Wiki143:WikiProject Inline Templates

Template:Short description Template:WikiProject status Welcome to WikiProject Inline Templates. This collaboration is dedicated to improving Wikipedia's inline neutrality- and attribution-cleanup, dispute, and footnote templates. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project by adding your name to the list of participants. Membership merely signifies your interest in inline templates and members are under no obligation to do anything; however, the to-do list is a good place to actually starting helping out.

Note that "inline" is used here in the sense of "within text" rather than "directly from another server".

Purpose

Description

A project to centralize the creation and management of inline superscript templates such as Template:Tl.

Goals

• Protect templates from well-meaning reformatting attempts that are known to cause problems in various browsers
• Develop a "meta-template" from which all of these templates are derived, so that layout problems with them can be fixed in one place
• Ensure consistency between all of these templates, as to their formatting, naming, content and mouseover (tooltip) messages
• Provide a talk forum for discussion of problems with the templates, or other needs with regard to them
• Provide a proposals area for the organized creation of new templates of this sort instead of today's random creation of often redundant inline templates
• Possibly provide an ITfD mechanism, the way WikiProject Stub sorting has provided the SfD mechanism
• Actually identify and categorize all of the templates of this sort
• Ensure that the Template messages documentation is updated with regard to these templates
• Write a guide to their usage (possibly stand-alone, or possibly as part of the MoS)
• Improve each template's documentation

Scope

• Inline superscripted cleanup and dispute templates such as Template:Tl and Template:Tl
• Reference citation inline templates such as the Template:Tl and Template:Tl family of templates
• Recommendations on improvements to Cite.php-style reference citation mechanism (<ref ...>...</ref>, <ref ... />, and <references />)
• Possible scope expansion into other inline templates such as the Template:Tl family of templates
• Not formatting-and-function or typing-aid templates that happen to be used inline in article text but are essentially invisible to the user.

See archives of Template talk:Citation needed for some reasons why this project is needed.

Guidelines

• Discuss ideas for new inline templates here before creating them, to avoid template overlap and Templates for discussion debates later.
• Discuss changes to inline templates here before making them, to prevent inconsistency, browser incompatibility, and usability/accessibility problems.
• Inline templates, where possible, should be built on the Template:Tl metatemplate, not coded from scratch, for maintainability.

List of inline templates

If you discover a "new" inline template, no matter how old it is, please add it to the "New inline templates" section below, so that it can be processed (checked for proper categorization, etc.)

^‡ = Only part of it is superscripted.

^‡‡ = Has a non-superscripted mode as well.

^‡‡‡ = Only part of it is inline.

Superscripted:

• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl, Template:Tl, Template:Tl and several others ⇒Template:According to whom
• Template:Tl ⇒
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl, Template:Tl & many others (after many merges) ⇒
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl ⇒Template:Awkward
• Template:Tl – a grammatical variant of Template:Tl, a.k.a. several others ⇒
• Template:Tl ⇒
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl, Template:Tl, Template:Tl, Template:Tl, etc.; ⇒
• Template:Tl ⇒Template:Citequote
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl, Template:Tl, Template:Tl, Template:Tl; see also Template:Tl and Template:Tl – subst'd variants that provide a |reason= that describe how to provides better reference citations ⇒
• Template:Tl (should probably be merged with the next one) ⇒Template:Contradict inline
• Template:Tl (should probably be merged with the previous one) ⇒Template:Contradiction inline
• Template:Tl ⇒
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl ⇒
• Template:Tl, a.k.a. Template:Tl, Template:Tl ⇒
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl ⇒
• Template:Tl ⇒Template:Elucidate
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl ⇒
• Template:Tl ⇒
• Template:Tl ⇒Template:Lopsided
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl ⇒Template:Medical citation needed
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl ⇒Template:Unreliable medical source
• Template:Tl
• Template:Tl ⇒
• Template:Tl
• Template:Tl^‡
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl ⇒Template:Or
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl, Template:Tl, Template:Tl, Template:Tl ⇒
• Template:Tl, a.k.a. Template:Tl, Template:Tl, Template:Tl ⇒
• Template:Tl, for signalling that a non-primary source is needed ⇒Template:Primary source inline
• Template:Tl ⇒^[1]
• Template:Tl^‡ a.k.a. Template:Tl
• Template:Tl ⇒Template:Registration required
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl, Template:Tl ⇒
• Template:Tl
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl, Template:Tl, Template:Tl ⇒Template:Season needed
• Template:Tl ⇒
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl ⇒Template:Syn
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl, Template:Tl, etc.
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl, Template:Tl, Template:Tl ⇒
• Template:Tl^‡‡ a.k.a. Template:Tl, ⇒
• Template:Tl ⇒
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl ⇒
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl, Template:Tl ⇒Template:Volume needed
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl, Template:Tl & others ⇒
• Template:Tl ⇒
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl, Template:Tl, ⇒
• Template:Tl – variant of Template:Tl
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl ⇒

