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==Single-level templates== <span class="anchor" id="single"></span> {| style="background: transparent; width: 100%; border-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px;" |+ {{tltt/tip}} |- valign="top" |rowspan="2" | {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="2" style="background-color: RoyalBlue; color: White;" | Advisories |- | colspan="2" style="text-align: center" | [[Wikipedia:Template index/User talk namespace/Single-level templates#Single issue notices|Show notices]] |- ! style="background-color: Black; color: White; width: 35%;" | Description ! style="background-color: DimGray; color: White; width: 15%;" | Template |- ! Creating double redirects through bad page moves | {{tltts|uw-2redirect|Check for double redirects when moving pages.}} |- ! Third opinion request did not follow the guidelines | {{tltts|uw-3o|3o requests should be short, neutral and signed with the timestamp only.}} |- ! Not updating the access date parameter in citing templates<span class="anchor" id="accessdate"></span> | {{tltts|uw-accessdate1|Remember to update the access date.}} |- ! After addition of {{tlsp|AFC draft|''user''}} or {{tlsp|submit|''user''}} | {{tltts|uw-afcaddition|When a draft has been added to the AFC process on behalf of the user.}} |- ! New user is likely to be using multiple accounts | {{tltts|uw-agf-sock|Please disclose your alternate accounts.}} |- ! Bad AIV report | {{tltts|uw-aiv|Vandals must have a final warning before being blocked.}} |- ! Bad [[WP:AN/EW|AN/EW]] report | {{tltts|uw-anew|Reported editor must have engaged in an edit war/3RR violation.}} |- ! Suggesting a user archive their talk page | {{tltts|uw-archive|Suggested notification to a user when their talk page exceeds 75KB.}} |- ! Adding signatures to article space | {{tltts|uw-articlesig|Please do not sign your article edits with ~~~~}} |- ! Article was undersourced and has been moved to draft space | {{tltts|uw-articletodraft|Undersourced article has been moved to draft space.}} |- ! Creating autobiographies | {{tltts|uw-autobiography|Autobiographies violate a few guidelines, so will probably be deleted. Don't make them.}} |- ! Disrupting automatic calculation | {{tltts|uw-autocalc|Automatic calculation features should not be altered.}} |- ! Creating articles without categories | {{tltts|uw-catimprove|Please add categories to articles you create.}} |- ! Adding incorrect categories | {{tltts|uw-badcat|Please do not add incorrect categories to articles.}} |- ! Incorrectly tagging pages for [[WP:CSD|speedy deletion]] (for NPP use {{tl|uw-csd}}) | {{tltts|uw-badcsd|Speedy deletion nomination has been declined.}} |- ! Adding non-notable list entries | {{tltts|uw-badlistentry|Informs users that list entries must be notable.}} |- ! Misunderstanding [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people|proposed deletion of biographies of living people]] criteria | {{tltts|uw-badprodblp|Prod blp tags have limited application.}} |- ! Adding bare URLs as references | {{tltts|uw-bareurl|Add complete citations instead of bare urls.}} |- ! Adding gossip to biographies | {{tltts|uw-biog-not|Don't add gossip to Bios especially to BLPs}} |- ! "[[WP:BITE|Biting]]" newcomers | {{tltts|uw-bite|Don't attack newcomers, help them correct mistakes.}} |- ! Wikipedia is not for blogging or promotion | {{tltts|uw-blog|Please note that Wikipedia is not a site for blogs or promotion.}} |- ! Conforming to "bold, revert, discuss" cycle | {{tltts|uw-brd|Please make sure that your edits and reversions conform to BRD.}} |- ! Conflict of interest, with an extended legal warning | {{tltts|uw-coi|Please adhere to WP:NPOV on subjects with which you are affiliated.}} |- ! Removing columns | {{tltts|uw-columns|Please do not remove column formatting from pages.}} |- ! Not attributing Wikipedia content | {{tltts|uw-copying|Do not copy content within Wikipedia without attribution.}} |- ! Submitting copyrighted images | {{tltts|uw-copyright-img|To notify new users how to submit copyrighted images.}} |- ! Cut and paste moves | {{tltts|uw-c&pmove|Do not move a page by copying its content.}} |- ! Not adequately or properly naming your images | {{tltts|uw-cryptic-filename|On Wikipedia, images must be properly named so that they can be indexed properly and context can be given.