Wiki143:Template index/General

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}} links talk edit	Template:Disambiguation	Bottom of disambiguation pages.
{{disambiguation cleanup}} links talk edit	Template:Disambiguation cleanup	Bottom of disambiguation pages that need cleanup.
{{place name disambiguation}} links talk edit Redirect: Template:Tl	Template:Geodis	Bottom of disambiguation pages consisting only of geographic locations.
{{human name disambiguation}} links talk edit Redirect: Template:Tl	Template:Hndis	Bottom of disambiguation pages whose title is a human name.
{{number disambiguation}} links talk edit Redirects: Template:Tl, Template:Tl	Template:Numberdis	Bottom of number-oriented
{{set index article}} links talk edit Redirect: Template:Tl	Template:SIA	Bottom of list articles about a set of items of a specific type that share the same (or similar) name.
{{surname}} links talk edit	Template:DmboxTemplate:Main other	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}}  links talk edit Redirects: Template:Tl, Template:Tl, ...	Topic may refer to:	Top
{{subst:disamb2}}  links talk edit Redirect: Template:Tl	Template:Disamb2	In line
{{subst:disamb3}}  links talk edit Redirect: Template:Tl	Template:Disamb3	In line
{{subst:disamb4|Topic|description}}  links talk edit Redirects: Template:Tl, Template:Tl	Template:Disamb4	Top
{{subst:disambiguation name|Name}}  links talk edit Redirect: Template:Tl	Template:Disambiguation name	Top
{{subst:disamb-name2|Topic|description}}  links talk edit Redirect: Template:Tl	Template:Disamb-name2	Top
{{subst:disamb-term|term}}  links talk edit Redirect: Template:Tl	Template:Disamb-term	Top
{{subst:disamb-terms|term1|term2}}  links talk edit Redirect: Template:Tl	Template:Disamb-terms	Top

Section

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{details|location}} links talk edit		Sections near top
{{further|location}} links talk edit		Sections near top
{{main|location}} links talk edit		Sections near top
{{main list|location}} links talk edit		Sections near top
{{see also|location}} links talk edit		Sections near top

Footnotes and references

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{citation}} links talk edit	Makes a formatted citation for use with Harvard style reference links.	Articles notes or references
{{Harvard citation|name|year}} links talk edit Redirect: Template:Tl	Makes a Harvard style reference link.	Articles notes or references
{{note|name}} links talk 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}} links talk 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}} links talk edit	Makes reference links and footnotes[1] that are numbered automatically.[2]	Articles notes or references
{{ref label|name|label|backlink}} links talk edit	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
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Anachronism Use Template:Tl for use at exact examples.	Top of articles or sections that have anachronisms
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Use 'section' in 2nd parameter, if tagging a section.	Top of articles or sections about current events
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Current disaster	Top of articles about current disasters
Template:Tl Template:Lts/		Article top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/		Article top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Current spaceflight	Article top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/		Article top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Current sports transaction	Article top
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Tmbox	Talk page top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	The current date and time is 18 December 2025 T 10:06 UTC.	Talk page top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Recent death	Article top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/		Article top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/		Article or section top

External issues

What to type	What it produces	Where to put it
{{False version}} links talk edit	Template:False version	Article top

Title-related messages

What to type	What it produces	Where to put it
{{correct title|title=article}} links talk edit	Template:Correct title	Article top
{{lowercase title|article}} links talk 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}} links talk edit	Template:Special characters	Article top

Expansion requests

See also: Expansion requests in the talk namespace

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes	Section top	Article top