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{{short description|Templates collaboration}}
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This [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]] was formed by [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedians]] to better manage this encyclopedia's myriad '''templates'''. This page <!--and {{subpages}}--> contains their many useful suggestions, and it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the project's [[{{NAMESPACE}} talk:{{PAGENAME}}|talk page]] and see the [[#Open tasks|to-do list]].

==Goals==
The main goal of this WikiProject is:
:''To help manage the [[WP:TMP|template namespace]] of [[Wikipedia]].''

==Scope==
It consists of:
#Conducting efforts to better organize, document and display all templates in the [[WP:TMP|template namespace]], including: [[WP:NAV|navigation templates]], [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (infoboxes)|infobox templates]], [[Wikipedia:Inline templates linking country articles|inline templates linking country articles]], [[WP:STUBS|stub types]], [[WP:ICT|image copyright tags]] and [[Wikipedia:Babel|user language templates (Babel)]].
#Solving specific templates issues, such as [[WP:TS|standardisation]] and [[Wikipedia:Template locations|locations]].
#Improving the general documentation on how to create and use templates, in addition to improving the [[Wikipedia:Template documentation|documentation]] pages of the individual templates.
#Clean-up of the unused, unneeded and/or redundant templates, using the [[WP:TFD|templates for discussion (TfD)]] process and guidelines.
#Providing help and guidance in creating, updating, correcting and testing templates.
#Improving template [[web accessibility|accessibility]]

==Related WikiProjects==
===Child projects===
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Infoboxes|WikiProject Infoboxes]]&nbsp;– a central location for infobox designers to assist each other
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Inline Templates|WikiProject Inline Templates]]&nbsp;– for [[:Category:Inline templates|inline templates]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting|WikiProject Stub sorting]]&nbsp;– for [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types|stub templates]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Succession Box Standardization|WikiProject Succession Box Standardization]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject User warnings|WikiProject User warnings]]&nbsp;– for [[Wikipedia:Template index/User talk namespace|user talk namespace template messages]]
*[[WP:WikiProject Userboxes|WikiProject Userboxes]] &nbsp;– for [[WP:Userboxes|Userboxes]]

===Task forces===
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Templates/Unused Templates Task Force|Unused Templates Task Force]]&nbsp;– for dealing with the unused templates backlog

===Related===
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories|WikiProject Categories]]&nbsp;– maintain Wikipedia's category system
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Category Suppression|WikiProject Category Suppression]]&nbsp;– automatic categorization and suppression of it in templates
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Microformats|WikiProject Microformats]]&nbsp;– addition of [[microformat]]s to appropriate templates

==Participants==
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<div style="float:right; margin-left:12pt;">{{User WP Templates|nocat=true}}</div>
To become a participant, add your name to the list below (in alphabetical order, please). If you like, you can proudly show your participation by adding one of the following templates to your user page:
: {{t|User WP Templates}} ([[WP:Userbox|userbox]])
: {{tl|WikiProject Templates participant}} (large userbox)
: {{tlu|User:LikeLakers2/Topicons/WPTemplates}} ([[WP:TOPICON|topicon]])
: {{tlu|Wikipedia:KIS/WPT}} ([[WP:KIS|KIS]] label)

