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Overview

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Templates are wiki pages whose content can be embedded in other pages. They allow for easy translations and help maintain consistency among related documents. This page describes some templates for formatting text.

Also see Help:Templates. There is also a similar list for wikitech.wikimedia.org.

Templates

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Template Example syntax Example output
{{hatnote|Here is my note.}}
Here is my note.
{{Caution}} Here is my caution 1.
{{Caution|Here is my caution 2.}}
Caution! Caution: Here is my caution 1.

Caution! Caution: Here is my caution 2.
{{warning}} Here is my warning 1.
{{warning|Here is my warning 2.}}
Warning Warning: Here is my warning 1.

Warning Warning: Here is my warning 2.
{{Todo|Here is my todo.}}
TODO: Here is my todo.
{{Fixtext|Here is my fixtext.}}
FIX: Here is my fixtext.
{{note|Note 1}}
{{note|Note 2|reminder}}
{{note|Note 3|error}}
{{note}} Loose test 
Note 1

Note 2

Note 3

Note Note: Loose test
Tip
{{Tip|Here is my tip.}}
Here is my tip.
{{Notice|Here is my notice.}}
{{Main|test|sandbox|w:foo}}
Main pages: test , sandbox and w:foo
{{See also|test|sandbox|w:foo}}
See also: test, sandbox and w:foo
{{{{merge|Example_page}}
{{talkquote|foo bar bang|example}}

foo bar bang
— User:example

Body text {{Smaller|(note with smaller text)}}
Body text (note with smaller text)
{{status}}
{{status|done}}
{{status|on hold}}
{{status|not done}}
Status:    In progress


Status:    Done


Status:    On hold


Status:    Not done
{{Doing}}
In progress In progress
{{Not done}}
N Not done
{{Done}}
Yes Done
{{Resolved}}
Yes Resolved
{{Fixme}}
{{Historical}}
Outdated (Alias: Update)
{{Outdated}}
Alias: {{Update}}
{{Archived extension}}
{{Soft redirect}}
#REDIRECT[[:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]
This page is a soft redirect.
{{Draft}}
{{DoNotTranslate}}
{{Last updated}}
Last updated: 2024-11-04 by TBurmeister (WMF)
{{Doc-links|Link to an example doc}}
{{Doc-links|Link to a doc template|template}}

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JavaScript

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