Meta-templates:

• Template:Tl‡ — used to create other such templates, consistently

Deprecated (no longer used):

• Template:Tl (use Template:Tl)
• Template:Tl

Noteworthy for features:

• Template:Tl — has feature where optional parameter becomes the mouseover/tooltip message

Needed:

• Template:Tl (for missing day, e.g. "November 2006" when not appropriate), to go along with Template:Tl and Template:Tl (Template:Tl and Template:Tl already used for something else)

Related software functions in Cite.php that aren't templates:

• <ref ...>...</ref>
• <ref ... />
• <references />

Non-superscripted:

• Template:Tl
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl ⇒ Template:Ec
• Template:Tl
• Template:Tl ⇒ Template:TBD
• Template:Tl (deprecated; see above)

Similar but out-of-scope (for now?): A number of templates are, technically, used inline, but for purposes very different from those that concern this project (at present).

• Template:Tl, Template:Tl, Template:Tl, Template:Tl, etc.
• Template:Tl, Template:Tl, Template:Tl, etc.
• Template:Tl and the like; DAB and other hatnote templates; Template:Tl/Template:Tl/Template:Tl/Template:Tl and other self-ref tags; numerous shortcut templates such as Template:Tl; numerous other shortcut templates such as Template:Tl, Template:Tl, etc.; language formatting templates; and others that are technically "inline" but don't have anything to do with maintenance or sources, and are not superscripted.
• Template:Tl^‡ (recently converted to inline style, but not actually used inline)
• Template:Tl – technically inline or part-inline, but do not serve functions similar to the templates this project is concerned about.
• Template:Tl family of ref. citation formatting templates

Problematic ones

• Template:Tl – same functionality as Template:Tlx, and name is too generic, because Template:Tl is entirely comic-books-specific (according to the doc page however the template itself is completely generic except for the category it adds).
• Template:Tl and Template:Tl – should the latter be merged into the former?
• Template:Tl, Template:Tl^‡ — possible duplication with Template:Tl
• Template:Tl — may have a stray period-space in it near end (flagged with HTML comment; needs testing)
• Template:Tl, Template:Tl, Template:Tl, Template:Tl, Template:Tl, Template:Tl, and userspaced variant Template:Tlu may need to be merged; discussion here
• Cite.php's <references /> — indents for no reason, and worse yet indents to a depth that does not align with the :* indentation used by Template:Tl references. There are a pair of templates, Template:Tl and Template:Tl, related to Template:Tl, which solve this misalignment problem, to an extent (see "Option 3..." at Template:Refbegin documentation for usage), in that they match the <references /> indentation. They are untested with Template:Tl, but work fine with "* Reference details here"-style manually-added general sources in the References section. Recommendation: Have developers modify <references /> to not indent, or at worst to match ":"-level indentation, and modify Template:Tl and Template:Tl to conform.

New inline templates

Please feel free to list new inline templates here (newest at the top, please). It is advisable to propose new inline templates at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Inline Templates before creating them, so as to ensure that there is consensus that they are needed and will not unnecessarily overlap in function with others. Once templates have been checked for standard Template:Tl usage, categorization in Category:Inline templates, and other issues, they should be moved to the main list, above.

Created

• Template:Tl. Created December 2023 as an inline version of Template:Tl. For text that was potentially generated by AI language models. ⇒Template:AI-generated inline
• Template:Tl. Created July 2020 as an inline version of the 2004 banner template. For individual statements that are inappropriately geographically restricted in viewpoint, and show inappropriate geographic bias.
• Template:Tl. Created August 2018 to identify radiocarbon dates for which it is not clear whether a calibration procedure has been applied, leading to ambiguities of up to 4000 years.
• Template:Tl. Created June 2016, for self-sourcing examples.
• Template:Tl. Created June 2016, for Wikipedia:Manual of Style (words to watch)#Contentious labels. ⇒Template:Contentious label inline
• Template:Tl. Created October 2015, to more specifically address quotation source verification than Template:Tl or Template:Tl (often it's the transcription or the contextual excision that needs examination, not whether source can be verified). ⇒Template:Verify quote
• Template:Tl. Created October 2015, to more specifically address a particular kind of WP:RS failure, than the vague Template:Tlx or uncertain Template:Tlx. ⇒Template:Obsolete source
• Template:Tl. Created in August 2010, to flag acronyms and abbreviations. ⇒Template:Expand acronym
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl, an inline template requesting a romanized transliteration or transcription. ⇒Template:Romanization needed
• Template:Tl. inline template for requesting IPA renderings. ⇒Template:Needs IPA
• Template:Tl – inline template to flag undue weight issues. ⇒Template:Undue inline
• Template:Tl – inline variant of Template:Tl ⇒Template:Speculation inline

