This page provides an index of

templates Template may refer to: Tools * Die (manufacturing), used to cut or shape material * Mold, in a molding process * Stencil, a pattern or overlay used in graphic arts (drawing, painting, etc.) and sewing to replicate letters, shapes or designs Co ...

used within Wikipedia, many of which convey ''messages''; they are grouped into topic-specific headings. For information on what templates are, and how the template namespace is intended to be used, see WP:Template namespace. For information on template use and development, see Help:Template. For the project team looking after templates on Wikipedia, see WP:WikiProject Templates. For navigation templates rather than notices, see WP:Navigation templates. For stub templates (used to flag articles as incomplete and needing significant expansion), see WP:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types. For some examples of message templates, see WP:Template index/Examples. For examples of combined message boxes, see WP:Template index/Cleanup/Verifiability and sources § Combined message boxes.

Using this page

The bold links at the top of each cell lead to detailed pages which describe the templates in that section in detail and explain how and when to use them. If you cannot find the template you are looking for, please click on the section headers that seem most relevant, since there may be templates for a particular usage covered on the detailed pages, but not listed in the table below. If you still cannot find the template you need, you can request it on Wikipedia:Requested templates. For help on creating templates, see Help:Template or contact a user who has identified themself as an adept template coder. Note that in order to maintain consistent design of templates, there have been significant discussions about a variety of templates at both Template talk:Ambox and Wikipedia talk:Talk page templates. A more comprehensive category system may also be viewed at :Wikipedia templates.

Can improvements be made easily to a page?

Before placing cleanup templates on a page, it is worthwhile to cast a

critical Critical or Critically may refer to: *Critical, or critical but stable, medical states **Critical, or intensive care medicine *Critical juncture, a discontinuous change studied in the social sciences. *Critical Software, a company specializing in ...

eye over the page to determine whether or not you can make the improvements easily, thus eliminating the need for a tag.

Search

As an alternative to using this index, you can search the Template namespace using the box below: type=fulltext width=40 namespaces=Template** searchbuttonlabel=Search bgcolor=#ffffff break=no placeholder=Search templates You can also search Wikipedia:Template messages in the box below: type=fulltext width=40 prefix=Wikipedia:Template messages searchbuttonlabel=Search break=no placeholder=Search Wikipedia:Template messages

Article-related namespace

''Please list navigational templates (as, for example, between pages relating to a specific topic) at Wikipedia:Navigation template or at the appropriate

WikiProject A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiq ...

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General A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED ...

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Section Section, Sectioning or Sectioned may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * Section (music), a complete, but not independent, musical idea * Section (typography), a subdivision, especially of a chapter, in books and documents ** Section sig ...

* Footnotes and references * Timing-related * Title-related * Character/symbol notes * Expansion requests * Disambiguation introductory lines *

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