Wikipedia:Template messages/Template namespace

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These templates and message boxes are used on template pages and their subpages such as their /doc pages.

Additional templates for template pages can be found in Category:Template namespace templates and its subcategories.

What to type

What it makes

See Wikipedia:Template documentation for usage.

[create] Documentation

Only shows when on a /doc subpage.

Only shows when on a /sandbox subpage.

This is the template sandbox page for Wikipedia:Template messages.

Used on a /testcases subpage.

This is the template test case page for the /sandbox of Wikipedia:Template messages. Purge this page to update the examples.
If there are many examples of a complicated template, latter ones may break due to limits in MediaWiki, see the HTML comment "NewPP limit report" in the rendered page. You can test how this page looks in the different skins with these links:

[Chick] [Classic] [Cologne Blue] [Modern] [MonoBook] [MySkin] [Nostalgia] [Simple] [Vector]

To be put in the documentation for the most high-use (high-risk) templates.

This template is used on a very large number of pages.
To avoid large-scale disruption and unnecessary server load, any changes should first be tested in this template's /sandbox or /testcases subpage, or in your own user space. The tested changes can then be added in one single edit to this template. As a courtesy to other users, please discuss any changes at the talk page before implementing them.

To be put in the documentation for the slightly less high-use templates.

This template is used on many pages, and changes to it will be widely noticed. Please test any changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in a user subpage, and consider discussing changes at the talk page before implementing them.

This template employs intricate features of template syntax.

You are encouraged to familiarise yourself with its setup and parser functions before editing the template. If your edit causes unexpected problems, please undo it quickly, as this template may appear on a large number of pages.

Remember that you can conduct experiments, and should test all improvements, in either the general Template sandbox or your user space before changing anything here.

The template {{old}} is deprecated. Please use {{new}} instead.

add to a template that should be converted to one of the standardized templates (like 'fix', or 'infobox')

This template should be converted to a standardized format using [[Template:{{{1}}}]]. ([[template talk:{{{1}}}|Discussion]] • Category)

[edit] For the template talk page

What to type What it makes

Wikipedia:Template messages/Template namespace is permanently protected from editing, as it is a page which should not be edited significantly for legal or other reasons. Substantial changes should be proposed here, and made by administrators if the proposal is uncontroversial, or has been discussed and is supported by consensus. Use {{editprotected}} to attract the attention of an administrator in such cases.

Wikipedia:Template messages/Template namespace is currently protected from editing.
To request a change to it, add {{editprotected}} to this page, followed by a description of your request.

Wikipedia:Template messages/Template namespace

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[edit] For the template talk page

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