විකිපීඩියා:Template index/General

Note: This page contains details of templates relating to article descriptions.

Templates related to issues and disputes with articles, including NPOV, are listed under Template messages/Disputes.

Templates related to formatting are listed under Template messages/Format.

Templates related to Cleanup issues are listed under Template messages/Cleanup.

Disambiguation and redirection

On article pages

Note: These templates should never be substituted.

See also: Wikipedia:Hatnote#Templates and Category:Disambiguation and redirection templates

What to type	What it produces	Where to put it
{{ about|topic|other topic|location }} links talk view	මෙම පිටුව topic පිලිබඳ වේ. other topic සඳහා, location බලන්න.	Top of articles whose disambiguation page is not suffixed with "(disambiguation)"
{{ disambiguation needed }} links talk view Redirect: {{ambiguous link}}		In-line To be added to links to disambiguation pages and links to articles to which they clearly don't refer. While it is better to simply correct the link, use this template if you're not sure where the link should really be disambiguated to.
{{ distinguish|topic }} links talk view	topic සමග වරදවා වටහා ගැනීමෙන් වළකින්න.	Top of articles with deceptively similar titles.
{{ distinguish2|topic }} links talk view	topic යන්නෙන් වෙන්කර හඳුනාගත යුතුය.	As above, but topic not treated as a link (although it may include one).
{{ for|description|location }} links talk view	description සඳහා, location බලන්න	Top of articles with only one alternative meaning and no disambiguation page.
{{ for2|description|text }} links talk view	description සඳහා, text which can include links බලන්න.	Top of articles with only one alternative meaning and no disambiguation page.
{{ hatnote|message }} links talk view	message	Top of articles with alternative meanings where none of the other templates are appropriate.
{{ other people|name }} links talk view	සැකිල්ල:Other persons	Top of articles about people who share the same or a similar name.
{{ other people2|name }} links talk view	For other people of the same name, see Name.	Top of articles about people who share the same or a similar name.
{{ other people3|person1|person2|name }} links talk view	This article is about person1. For person2, see name.	Top of articles about people who share the same or a similar name.
{{ other places|location }} links talk view	For other places with the same name, see location (disambiguation).	Top of articles about places who share the same or a similar name.
{{ other places3|location }} links talk view	සැකිල්ල:Other places3	Top of articles about places who share the same or a similar name.
{{ other uses|example }} links talk view	වෙනත් භාවිතා සඳහා, example බලන්න.	Top of articles with a disambiguation page.
{{ other uses2|example }} links talk view	වෙනත් භාවිතා සඳහා, example (බහුරුත්හරණය) බලන්න.	Top of articles with a disambiguation page.
{{ redirect|location }} links talk view	"location" මෙතැනට යළියොමුවෙයි. වෙනත් භාවිතා සඳහා, location (බහුරුත්හරණය) බලන්න.	Top of articles requiring disambiguation that have pages redirecting to them.
{{ redirect2|location|other location }} links talk view	"location" and "other location" redirect here. For other uses, see location (disambiguation).	Top of articles requiring disambiguation that have two pages redirecting to them.
{{ redirect3|location|description including links }} links talk view	"location" redirects here. description including links.	Top of articles requiring disambiguation that have pages redirecting to them.
{{ redirect4|location|example }} links talk view	"location" and "example" redirect here. For other uses, see location (disambiguation) and example (disambiguation).	Top of articles with two redirecting pages that each have disambiguation pages.
{{ redirect-acronym|(Acronym)|Other uses }} links talk view	සැකිල්ල:Disambig-acronym	Articles that have an acronym redirecting to them, which may have other uses.
{{ selfref }} links talk view		In articles, wherever reference is made to a Wikipedia project page.
{{ two other uses|example|use2|examples|etc. }} links talk view	This article is about example. For use2, see examples. For use3, see example (disambiguation).	Top of articles with a different use and a disambiguation page.
{{ year dab|1234 }} links talk view	මෙම ලිපිය ක්‍රිස්තු වර්ශ 1234 පිලිබඳව වේ.	Top of articles about a year for which there also exists an article about a number (e.g. the year 1000; the number 1000).

On disambiguation pages

For others, see MediaWiki:Disambiguationspage.