}} |- ! Adding speculative or unconfirmed information about future albums or events | {{tltts|uw-crystal|Informs users that Wikipedia is not a crystal ball.}} |- ! Incorrectly tagging pages for [[WP:CSD|speedy deletion]] at NPP | {{tltts|uw-csd|Tells a user that they made a mistake when tagging for speedy deletion.}} |- ! Incorrectly formatting disambiguation pages | {{tltts|uw-dab|Informs users of the correct formatting.}} |- ! Unnecessarily changing date formats | {{tltts|uw-date|Please take the article's contents into consideration when reformatting a date.}} |- ! Adding content which will soon become dated | {{tltts|uw-dated| Please do not do this as such content will become invalid over time.}} |- ! Removing proper sources containing dead links | {{tltts|uw-deadlink|Please don't remove citations and information sourced through them simply because a link has gone dead.}} |- ! Adding stub categories manually, rather than via templates | {{tltts|uw-directcat|Points editor to WP:STUB's explanation of how to categorise stubs.}} |- ! Incorrect use of DISPLAYTITLE | {{tltts|uw-displaytitle|The DISPLAYTITLE magic word does not work as a substitute for moving a page.}} |- ! Linking to drafts from articles |{{tltts|Uw-draft-link|Please do not introduce links in actual articles to draft articles.}} |- ! Userspace draft suggestion | {{tltts|uw-draftfirst|Draft first without the risk of speedy deletion.}}<br/>{{tltts|uw-draftfirst-empty|Draft first without the risk of speedy deletion as empty.}}<br/>{{tltts|uw-draftfirst-nn|Draft first without the risk of speedy deletion as non-notable.}} |- ! Draft has been moved to draft space | {{tltts|uw-draftmoved|When you move an editor's draft to draft space.}} |- ! Not using edit summary | {{tltts|uw-editsummary|Please include an edit summary.}} (for new users)<br/>{{tltts|uw-editsummary2|Please include an edit summary.}} (for more experienced users) |- ! Adding external links to the body of an article | {{tltts|uw-elinbody|Adding inappropriate external links to the body of an article rather than an External links section.}} |- ! Not communicating in English <small>(see also [[#Foreign-language contributors|specific language templates]])</small> | {{tltts|Uw-notenglishtalk|Please communicate only in English.}} |- ! Unnecessarily changing between national varieties of English | {{tltts|uw-engvar|Please maintain uniformity in the usage of international varieties of English.}} |- ! Inappropriately referring to a person by a first name or an honorific prefix | {{tltts|uw-firstname|After the first mention of a subject's full name in the lead, it should normally not be used again.}} |- ! [[MOS:FLAG|Misuse of flags]] | {{tltts|uw-flag|Flags should be used in accordance with MOS:FLAG.}} |- ! Fair use image removed | {{tltts|uw-fuir|Users should abide by WP:NFCP and refrain from including non-free images on user pages.}} |- ! Drive-by nomination of [[Wikipedia:Good articles]] | {{tltts|uw-ga-driveby|Good Article nominators must have contributed significantly to the article; reviewers have the discretion to remove any drive-by nominations they come across.}} |- ! Editing against a Wikipedia guideline | {{tltts|uw-guideline|Please read the guidelines.}} |- ! Overly hasty tagging of articles for speedy deletion | {{tltts|uw-hasty|Give editors a few minutes to finish writing the first draft before you patrol it.}} |- ! Not completing an AfD nomination | {{tltts|uw-incompleteAFD|Nominating an article for AfD without being able to complete the procedure.}} |- ! Unexplained edits to infoboxes | {{tltts|uw-infobox|Please cite your edits to infoboxes.}} |- ! Not italicizing books, films, albums, magazines, TV series, etc. within articles | {{tltts|uw-italicize|Please italicize names of intellectual creations.}} |- ! Adding excessive redlinks or repeated blue links | {{tltts|uw-linking|Please do not overuse links.}} |- ! Addition of unsourced or improperly cited material for medical content | {{tltts|uw-medrs|Please follow WP:MEDRS recommendations.}} |- ! Removing useful links | {{tltts|uw-removedlink|Please do not remove links.}} |- ! Wikipedia is not a memorial | {{tltts|uw-memorial|Sorry for your loss, but please make memorials elsewhere.}} |- ! Incorrectly using minor edits check box | {{tltts|uw-minor|Please mark edits as minor in an appropriate way.}} |- ! Adding machine translated content | {{tltts|uw-mt|We cannot accept machine translated content.