Wiki143:Template index/Talk namespace

These are templates that can be used on talk pages. There are also additional templates at List of discussion templates, and User talk page templates. See the See also section below for links to additional templates and guidelines.

If you create a new, or modify an old, talk page template, please read the guideline first about how they should look at Talk page templates.

General

What to type	Result	Where to put it
{{bug report}} links talk edit	Template:Bug report	On talk pages
{{high traffic}} links talk edit	Template:Tmbox	Top of talk page
{{notice}} links talk edit	Template:Mbox	At the top of talk page but below WikiProject banners. Used for any general messages.
{{outdent}} links talk edit	Template:Outdent	In a discussion thread when the indention of previous replies gets too deep, e.g.,  ::::This is the previous post, indented 4 levels {{Outdent|::::}}Start of a new post
{{press}} links talk edit	Template:Press	Top of talk page
{{skip to talk}} links talk edit	Template:Mbox	At the top of talk page, for link to TOC in page with many header or message templates at top.

Archiving

What to type	Result (and usage notes)	Where to put it
{{Archive}} links talk edit		Top of archive page
{{Archive request}} links talk edit	Template:Archive request	Top of long talk page that needs archiving
{{Archives}} links talk edit	Template:Archives	Top of talk page

Biography

What to type	Result	Where to put it
{{BLP}} links talk edit	Template:Check talk wpTemplate:Tmbox	Top of Talk page
{{connected contributor}} links talk edit	Template:Connected contributor	Top of Talk page
{{BLP list}} links talk edit	Template:BLP list	Top of Talk page

Comments

What to type	What it makes
{{caution}} links talk edit	Template:Mbox
{{censor}} links talk edit	Template:Censor
{{central}} links talk edit	Template:Central
{{consensus}} links talk edit	Template:Mbox
{{controversial}} links talk edit
{{not a forum}} links talk edit	Template:TmboxTemplate:Template other
{{notice}} links talk edit	Template:Mbox
{{old XfD multi}} links talk edit	Template:Old XfD multi
{{Old moves}} links talk edit
{{Q&A}} links talk edit	Template:Q&A
{{round in circles}} links talk edit	Template:Round in circles
Template:Tlxs Template:Lts/	— Example (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 17:38, 19 December 2025 (UTC).
{{talk header}} links talk edit
{{talk page of redirect}} links talk edit	Template:Tmbox
{{talk page stalker}} links talk edit	Template:Talk page stalker plus other options, e.g., Template:Talk page stalker
Template:Tlxs Template:Lts/	— Preceding unsigned comment added by Example (talk • contribs) 17:38, 19 December 2025 (UTC)
Template:Tlxs Template:Lts/	— Preceding unsigned comment added by Name or IP address (talk • contribs) time and date
Template:Tlxs Template:Lts/	— Preceding unsigned comment added by IP address (talk) time and date
Template:Tlxs Template:Lts/	— Preceding unsigned comment added by IP address (talk) time and date
{{warning}} links talk edit	Template:Mbox

Discussion thread tags

What to type	What it makes
{{discussion top}} links talk edit	Template:Discussion top
{{discussion bottom}} links talk edit
{{done}} links talk edit	File:Yes check.svg Done
{{done-t}} links talk edit An alternative to Template:Tl that uses a Unicode text character instead of an image. Note that this makes the symbol turn up as a question mark or a small box in some web browsers.
{{doing}} links talk edit
Template:Tlx Template:Lts/ Useful in old discussions that are re-opened elsewhere	Template:Further discussions
{{help me}} links talk edit
{{not done}} links talk edit
{{not done-t}} links talk edit An alternative to Template:Tl that uses a Unicode text character instead of an image. Note that this makes the symbol turn up as a question mark or a small box in some web browsers.
{{OOCOT}} links talk edit
{{OOCOB}} links talk edit
{{reply to}} links talk edit
{{resolved}} links talk edit
{{unresolved}} links talk edit
{{stale}} links talk edit
{{stuck}} links talk edit

Expansion and improvement

What to type	What it makes
Template:Tlx Template:Lts/	Template:Refideas
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Mboxno

Requests

What to type	What it makes
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Audio requested
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Check talk wpTemplate:Tmbox
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Image requested
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Check talk wpTemplate:Tmbox
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:TmboxTemplate:Talk other

Peer review

What to type	What it makes
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Talkspace detect
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:TmboxTemplate:Talk other

FAQ

What to type	What it makes
{{FAQ}} links talk edit	Template:FAQ

Featured and good articles

What to type	What it makes
Template:Tlsp	Template:Tmbox
Template:Tlsp	Template:Tmbox
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Tmbox

Free images

What to type	What it makes
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Cmbox

Translation requests

What to type	What it makes
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Expand Spanish

Templates for other languages are available in Category:Expand by language Wikipedia templates. For full instructions, see WP:Translation.

Fringe subjects

Template:Tl Talk

Template:Talk fringe

WikiProject notices

To be placed at the top of talk pages of articles covered by the associated WikiProject:

Banner shells

What to type	Result	Where to put it
Template:Tl	Template:WikiProject banner shell	Use to condense multiple WikiProject notices on a talk page. List each WikiProject template with an additional parameter of , e.g., {{WikiProject banner shell|1= {{WikiProject Physics}} }} See Talk:William Brown (admiral) for an example of use.

Educational assignment

What to type	Result	Where to put it
Template:Tl	Template:Educational assignment	Top of talk page

See also

• Help:Talk pages
• Wikipedia:List of discussion templates
• Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines
• Wikipedia:Talk page layout
• Category:Article talk header templates
• Category:Non-subject-matter-related article-talk header templates
• Category:Talk header templates
• Category:Talk message boxes

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