What to type	What it produces	Where to put it
{{ disambiguation }} links talk view		Bottom of disambiguation pages.
{{ disambiguation cleanup }} links talk view		Bottom of disambiguation pages that need cleanup.
{{ geodis }} links talk view		Bottom of disambiguation pages consisting only of geographic locations.
{{ hndis }} links talk view		Bottom of disambiguation pages whose title is a human name.
{{ numberdis }} links talk view Redirect: {{numdab}}	සැකිල්ල:Numberdis	Bottom of number-oriented
{{ SIA }} links talk view		Bottom of list articles about a set of items of a specific type that share the same (or similar) name.
{{ surname }} links talk view		Bottom of surname (last name) disambiguation pages.

In introductory lines

Note: ordinarily, these templates should be substituted.

What to type	What it produces	Where to put it
{{ refer|Topic }} links talk view Redirects: {{disamb1}}, {{may refer to}}, ...	සැකිල්ල:Refer	Top
{{ disamb2 }} links talk view Redirect: {{itref}}	සැකිල්ල:Disamb2	In line
{{ disamb3 }} links talk view Redirect: {{theyref}}	සැකිල්ල:Disamb3	In line
{{ disamb4|'''Topic'''|description }} links talk view Redirects: {{refers2}}, {{mayrefer2}}	සැකිල්ල:Disamb4	Top
{{ disambiguation name|Name }} links talk view Redirect: {{nameref}}	සැකිල්ල:Disambiguation name	Top
{{ disamb-name2|Topic|description }} links talk view Redirect: {{nameof}}	සැකිල්ල:Disamb-name2	Top
{{ disamb-term|term }} links talk view Redirect: {{termref}}	සැකිල්ල:Disamb-term	Top
{{ disamb-terms|term1|term2 }} links talk view Redirect: {{termsref}}	සැකිල්ල:Disamb-terms	Top

Section

මේවාත් බලන්න: Wikipedia:Template messages/Section

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{ details|location }} links talk view	වැඩිදුර තොරතුරු: location	Sections near top
{{ further|location }} links talk view	වැඩිදුර තොරතුරු: location	Sections near top
{{ main|location }} links talk view	ප්‍රධාන ලිපිය: location	Sections near top
{{ main list|location }} links talk view	වඩාත් සම්පූර්ණ ලැයිස්තුවක් සඳහා, location වෙතට යොමුවන්න.	Sections near top

Footnotes and references

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{ citation }} links talk view	Makes a formated citation for use with Harvard style reference links.	Articles notes or references
{{ Harvard citation|name|year }} links talk view Redirect: {{harv}}	Makes a Harvard style reference link.	Articles notes or references
{{ note|name }} links talk view	^ 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 view	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 view	Makes reference links and footnotes that are numbered automatically.	Articles notes or references
{{ ref label|name|label|backlink }} links talk view	Makes reference links and footnotes with specific labels.	Articles notes or references

Timing-related messages

මේවාත් බලන්න: Wikipedia:Current event templates සහ Category:Temporal templates

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{anachronism}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Anachronism Use {{anachronism-inline}} for use at exact examples.	Article or section top
{{current}} links talk edit	Use 'section' in 2nd parameter, if tagging a section.	Article top or section
{{current disaster}} links talk edit		Article top
{{current person|article|person}} links talk edit		Article top
{{current related|topic}} links talk edit		Article top
{{current spaceflight}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Current spaceflight	Article top
{{current sport}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Current sport	Article top
{{current sports transaction}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Current sports transaction	Article top
{{high traffic}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:High traffic	Talk page top
{{now}} links talk edit	The current date and time is 30 නොවැම්බර් 2024 T 10:19 UTC.	Various
{{out of date}} links talk edit		Article top
{{pbneutral}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Pbneutral For use on highly sensitive high traffic articles that are prone to opinionated edits.	Talk page top
{{recent death}} links talk edit		Article top
{{recentism}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Recentism	Article top
{{update}} links talk edit		Article or section top

Title-related messages

{{ correct title|title=article }} links talk view		Article top
{{ lowercase title|article }} links talk view	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

{{ IPA notice }} links talk view		Article top
{{ special characters }} links talk view	මෙම පිටුවේ විශේෂ අකුරු ඇතුළත් වෙයි. නිසි ප්‍රදර්ශන සහාය නොමැති වූ විට ප්‍රශ්නාර්ථ ලකුණු, කොටු හෝ වෙනත් සලකුණු ඔබට පෙනෙනු ඇත.	Article top

Expansion requests

See also: Expansion requests in the talk namespace

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes	Section top	Talk page top