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* {{Mailing list member|user=23emr|joined=19:51, 15 December 2020 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Abhisheks 91|joined=19:51, 19 December 2015 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Aidan9382|joined=10:53, 26 January 2023 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Alakzi|joined=12:51, 1 August 2015 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Amit6|joined=13:52, 29 October 2008 UTC}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Atakes Ris|joined=08:59, 9 August 2024 UTC}} - I have been adding templates to articles without them
* {{Mailing list member|user=andrybak|joined=22:09, 13 July 2019 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Arsenikk|joined=23:59, 20 May 2008 UTC}} - have made a lot of templates, and will continue to do so
* {{Mailing list member|user=Aseleste|joined=2021-01-29T18:54:50+08:00}} - I can write advanced templates and modules.  Willing to help if asked.
* {{Mailing list member|user=Bduke|joined=12;31,7 November 2022}} 
* {{Mailing list member|user=BeastBoy-X}} I create, improve, copy, create, improve, copy, create, improve and copy templates  
* {{Mailing list member|user=benzband}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Berrely|joined=15:21, 17 April 2020 (UTC)}} - Frquently fix and add template documentation.
* {{Mailing list member|user=BrandonXLF|joined={{#invoke:time|time|dmy24|}}}} - I've been organizing, fixing and making a lot of templates. I also convert templates to lua.
* {{Mailing list member|user=Brustopher|joined=21:27, 14 July 2011 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Buaidh|joined=15:58, 14 April 2015 UTC}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Cannibaloki|joined=18:11, 17 May 2008 UTC}} - I like to correct infoxes about music, bands, templates and so on.
* {{Mailing list member|user=Chochopk|joined=01:13, 10 October 2006 UTC}} (球球PK)
* {{Mailing list member|user=Clarkcj12|joined=15:06, 14 September 2012 UTC}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Daedalus969|joined=04:20, 21 December 2009 UTC}} - I love burying myself in code.
* {{Mailing list member|user=Daniel Mietchen|joined=02:52, 6 August 2015 (UTC)}} - interested in using information from Wikidata
* {{Mailing list member|user=DannyS712|joined=06:47, 25 December 2018 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Dawn PScLim|joined=13:21, 13 April 2022 (UTC)}} - I edit a few templates daily and edit their visualtext
* {{Mailing list member|user=Day000Walker}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=DGG|joined=19:27, 11 May 2011 UTC}} attempting to make some of the user messages more friendly
* {{Mailing list member|user=Diligent Terrier|joined=23:37, 23 February 2008 UTC|notarget=yes}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Drilnoth|joined=14:56, 24 January 2009 UTC}} - I like working on various templates.
* {{Mailing list member|user=Enterprisey|joined=03:13, 10 August 2014 UTC}} - Can't believe I didn't hear about this before now.
* {{Mailing list member|user=emerson7|joined=16:51, 19 July 2008 UTC}} specific interest in navigational template standards
* {{Mailing list member|user=Est. 2021|joined=02:23, 21 January 2021 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Fabartus|joined=15:06, 23 March 2007 UTC}} - Currently finalizing initial [[WP:TSP]] system and structures, which should be a sub-project or sister project of this wikiproject.
* {{Mailing list member|user=Faizhaider|joined=05:09, 25 February 2009 UTC}} - created & edited few templates.
* {{Mailing list member|user=FenrisAureus|joined=16:14, 20 February 2024 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Godsy|joined=05:03, 25 December 2015 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Helixsoft|joined=01:14, 22 January 2014 UTC}} '''[[User:Helixsoft|Helixsoft]]''' ([[User talk:Helixsoft|Talk]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/Helixsoft|Contributions]]&#124;[[User:Helixsoft/Templates|Templates]]&#124;[[User:Helixsoft/Userboxes|Userboxes]])
* {{User|Hike395}} --- editing different infoboxes and their supporting modules
* {{Mailing list member|user=History DMZ|joined=13:45, 3 March 2021 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=HotMess|joined=16:08, 23 August 2022 (UTC)}} - Been adding some TemplateData to TemplateData-less templates I encounter, seeing as nobody else is doing it lol
* {{Mailing list member|user=JackSchmidt|joined=05:43, 27 February 2008 UTC}} - I enjoy template development
* {{Mailing list member|user=Jake01756|joined=20:51, 19 February 2023 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Jayadevp13|joined=09:39, 25 February 2013 UTC}} I try to promote interconnectivity among Wikipedian articles through templates.
* {{Mailing list member|user=Jesus Presley|joined=02:13, 28 November 2012 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Ken Tony|joined=17:26, 20 July 2021 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Kepler-1229b|joined=18:35, 24 January 2021 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Kralizec!|joined=20:26, 1 July 2007 UTC}} - currently working on the naval templates
* {{Mailing list member|user=Lantuszka}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=LikeLakers2|joined=02:50, 19 October 2011 UTC}} - Knows parser functions very well. (ironically, still has to look at [[mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions]] and [[mw:Help:Magic words]] every so often) Helps clean up [[:Category:Wikipedia pages with incorrect protection templates]] using {{[[WP:SUBST|subst:]][[User:LikeLakers2/sync-pp]]}}.
* {{Mailing list member|user=LDW5432|}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Macbrew|joined=01:56, 12 August 2023 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Malconfort|joined=12:54, 19 October 2014 UTC}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=MarioJump83|joined=11:03, 3 October 2020}} I frequently edited templates and modules, especially on war maps and COVID-19
* {{Mailing list member|user=Masssly|joined=09:40, 8 August 2015 UTC}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=MBisanz}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=MCEllis|joined=01:02, 29 December 2017 UTC}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Mike Peel|joined=19:21, 21 February 2007 UTC}} - currently overhauling template categorization.
* {{Mailing list member|user=Mirokado|joined=21:46, 26 September 2010 UTC}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Mitzikarl|<b><font color="#efe1b1" face="papyrus">Mitzikarl</font></b>|joined=5:46, 25 November 2020 UTC}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Mjquinn_id|joined=10:10, 25 January 2009 UTC}} - Sports:Tennis, WikiProject Banners, Navboxes
* {{Mailing list member|user=Mlpearc}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=MonkeyStolen234|joined=12:31, 8 May 2019 UTC}} - I have edited a few and created one and I want to make it official.
* {{Mailing list member|user=Mr. Guye|joined=07:35, 22 November 2017 (UTC)}} I edit templates frequently
* {{Mailing list member|user=Mr. Yondris Ferguson|joined=08:22, 24 June 2014 UTC}} - Just became a novice editor and I want to contribute more.
* {{Mailing list member|user=Music1201}} - creating templates, and adding [[WP:TemplateData|TemplateData]] to commonly used templates
* {{Mailing list member|user=Mycranthebigman|joined=22:04, 19 April 2022 UTC}} - Yass, templates! 
* [[User:Nanami-seven-three|Nanami-seven-three]] ([[User talk:Nanami-seven-three|talk]]) - I can built some templates and I can help categorize and list stuff!
* {{Mailing list member|user=Nicky Nouse}} 24 January 2011 - I spend all my time on [[Wikia]] and know about template syntax.
* {{Mailing list member|user=Nmajdan|joined=21:20, 4 January 2007 UTC}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=nsaa|joined=22:37, 17 October 2008 UTC}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Paine Ellsworth|joined=20:02, 4 December 2014 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Paulscrawl|joined=06:50, 25 September 2015 (UTC))}} Hacked dozens of templates for work-related MediaWiki install years ago, somehow still in heavy use without me around or proper documentation. Learning better structured template development and documentation to leverage my contributions on Wikipedia.
* {{Mailing list member|user=PC-XT}} varied knowledge, if I don't know something, I want to help find it out
* {{Mailing list member|user=Pigsonthewing|joined=10:06, 23 April 2007 UTC}} - Especially interested on the addition of [[microformat]]s to templates (per [[WP:UF|the microformats project]], reducing redundancy and standardising template-property nomenclature, to make life easier for editors. Also their [[web accessibility|accessibility]]
* {{Mailing list member|user=Ringbang|joined=14:49, 14 April 2016 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Robert Skyhawk|joined=17:17, 30 May 2010 UTC}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=RobinHood70|joined=08:26, 26 June 2011 UTC}} - I enjoy optimizing templates and adding new functionality. I also have a non-editing bot that can generate a list of all calls to a template with their parameters.
* {{Mailing list member|user=Rubenerd|joined=14:34, 9 February 2012 UTC}} Run my own MediaWiki install with custom templates; am fascinated by them! I help fix broken implementations and those using outdated/depracated syntax, particularly navboxes and infoboxes.
* {{Mailing list member|user=Rursus|joined=10:08, 11 June 2007 UTC}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Sam Sailor|joined=10:44, 24 June 2016 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user= Satnam S Virdi|joined=15:11, 26 February 2016 UTC}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Sdkb|joined=19:30, 23 March 2020 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Skeezix1000|joined=11:40, 19 July 2007 UTC}} - Too many articles are infected with superfluous templates - want to help improve the good templates, reduce the number of ones that simply repeat what could be better accomplished by a category
* {{Mailing list member|user=Sm8900|joined=[[User:Sm8900|Sm8900]] ([[User talk:Sm8900|talk]]) 18:45, 8 February 2024 (UTC)}}

