This list is incomplete. Wikipedia:Template-messages should be referred to instead.

The easiest method is to use {{stub}}. This will always display the latest version, as at Wikipedia:Template messages.

Alternatively, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Stubs for more specific stub notices, which will often cause the article to be expanded more rapidly than the generic stub notice will.

Substubs

Substubs are even shorter than normal stubs. This message can be inserted with {{substub}}.

Images

See: Wikipedia:Image copyright tags

Spoilers

For articles with secrets, plot points, or other information which some readers may not want to see immediately, you can use a standard spoiler warning, as documented at Wikipedia:Spoiler warning.

Message code

{{spoiler}}

Current message

Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.

Redirect

See also: redirection

#REDIRECT: [[article]]

See also

As maintext

See also: Style

''See also'': [[link1]], [[link2]], ...

As header with list of links

 ==See also== * [[Link 1]] * [[Link 2]] 

External links

Titles

PLEASE add a title to an external link by supplying a text after the URL separated by a space, preferably the official title of the site, or if no official title exists the clearest title you can come up with.

Most URLs are ugly and uninformative, so it is better to give an external link a meaningful title. For example,

• European Space Agency official website (http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/index.html)

is much more readable than

• http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/index.html

The "printable version" of a page displays all URLs in full, including those given a title, so no information is lost.

As header

See also: Style

 == External links == * [http://www.urladdress.com Official Website Title] 

Disambiguation

See also Wikipedia:Disambiguation, and remember to add the link to Wikipedia:Links to disambiguating pages or Wikipedia:Multiple-place names.

A typical disambiguation page might look like this:

X can refer to:

• ...
• ...

Use

{{disambig}}

to add the footer text. See also: Wikipedia:Template messages

Multiple_definition pages

If the page lists 2 or 3 terms, but the last is likely to be off_screen, add a TOC to the top of the page, so that someone arriving at the page will know that there are other definitions available.

With --FORCETOC-- or --TOC-- in the wikitext a TOC is added even if the page has fewer than four headings.

The TOC is put before the first section header, or in the case of --TOC--, at the position of this code.

Should we do this for all multiple-definition pages, for consistency?

Copyright infringement notice

Main article: Wikipedia:Copyright problems

The following template will produce the standard "The content of this page has been removed, due to suspicion of copyright infringement" boilerplate.

{{copyvio|url=<place URL of allegedly copied material here>}}

~~~~

NPOV dispute

The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page.

{{NPOV}}

Possible biased information

This article may require editing to conform to the neutral point of view policy. A Wikipedia user has nominated this article to be checked for its neutrality. Currently there may not be a specific dispute, but the content may need discussion on the talk page.

{{POV check}} or simply {{bias}}

Cleanup

This should be added at the top of a page using {{cleanup}}.

Pages needing attention

This should be added at the top of a page using {{attention}}.

Factual errors

{{Dubious}}

(disputed — see talk page)

{{Disputed}}

The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page.

{{Disputeabout|(AddTopicsHere)}}

The factual accuracy of part of this article is disputed. The dispute is about (AddTopicsHere). Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page.

Geographical bias

{{Limitedgeographicscope}}

Listed for deletion

Please post {{subst:vfd}} at the top of the article. This will always display the latest version of the deletion notice.

See also: Wikipedia:Deletion policy

From the 1911 Britannica

Under a ==Reference== or ==References== section:

• This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Please update as needed.

*This article incorporates text from the public domain [[1911 Encyclopædia Britannica]]. Please update as needed.

The preferred (and easiest) method is to use

{{subst:1911}}

instead. This will always display the latest version, as at Wikipedia:Template messages

Protected page

This page is currently protected. Please try to resolve disputes on the discussion page. Thanks!

'''This page is currently [[Wikipedia:This page is protected|protected]]. Please try to resolve disputes on the [[Talk:|discussion page]]. Thanks!'''

You can use

{{protected}}

instead. If the standard protected-page warning is changed, the article will display the updated version, as at Wikipedia:Template messages

Temporarily being edited

The following can be used when inserting a change will take some time and you don't want to get stepped on while working:

{{inuse}}

NOTICE: Currently [~~~~] I am editing this document; please do not edit for the next few minutes so I can add more stations; this notice will be removed when I am finished.

From the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

Under a ==Reference== or ==References== section:

This article was originally based on material from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, used with permission. Update as needed.

''This article was originally based on material from the [[FOLDOC|Free On_line Dictionary of Computing]], used with [[Public Domain Resources/Foldoc license|permission]]. Update as needed.''

You can use

{{subst:FOLDOC}}

to substitute the boilerplate text in automatically.

Expand list

Before an incomplete list:

This is an incomplete list. You can help Wikipedia by expanding or completing it. (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Boilerplate_text&action=edit)

''This [[Wikipedia:List|list]] is not exhaustive. You can help Wikipedia by expanding or completing it.''

You can use

{{expand list}}

to substitute the boilerplate text in automatically.

List development

For the bottom of lists that need work, additional items, or are otherwise in need of development.

{{listdev}}

See also

• Wikipedia:Boilerplate request for permission
• Wikipedia:Copyright problems
• Wikipedia:Image markup gallery
• Wikipedia:Image use policy#Markup
• Wikipedia:Standard user greeting
• Wikipedia:WikiProject