Discovered

• {{Not verified in body}}
• Template:Tl ⇒Template:Citation needed (lead)
• Template:Tl
• Template:Tl ⇒Template:Peacock term
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl ⇒Template:Importance inline [formerly a.k.a. Template:Tl, Template:Tl which now give an error, and Template:Tl which now goes to the banner Template:Tl)
• Template:Tl
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl ⇒Template:Talk page stalker
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl – requests full citation ⇒
• Template:Tl – needs documentation and other WPILTizing ⇒
• Template:Tl – inline template for Wikipedia:Manual of Style (words to watch)#Editorializing ⇒Template:Editorializing
• Template:Tl – different-spelling wrapper for the above ⇒Template:Editorialising
• Template:Tl – adds a note that registration is required to access the contents of a link. ⇒Template:Registration required
• Template:Tl ⇒Template:SCICN
• Template:Tl ⇒Template:SCIRS
• Template:Tl – adds a note that subscription is required to access the contents of a link. ⇒Template:Subscription required
• Template:Tl – a wrapper around <ref name="..." />
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl – wraps an intentional typo. For example, this is used on the Celsius page to show examples of bad formatting of temperatures.
• Template:Tl – slightly wordy request for pronunciation info. ⇒
• Template:Tl
• Template:Tl
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl ⇒Template:Off-topic inline
• Template:Tl ⇒Template:Self-published inline
• Template:Tl a.k.a. Template:Tl ⇒Template:Spam link
• Template:Tl ⇒
• Template:Tl ⇒Template:Examples
• Template:Tl
• Template:Tl – one of several subroutines of Template:Tl
• Template:Tl – Use this template to show a Chinese name, word, term or phrase in a line of text with various readings.
• Template:Tl – an in-line request for the ISBN of a published source. Similar in use to Template:Tl and Template:Tl, etc. ⇒Template:ISBN missing
• Template:Tl ⇒Template:Circular ref
• Template:Tl ⇒
• Template:Tl ⇒Template:Link note
• Template:Tl ⇒Template:Password-protected
• Template:Tl ⇒Template:Subscription or libraries
• Template:Tl ⇒Template:Subscription or membership required
• Template:Tl ⇒Template:Closed access
• Template:Tl ⇒Template:Open access
• Template:Tl ⇒ †
• Template:Tl ⇒Template:DOW
• Template:Tl ⇒Template:Executed
• Template:Tl ⇒ (POW)
• Template:Tl ⇒Template:Surrendered
• Template:Tl ⇒Template:WIA

Deleted

• Template:Tl – deleted per this TfD and the previous one about Template:Tl
• Template:Tl – inline template to flag external links that may fail WP:EL or WP:NOTLINK. (Template deleted September 12, 2011)
• Template:Tl – pointless wrapper for Template:Tlx
• Template:Tl — used manually to provide a custom cleanup note
• Template:Tl – redundant with and replaced by Template:Tl, Template:Tl
• Template:Tl – use Cite.php or Template:Tl/Template:Tl)
• Template:Tl
• Template:Tl and Template:Tl
• Template:Tl and Template:Tl – created in June 2008, in response to an inline template talk page discussion, here. a pair of templates designed to mark extended passages for attention with only a single tag at the end (avoiding chopping text to pieces).
• Template:Tl – deprecated in favor of Template:Tl, Template:Tl

Internal templates for this WikiProject

Talk page banner

• Template:Tl – "This template is within the scope of WikiProject Inline Templates ..."

Userbox

• Template:Tl

Categories

• Category:Inline templates

Internal

• Category:WikiProject Inline Templates
• Category:WikiProject Inline Templates participants

Resources

• Wikipedia:Avoid self-references
• Category:Wikipedia maintenance templates

Related projects

• Parent: Wikipedia:WikiProject Templates
• Inactive: Wikipedia:Keep Wikipedia-related metadata out of articles