* {{Mailing list member|user=SMcCandlish|joined=13:08, 6 August 2015 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=SriramPGDLitt|joined=14:54, 11 May 2024 UTC}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Srolanh|joined=18:51, 23 February 2014 UTC}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Steel1943|joined=08:32, 18 November 2013 UTC}} - I've been creating and updating a lot of "/doc" pages lately...
* {{Mailing list member|user=Technical 13|joined=01:30, 15 January 2015 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Terasail|joined=17:38, 18 October 2020 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=The Obento Musubi|joined=05:14, 29 March 2015 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=The Pancake of Heaven!|joined=02:48, 18 July 2016 (UTC)}} - I enjoy making templates, I'll try to work on them some more.
* {{Mailing list member|user=The Userboxer|joined=01:37, 11 October 2007 UTC}} - I am available to help with more advanced functions like ParserFunctions, as well as more general HTML/wiki?CSS syntax.

* {{Mailing list member|user=Tlustulimu|joined=I chiefly work about templates on the both Sorbian Wikipedias and on the Esperanto-Wikipedia. 11:12, 13 April 2012 UTC}}

* {{Mailing list member|user=UserboxMaker35}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Unionhawk|joined=20:30, 12 May 2009 UTC}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Vanisaac}} Probably should put my name down if I'm going to be answering questions on the talk page.
* {{Mailing list member|user=VarunFEB2003}} I adore templates!
* {{Mailing list member|user=WikiCleanerMan}} Creator of the Unused Templates Task Force; here to help reorganize, better update, and create necessary templates.
* {{Mailing list member|user=Willscrlt|joined=08:18, 22 January 2007 UTC}} - Intermediate esoteric template developer.
* {{Mailing list member|user=Xiphoid Vigour|joined=08:17, 18 March 2025 (UTC)}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Yjenith|joined=13:02, 6 March 2012 UTC}} - Handling parameters of the templates known to some extent. Major creations: {{tl|Twitter status}} and {{tl|Twitter trends}}.
* {{Mailing list member|user=Young Lecturer}}
* {{Mailing list member|user=Zenexer|joined=05:42, 12 November 2012 UTC}}
* [[User:H.K.pauw|H.K.pauw]] ([[User talk:H.K.pauw|talk]])
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==Open tasks==
===[[WP:TM|Template namespace]]===
*Display all templates.
*A better organisation of templates into subpages.

