Wikipedia:Template index/General

"WP:OTHERUSES" redirects here. For the guideline on hatnotes, see Wikipedia:Hatnote.

This page is about templates relating to article descriptions. For templates related to issues and disputes with articles, including NPOV, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Disputes. For templates related to formatting, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Format. For templates related to cleanup, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup.

Disambiguation and redirection

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}} edit		Bottom of disambiguation pages.
{{disambiguation cleanup}} edit		Bottom of disambiguation pages that need cleanup.
{{place name disambiguation}} edit Redirect: {{geodis}}		Bottom of disambiguation pages consisting only of geographic locations.
{{human name disambiguation}} edit Redirect: {{hndis}}		Bottom of disambiguation pages whose title is a human name.
{{number disambiguation}} edit Redirects: {{numberdis}}, {{numdab}}		Bottom of number-oriented
{{set index article}} edit Redirect: {{SIA}}		Bottom of list articles about a set of items of a specific type that share the same (or similar) name.
{{surname}} edit		Bottom of surname (last name) disambiguation pages.

In introductory lines

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).

What to type	What it produces	Where to put it
{{subst:refer|Topic}}  edit Redirects: {{disamb1}}, {{may refer to}}, ...	Topic may refer to:	Top
{{subst:disamb2}}  edit Redirect: {{itref}}	It may refer to:	In line
{{subst:disamb3}}  edit Redirect: {{theyref}}	They may refer to:	In line
{{subst:disamb4|Topic|description}}  edit Redirects: {{refers2}}, {{mayrefer2}}	Topic may refer to description:	Top
{{subst:disambiguation name|Name}}  edit Redirect: {{nameref}}	The name Name may refer to:	Top
{{subst:disamb-name2|Topic|description}}  edit Redirect: {{nameof}}	Topic is the name of description, including:	Top
{{subst:disamb-term|term}}  edit Redirect: {{termref}}	The term "term" may refer to:	Top
{{subst:disamb-terms|term1|term2}}  edit Redirect: {{termsref}}	The terms "term1" and "term2" may refer to:	Top

Section

See also: Wikipedia:Template index/Section

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{details|location}} edit	Further information: location	Sections near top
{{further|location}} edit	Further information: location	Sections near top
{{main|location}} edit	Main article: location	Sections near top
{{main list|location}} edit	For a more comprehensive list, see location.	Sections near top
{{see also|location}} edit	See also: location	Sections near top

Footnotes and references

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{citation}} edit	Makes a formatted citation for use with Harvard style reference links.	Articles notes or references
{{Harvard citation|name|year}} edit Redirect: {{harv}}	Makes a Harvard style reference link.	Articles notes or references
{{note|name}} edit	^ 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}} edit	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}} edit	Makes reference links and footnotes[2]	Articles notes or references
{{ref label|name|label|backlink}} edit	Makes reference links and footnotes[1] with specific labels.[2]	Articles notes or references

Timing-related messages

See also: Wikipedia:Current event templates and Category:Temporal templates

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{anachronism}} edit	Use {{anachronism inline}} for use at exact examples.	Top of articles or sections that have anachronisms
{{current}} edit	Use 'section' in 2nd parameter, if tagging a section.	Top of articles or sections about current events
{{current disaster}} edit		Top of articles about current disasters
{{current person}} edit		Article top
{{current related}} edit		Article top
{{current spaceflight}} edit		Article top
{{current sport}} edit		Article top
{{current sports transaction}} edit		Article top
{{high traffic}} category edit		Talk page top
{{now}} edit	The current date and time is 31 March 2025 T 09:02 UTC.	Talk page top
{{recent death}} edit		Article top
{{recentism}} edit		Article top
{{update}} edit		Article or section top

External issues

What to type	What it produces	Where to put it
{{False version}} edit		Article top

Title-related messages

What to type	What it produces	Where to put it
{{correct title|title=article}} edit		Article top
{{lowercase title|article}} edit	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

What to type	What it produces	Where to put it
{{special characters}} edit		Article top

Expansion requests

See also: Expansion requests in the talk namespace

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