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== [[Help:Disambiguation|Disambiguation]] and [[Wikipedia:Redirect|redirection]] ==


===On disambiguation pages===
:''For others, see [[MediaWikiWiki:Disambiguationspage]].''  ''For hatnote templates used to distinguish pages, see [[Wikipedia:Hatnote#Distinguish]] or [[Template:Hatnote templates documentation]]''
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 align=center
|-
!width=20%| What to type !!width=55%| What it produces !! Where to put it
|-
| {{tetl|disambiguation}}
| {{disambiguation|nocat=true}}
| ''Bottom''<br />of disambiguation pages.
|-
| {{tetl|disambiguation cleanup}}
| {{disambiguation cleanup|demo=DEMO|nocat=true}}
| ''Bottom''<br />of disambiguation pages that need cleanup.
|-
| {{tetl|place name disambiguation}}<br />Redirect: {{tl|geodis}}
| {{geodis|nocat=true}}
| ''Bottom''<br />of disambiguation pages consisting only of geographic locations.
|-
| {{tetl|human name disambiguation}}<br />Redirect: {{tl|hndis}}
| {{hndis|*|nocat=true}}
| ''Bottom''<br />of disambiguation pages whose title is a human name.
|-
| {{tetl|number disambiguation}}<br />Redirects: {{tl|numberdis}}, {{tl|numdab}}
| {{numberdis|nocat=true}}
| ''Bottom''<br />of number-oriented 
|-
| {{tetl|set index article}}<br />Redirect: {{tl|SIA}}
| {{SIA|nocat=true}}
| ''Bottom''<br />of list articles about a set of items of a specific type that share the same (or similar) name.
|-
| {{tetl|surname}}
| {{surname|nocat=true}}
| ''Bottom''<br />of surname (last name) disambiguation pages.
|-
|}{{-}}

===In introductory lines===
{{shortcut|WP:TM/DABINT|WP:TMGDI}}

'''The following templates should be substituted''' because they merely provide convenient ways to produce standard common phrases in running text (not, e.g., hatnotes or message boxes).

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|-
! width=35% | What to type !! width=40% | What it produces !! Where to put it
|-
| {{tsetl|refer|Topic}}<br />Redirects: {{tl|disamb1}}, {{tl|may refer to}}, ... 
| {{refer|Topic}}
| ''Top''
|-
| {{tsetl|disamb2}}<br />Redirect: {{tl|itref}}
| {{disamb2}}
| ''In line''
|-
| {{tsetl|disamb3}}<br />Redirect: {{tl|theyref}}
| {{disamb3}}
| ''In line''
|-
| {{tsetl|disamb4|<nowiki>Topic</nowiki>|description}}<br />Redirects: {{tl|refers2}}, {{tl|mayrefer2}}
| {{disamb4|Topic|description}}
| ''Top''
|-
| {{tsetl|disambiguation name|<nowiki>Name</nowiki>}}<br />Redirect: {{tl|nameref}}
| {{disambiguation name|Name}}
| ''Top''
|-
| {{tsetl|disamb-name2|<nowiki>Topic</nowiki>|description}}<br />Redirect: {{tl|nameof}}
| {{disamb-name2|Topic|description}}
| ''Top''
|-
| {{tsetl|disamb-term|term}}<br />Redirect: {{tl|termref}}
| {{disamb-term|term}}
| ''Top''
|-
| {{tsetl|disamb-terms|term1|term2}}<br />Redirect: {{tl|termsref}}
| {{disamb-terms|term1|term2}}
| ''Top''
|-
|}{{-}}

== [[Help:Section|Section]] ==
{{see also|Wikipedia:Template index/Section}}
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"
|-
! What to type !! width="50%" | What it makes !! Where it goes
|-
| {{tetl|details|location}}
| {{Details|location}}
| Sections <br /> near top
|-
| {{tetl|further|location}}
| {{Further|location}}
| Sections <br /> near top
|-
| {{tetl|main|location}}
| {{main|location}}
| Sections <br /> near top
|-
| {{tetl|main list|location}}
| {{Main list|location}}
| Sections <br /> near top
|}{{-}}

== [[Wikipedia:Footnotes|Footnotes]] and [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|references]] ==
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"
|-
! What to type !! width="50%" | What it makes !! Where it goes
|-
| {{tetl|citation}}
| Makes a formatted citation for use with Harvard style reference links.
| Articles <br /> notes or references
|-
| {{tetl|Harvard citation|name|year}}<br />Redirect: {{tl|harv}}
| Makes a Harvard style reference link.
| Articles <br /> notes or references
|-
| {{tetl|note|name}}
|
# {{Note|name}} The footnote also links back to the reference.
* {{Note|numbering}} A '''#''' can be used at the beginning of the line to create a numbered list. Similarly, '''*''' creates a bullet.
| Articles <br /> notes or references
|-
| {{tetl|note label|name&#124;label&#124;backlink}}
|
# {{Note label|name|1|a}} The footnote also links back to the reference.
* {{Note label|numbering|1|a}} A '''#''' can be used at the beginning of the line to create a numbered list.
* {{Note label|Smith2005|Smith 2005, p. 1|a}} {{Note label|Smith2005|Smith 2005, p. 25|b}} Similarly, '''*''' creates a bullet.
| Articles <br /> notes or references
|-
| {{tetl|ref|name}}
| Makes reference links and footnotes{{Ref|footnote_name}} that are numbered automatically.{{Ref|numbering}}
| Articles <br /> notes or references
|-
| {{tetl|ref label|name&#124;label&#124;backlink}}
| Makes reference links and footnotes{{Ref label|name|1|a}} with specific labels.{{Ref label|numbering|2|a}}
| Articles <br /> notes or references
|-
|}{{-}}

==Timing-related messages==
{{See also|Wikipedia:Current event templates|Category:Temporal templates}}
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"
|-
! width="15%" | What to type || What it makes || width="15%" | Where it goes
{{tlrow|anachronism}}
*Use {{tl|anachronism inline}} for use at exact examples.
| Top of articles or sections that have anachronisms
{{tlrow|current|notes=Use 'section' in 2nd parameter, if tagging a section.}}
| Top of articles or sections about current events
{{tlrow|current disaster}}
| Top of articles about current disasters
{{tlrow|current person|article|person}}
| Article top
{{tlrow|current related|topic}}
| Article top
{{tlrow|current spaceflight}}
| Article top
{{tlrow|current sport}}
| Article top
{{tlrow|current sports transaction}}
| Article top
{{tlrow|high traffic|category=Articles linked from high traffic sites}}
| Talk page top
{{tlrow|now}}
| Talk page top
{{tlrow|recent death}}
| Article top
{{tlrow|recentism}}
| Article top
{{tlrow|update}}
| Article or section top
|}{{-}}

==External issues==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 align=center
|-
!width=10%| What to type !!width=80%| What it produces !! Where to put it
|-
| {{tetl|False version}}
| {{False version}}
| Article top
|-
|}{{-}}

==Title-related messages==
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"
|-
| {{tetl|correct title|2=title=article}}
| {{correct title|title=article}}
| Article top
|-
| {{tetl|lowercase title|article}}
| 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==
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"
|-
| {{tetl|special characters}}
| {{Special characters}}
| Article top
|}{{-}}

==Expansion requests==
''See also: [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Talk namespace#Requests|Expansion requests in the talk namespace]]''
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"
|-
! width="15%" | What to type !! width="65%" | What it makes !! Where it goes
{{tlrow2|expand section|''text''}}
| Section top
{{tlrowp|Missing information|''text''}}
| Article top
|}

{{Wikipedia template messages}}

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