Wikipedia:Template index/Maintenance
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Articles undergoing major edits
editPlease note that these templates are courtesies; nobody is required to stop editing just because they're shown.
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{{In use}} |
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{{In use|30 minutes to fix |
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{{Under construction}} |
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{{In use section|a short while}} |
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New articles
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{{In creation}} |
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{{Newlist}} |
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Protected articles, pages and images
editPlease note that these templates are only meant to indicate that pages have been protected; adding any of them to a page will not add any protection to that page.
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{{pp-dispute}} |
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{{pp-vandalism}} |
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{{pp-vandalism}} |
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{{pp-protected}} |
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{{pp-protected}} |
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{{pp-sock}} |
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{{pp-move}} |
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{{pp-office}} |
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Copyright violations
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{{Copyvio|url=http://example.org}} Talk |
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{{Copyvio-revdel}} |
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{{Copypaste}} |
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{{Close paraphrasing}} |
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{{Copyvio links}} |
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Articles requiring significant attention and other issues
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{{Multiple issues}} |
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Article or section with three or more issues | ||
{{Expert needed}} |
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Article page | ||
{{Globalize}} |
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Article page | ||
{{Missing information}} |
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Article page | ||
{{ISSN-needed}} |
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Talk page | ||
{{Very long}} |
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Article page | ||
{{Citations broken from PEIS limit}} Talk – Links – Category |
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Article page |
Categorization issues
editThis is about categorization issues in articles. For tags that are placed on categories, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Category namespace and Wikipedia:Template messages/Deletion.
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{{Uncategorized}} category |
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{{Improve categories}} category |
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{{Unreferenced category}} category |
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For inline article placement
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{{copyvio link}} |
After links referencing an external Web site which is strongly suspected of carrying a work in violation of the creator's copyright. | |
{{Update inline}} |
After outdated statements, information or sources. |