TechInfoDepot:Template messages/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 disambiguation pages

For others, see MediaWiki:Disambiguationspage. For hatnote templates used to distinguish pages, see Project:Hatnote#Distinguish or Template:Hatnote templates documentation

What to type	What it produces	Where to put it
Template:Tetl	Template:Disambiguation	Bottom of disambiguation pages.
Template:Tetl	Template:Disambiguation cleanup	Bottom of disambiguation pages that need cleanup.
Template:Tetl	Template:Geodis	Bottom of disambiguation pages consisting only of geographic locations.
Template:Tetl	Template:Hndis	Bottom of disambiguation pages whose title is a human name.
Template:Tetl Redirect: {{numdab}}	Template:Numberdis	Bottom of number-oriented
Template:Tetl	Template:SIA	Bottom of list articles about a set of items of a specific type that share the same (or similar) name.
Template:Tetl	Template:Surname	Bottom of surname (last name) disambiguation pages.

In introductory lines

Note: ordinarily, these templates should be substituted.Template:Why?

What to type	What it produces	Where to put it
Template:Tetl Redirects: {{disamb1}}, {{may refer to}}, ...	Template:Refer	Top
Template:Tetl Redirect: {{itref}}	Template:Disamb2	In line
Template:Tetl Redirect: {{theyref}}	Template:Disamb3	In line
Template:Tetl Redirects: {{refers2}}, {{mayrefer2}}	Template:Disamb4	Top
Template:Tetl Redirect: {{nameref}}	Template:Disambiguation name	Top
Template:Tetl Redirect: {{nameof}}	Template:Disamb-name2	Top
Template:Tetl Redirect: {{termref}}	Template:Disamb-term	Top
Template:Tetl Redirect: {{termsref}}	Template:Disamb-terms	Top

Section

See also: Project:Template messages/Section

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
Template:Tetl	Template:Details	Sections near top
Template:Tetl	Template:Further	Sections near top
Template:Tetl	Template:Main	Sections near top
Template:Tetl	Template:Main list	Sections near top

Footnotes and references

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
Template:Tetl	Makes a formatted citation for use with Harvard style reference links.	Articles notes or references
Template:Tetl Redirect: {{harv}}	Makes a Harvard style reference link.	Articles notes or references
Template:Tetl	name The footnote also links back to the reference. numbering A # can be used at the beginning of the line to create a numbered list. Similarly, * creates a bullet.	Articles notes or references
Template:Tetl	Template:Note label The footnote also links back to the reference. Template:Note label A # can be used at the beginning of the line to create a numbered list. Template:Note label Template:Note label Similarly, * creates a bullet.	Articles notes or references
Template:Tetl	Makes reference links and footnotesTemplate:Ref that are numbered automatically.Template:Ref	Articles notes or references
Template:Tetl	Makes reference links and footnotesTemplate:Ref label with specific labels.Template:Ref label	Articles notes or references

Timing-related messages

See also: Project:Current event templates and Category:Temporal templates

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes Use {{anachronism inline}} for use at exact examples.	Article or section top	Article top or section	Article top	Article top	Article top	Article top	Article top	Article top	Talk page top	Talk page top	Article top	Article top	Article or section top

Title-related messages

Template:Tetl	Template:Correct title	Article top
Template:Tetl	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

Template:Tetl	Template:IPA notice	Article top
Template:Tetl	Template:Special characters	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