Wiki143:Template index/Wikipedia namespace

The Wikipedia:Project namespace includes Wikipedia official policies and guidelines, process pages, discussion pages, optional essays, informative pages, humorous and historical pages.

Policies and guidelines

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Omboxno	Official policies top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Legal policy	Official policies top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Procedural policy	Official policies top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Omboxno	Pages that document guidelines top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:MoS-guideline	Pages that document style guidelines top
Template:Tlx Template:Lts/ Guideline category should be one of: behavioral guideline content guideline deletion guideline editing guideline naming convention notability guideline style guideline	Example for naming convention as <guideline category>: Template:Wikipedia subcat guideline	For tagging guidelines of specific categories top Use only available (sub-) categories
Template:Tlx	Template:Disputedtag	Disputed "policy"/"guideline" designations top
Template:Tlx	Template:Disputedtag	Disputed sections of policies/guidelines section
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Proposed	Policy/guideline proposals top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Draft proposal	Drafts of policy/guideline proposals top
Template:Tlx	Template:Under discussion	Policies and guidelines whose status as policy or guideline is being actively discussed, although their current status is not contested. top
Template:Tlx	Template:Under discussion	Sections of policies, guidelines or other pages which are being actively discussed at the talk page section
Template:Tlx	Template:Under discussion-inline	Specific wordings or sentences in policies, guidelines or other pages which are being actively discussed at the talk page within text
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Failed	Failed policy/guideline proposals top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Dormant	Proposals that have become dormant through lack of discussion top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Polarized proposal	Currently unable to compromise policy/guideline proposals top

How-to and information

What to type	What it makes	Notes
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Information page	The banner template for administration pages that are more just informational and non-opinionated like WP:GOV.
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Wikipedia how to	The banner template for administration pages that are more directly instructional and non-opinionated like H:EDIT.
Template:Tlx	Template:Supplement	Use this template carefully, only when there is a well-established consensus at the relevant policy or guideline page to link to the administration page in question from the policy or guideline like WP:BRD.
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Wikipedia namespace	A blank template meant to be populated and used at the top of a page in the Wikipedia and help namespace.

Essays

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes/Notes
Template:Tlx		Essays top the banner template for administration pages that are more opinionated then instructional or technical, there are several parameters and variations.
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Orphaned essay	Essays top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Notability essay	top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Civility essay	top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Behavioral essay	top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Categorization essay	top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Deletion essay	top

WikiProjects

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes and notes
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:WikiProject status Parameters: |active, |semi-active, |inactive, |defunct	Displays the activity status of a WikiProject by using optional parameters top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:WikiProject advice	Used on essays and other advice pages that are written by one or more WikiProjects top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:WikiProject notability essay	Unofficial notability criteria defined by individual WikiProjects top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:WikiProject style advice	Unofficial style advice defined by individual WikiProjects top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:WikiProject content advice	Unofficial content advice defined by individual WikiProjects top

Historical and under development

What to type	What it makes	Notes
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:MboxTemplate:Template other	For a former policy, use {{Historical|type=policy}}. For a former guideline, use {{Historical|type=guideline}}
Template:Tlx	Template:Superseded	For process and infomation pages that have been superseded by other pages.
Template:Tlp	Template:WikiProject status	Set inactive=yes parameter from Template:Tl.
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Essay in development	This template is for essay pages actively undergoing a major edit.
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Mbox	This template is for administration pages actively undergoing a major edit.
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Mbox	Placed at the top of an administration page you are actively editing for a short period of time
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:WP Future	Pages using this template will be placed into Category:Inactive project pages unless the parameter category=no is given
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Freq	This template is meant to be used at the top of a page in the Wikipedia and help namespace.
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Mbox	This template is meant to be used at the top of a page in the Wikipedia and help namespace currently being developed.

Notices and warnings

What to type	What it makes	Notes
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Ombox	template to dispute whether a page (or a section on a page) has properly been accorded policy or guideline status.
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Under discussion	If the discussion concerns a proposed change to the status of a policy or guideline page then you may use the status parameter (see Policies and guidelines above).
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Mbox	A blank template used at the top of administration pages that can be populated manually.
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Main other	To present a concise summary at the top of administration pages that can be populated manually.
Template:Tl Template:Lts/		Used to denote process, how-to and information pages that contain old or out-of-date information that needs updating.
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Mbox	A blank template used at the top of administration pages that can be populated manually.
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Mbox	A blank template used at the top of administration pages that can be populated manually.
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Purpose	To be used for when an essay, how-to or information page reason for existing is unclear.

Humorous

What to type	What it makes	Notes
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:OmboxTemplate:Category handler	For use on Wikipedia and User namespaces pages that are not serious enough for publication in the mainspace.
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Omboxno	Humor pages that spoof and/or may have been proposed as policies or guidelines.
Template:Tl	Template:Humorous essay	For humorous essays in both the Wikipedia and User namespaces.

Other

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
Template:Tl Template:Lts/		Maintenance categories and pages with a backlog that require an administrator top
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:CatTrackTemplate:Mbox	Maintenance categories and pages with a backlog top
Template:Tlx Template:Lts/		Other project pages with shortcut(s) top
Template:Tlsp Template:Lts/	Template:Tlx <!-- We like people to see the notice. Put any testing content below it. -->	Wikipedia:Sandbox top

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