===[[Wikipedia:Navigation templates|Navigation templates]]===
* List all navigational templates.
* Make a good organisation of the page's sections, and consider splitting the page into topical subpages.
* Precise the location of each template (side or bottom).
* Create a good guideline that organise and maybe standardise the creation of navigational templates.

===[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (infoboxes)|Infobox templates]]===
* List all infoboxes
** done, but needs keeping up-to-date; see [[Wikipedia:List of infoboxes]]
* Make a good organisation of the page's sections, and consider spliting the page into topical subpages.
* replace direct transclusions of {{tl|Infobox}} with more specific templates.

===[[Wikipedia:Inline templates linking country articles|Country-referencing templates]]===
*List all country-referencing templates, including countries and nations that no longer exist.
*Solving the issues on the used country codes and flags.

===Other===
* Answer [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Wikipedia technical issues and templates|requests for comment]]
* Create [[Wikipedia:Requested templates|requested templates]]

==Best template-related pages==
These pages are the best pages concerning lists of templates, and should be examples for other template-related pages.
*[[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags|Image copyright tags]]: It's a complete list of all Image copyright tags, with a description of each template. In addition to a great categorisation and documentation of these tags.
*[[WP:WSS/ST|Stub types]]: Also a complete list of stub templates, well categorised, and with statistics.

==Templates==
===Project banner===
* {{tlg|WikiProject Templates}} <del style="color:red;">*deleted* (as of Jan 2010) [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 January 17#Template:WikiProject Templates|<del style="color:red;">see TfD discussion</del>]]</del> <ins style="color:green">'''Restored''' with coding that bans categorization onto template talk pages <em>unless</em> it is shown that it is a maintenance template for <em>other templates</em>, which tend to be more important to the project.</ins>

===Internal links===
* {{tl|tl}} and its redirect {{tl|template}}
:example: {{tl|tl}}, {{template|template}}
* {{tl|tic}}
:example: {{tic|tic}}
* {{tl|ti}}
:example: {{ti|ti}}
* {{tl|lt}}
:example: {{lt|lt}}
* {{tl|ltt}}
:example: {{ltt|ltt}}
* {{tl|ttl}} (t=talk, l=links)
:example: [[:Template talk:ttl]]<!-- using this form, because of alignment problems -->
* {{tl|tlx}}
:example: {{tlx|tlx|parameter2}}
{{Clear}}

===Sandboxes===
* {{tl|Template sandbox}}
* {{tl|x1}}
* {{tl|x2}}
* {{tl|x3}}

==Guidelines==
===Types===
* [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags|Image copyright tags]]
* [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (infoboxes)|Manual of Style (infoboxes)]]
** [[:Category:Infobox templates]]
* [[Wikipedia:Navigation templates|Navigation templates]]
* [[Wikipedia:Template messages|Template messages]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types|Stub types]]
* [[Wikipedia:Userboxes|Userboxes]]

===Wikipedia policies, guidelines and projects===
====Guidelines====
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* [[Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates]]
* [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#Templates]]
* [[Wikipedia:High-risk templates]]
* [[Wikipedia:Taxobox usage]]
* [[Wikipedia:Template namespace]]
* [[Wikipedia:User page]]
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====Projects====
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* [[Wikipedia:Infobox standardisation]]
* [[Wikipedia:Template limits]]
* [[Wikipedia:Template locations]], ongoing survey
* [[Wikipedia:Template standardisation]]
* [[Wikipedia:Transclusion costs and benefits]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Inline Templates]]
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====Help pages====
* [[Help:A quick guide to templates]]
* [[Help:Advanced templates]]
* [[Help:Template]]
* [[Help:Variable]]

====Meta-pages====
{{Metapar|Help:Template}}
* [[m:Help:A quick guide to templates]]
* [[m:Help:Advanced templates]]
* [[m:Help:Template]]
* [[m:Help:Variable]]
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====Other proposals====
* [[Wikipedia:Avoid using meta-templates]] (rejected)
* [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion/Proposal/T1]]
* [[Wikipedia:Huge message boxes]] (rejected)
* [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Proposal]] - a failed proposal

===Requests===
* [[Wikipedia:Requested templates]]
* [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion]]
* [[:Category:Wikipedia template cleanup]]

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