg:Mountain}} Talk |
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Mountains | ||||||||||||
{{msg:philosophy}} Talk |
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Philosophy | ||||||||||||
{{msg:PrimateTalk}} Talk |
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Primates |
Other
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{{msg:Korean}} Talk |
Template:Korean requires
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Talk at top |
{{msg:Past-vfd}} Talk |
Template:Past-vfd | Talk at top |
Image description namespace
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{{msg:copyrighted}} Talk |
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{{msg:copyrightedFreeUse}} Talk |
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Images at bottom | ||||||||
{{msg:PAphoto}} Talk |
Template:PAphoto | Images top | ||||||||
{{msg:CrownCopyright}} Talk |
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Images top | ||||||||
{{subst:fairuse}} Talk |
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Image descriptions varies | ||||||||
{{subst:ifd}} Talk |
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{{subst:noncommercial}} Talk |
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Image descriptions varies | ||||||||
{{subst:PD}} Talk |
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Image descriptions varies | ||||||||
{{subst:PD-US}} Talk |
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Image descriptions varies | ||||||||
{{msg:PD-USGov}} Talk |
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Image descriptions varies | ||||||||
{{msg:PermissionAndFairUse}} Talk |
Template:PermissionAndFairUse | Images top | ||||||||
{{msg:sample20s64k}} |
Template:Sample20s64k | Sound file desc bottom | ||||||||
{{msg:screenshot}} Talk |
Template:Screenshot | Image descriptions varies | ||||||||
{{msg:unverified}} Talk |
Images top |
Project namespace
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{{msg:SampleWikiProject}} Talk |
Template:SampleWikiProject | WikiProject talk at bottom |
{{msg:sandbox}} Talk |
(quite long, see MediaWiki:Sandbox) | Wikipedia:sandbox top |
{{subst:sandboxpaste}} Talk |
<noinclude>{{Please leave this line alone (template sandbox heading)}}<!--
* Welcome to the template sandbox! * * Please leave this part alone * * The page is cleared regularly * * Feel free to try your editing skills below * ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■--></noinclude> |
Wikipedia:sandbox top |
{{subst:specialpageslist}} Talk |
(see MediaWiki:specialpageslist) | Lists top |
{{subst:villagepump}} Talk |
(quite long, see MediaWiki:villagepump) | Village pump top |
{{subst:WikipediaFAQ}} Talk |
(see MediaWiki:WikipediaFAQ) | FAQ pages top and bottom |
User and User talk namespace
General
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{{msg:newpagelinks}} Talk |
User pages wherever | |
{{msg:pic_of_the_day_Tuesday}} Use {{msg:pic_of_the_day_{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}}} Talk |
Bistorta officinalis, also known as he common bistort, is a species of flowering plant in the dock family Polygonaceae. It is native to Europe and northern and western Asia, but has also been cultivated and become naturalized in other parts of the world such as in the United States. It is typically found growing in moist meadows, nutrient-rich wooded swamps, forest edges, wetlands, parks, gardens and disturbed ground. A herbaceous perennial, it grows to a height of 20 to 80 centimetres (8 to 31 inches). It blooms from late spring into autumn, producing tall, erect, unbranched and hairless stems ending in single terminal racemes that are club-like spikes, 5 to 7 centimetres (2 to 3 inches) long, of rose-pink flowers. This B. officinalis inflorescence was photographed in the Austrian Alps.Photograph credit: Uoaei1
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User pages wherever |
{{subst:test}} Talk |
Hello, I'm [[User:{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}]]. An edit that you recently made seemed to be a test and has been reverted. If you want to practice editing, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on [[User talk:{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}|my talk page]]. Thanks! | User talk end |
{{subst:test2}} Talk |
Please refrain from making test edits in Wikipedia pages, even if you intend to fix them later. Your edits have been reverted. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. Thank you. | User talk end |
{{subst:test3}} Talk |
Please stop making test edits to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism, which, under Wikipedia policy, can lead to being blocked from editing. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. | User talk end |
{{subst:test4}} Talk |
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia. | User talk end |
Open tasks
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{{msg:BuddhismOpenTask}} Talk |
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{{msg:CriticalTheoryTasks}} Talk |
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{{msg:MagicTasks}} Talk |
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{{msg:opentask}} Talk |
You can help improve the articles listed below! This list updates frequently, so check back here for more tasks to try. (See Wikipedia:Maintenance or the Task Center for further information.) Fix spelling and grammar
Update with new information
Expand short articles
Check and add references
Fix original research issues
Improve lead sections
Add an image
Translate and clean up
Help counter systemic bias by creating new articles on important women. Help improve popular pages, especially those of low quality. | ||||||||||||
{{msg:PhilosophyTasks}} Talk |
WikiProject Philosophy task list
A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
Edit this list | To do | stubs | Article alerts | Cleanup listing | Category | Portal | RFC | Deletion | Requested articles | Discussion
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- Wikipedia disambiguation pages
- Articles for deletion using wrong syntax
- NA-Class Album articles
- WikiProject Albums articles
- NA-Class bird articles
- NA-importance bird articles
- WikiProject Birds articles
- NA-Class medicine articles
- NA-importance medicine articles
- All WikiProject Medicine articles
- NA-Class Philosophy articles
- NA-importance Philosophy articles
- NA-Class Magic articles
- NA-importance Magic articles
- WikiProject Magic articles
- NA-Class Mountain articles
- NA-importance Mountain articles
- All WikiProject Mountains pages
- NA-Class Primate articles
- NA-importance Primate articles
- WikiProject Primates articles
- Copyrighted free use
- Incomplete license