}} |- ! Not following Wikipedia's naming conventions | {{tltts|uw-nc|On Wikipedia, article names must follow naming conventions.}} |- ! Uploading replaceable non-free images | {{tltts|uw-nonfree|Please don't upload non-free images which fail NFC criteria.}} |- ! Creating articles with no evidence of notability | {{tltts|uw-notability|Informs editors an article they created may not show notability.}} |- ! Reporting complex abuse to AIV | {{tltts|uw-notaiv|Do not report a user to AIV unless the abuse is obvious.}} |- ! Incorrectly marking an edit as [[WP:VAND|vandalism]] | {{tltts|uw-notvand|Informs users the edit they marked as vandalism may not be.}} |- ! Using voting instead of consensus | {{tltts|uw-notvote|On Wikipedia, consensus is determined by discussion, not voting.}} |- ! Failed ping fix | {{tltts|uw-pingfix|You can't fix a ping in a later edit by adding your signature or fixing a botched username.}} |- ! Not attributing public domain sources | {{tltts|uw-plagiarism|Attribute public domain sources.}} |- ! Not using preview button to avoid mistakes | {{tltts|uw-preview|Please use the preview button to avoid unwanted modifications.}} |- ! Assuming another editor's gender | {{tltts|uw-pronoun|Please do not assume the gender of other editors.}} |- ! Creating poorly referenced articles | {{tltts|uw-refimprove|Informs users that material needs to be verifiable by being clearly sourced to reliable sources.}} |- ! Not [[Help:Reverting|reverting]] vandalism to a 'clean' version of the page | {{tltts|uw-removevandalism|Alerts users on how to revert vandalism properly.}} |- ! Recreating [[WP:SALT|salted]] articles under an alternative title | {{tltts|uw-salt|Do not recreate an article that has been salted under another title.|par=Article}} |- ! [[Wikipedia:Changing username|Rename request]] impossible | {{tltts|uw-samename|Username impossible because of a lowercase first letter or an underscore in the name.}} |- ! Experimenting in articles and reverting self tests | {{tltts|uw-selfrevert|Thanks for reverting your own tests.}} |- ! Signature has design problems | {{tltts|uw-sigdesign|Signature design might cause problems for some readers.}} |- ! Signature has no link to userspace | {{tltts|uw-siglink|Signatures should contain a link to at least one of the following: your userpage, user talk page or contributions log.}} |- ! Using see links instead of redirects | {{tltts|uw-sl|While see links are useful, redirects are even more useful}} |- ! Wikipedia is not a social network (e.g., [[Facebook]], [[Twitter]]) | {{tltts|uw-socialnetwork|Please note that Wikipedia is not a social network.}} |- ! Flagging or deleting "spoilers" | {{tltts|uw-spoiler|Wikipedia contains spoilers, and doesn't use spoiler warnings.}} |- ! Premature inclusion of a possible sports transaction | {{tltts|Uw-sportstrans|Please wait for an official announcement and/or cite a reliable source.}} |- ! [[WP:INFOBOXIMAGE|Using thumbnails in infoboxes]] | {{tltts|uw-thumb in infobox|Please do not use thumbnails inside of infoboxes. (Includes detailed explanation)}} |- ! Not signing posts | {{tltts|uw-tilde|Please sign your posts with ~~~~}} |- ! Adding talk page threads to the top instead of the bottom | {{tltts|uw-toppost|Please create new topics at the bottom of talk pages}} |- ! Reporting of username to [[WP:UAA]] not accepted | {{tltts|uw-uaa|The username you have reported to WP:UAA is not in violation of policy.}} |- ! Addition of unattributed [[WP:COMPLIC|Creative commons text]] | {{tltts|uw-unattribcc|Please atribute creative commons text}} |- ! Adding unreliable sources | {{tltts|uw-unreliable|Please do not add unreliable sources.}} |- ! User page in inappropriate category | {{tltts|uw-upincat|A page in the user's userspace is in a category in which is does not belong.}} |- ! Using image from external source | {{tltts|uw-uploadfirst|Need to upload image first.}} |- ! Abandoned userspace draft | {{tltts|uw-userspace draft finish|Please do not abandon your userspace drafts.}} |- ! [[:Template:NOINDEX|NOINDEX<span style="color:black;">ing</span>]] of userspace page | {{tltts|uw-userspacenoindex|A page in the user's userspace has been NOINDEXed, it shouldn't be removed without discussion.}} |- ! Inappropriate use of user talk page | {{tltts|uw-usertalk|Informs users that their talk page is for communication, not drafts or promotion.}} |- ! Creating [[WP:VGSCOPE|inappropriate video game content]] | {{tltts|uw-vgscope|Wikipedia isn't a place for walkthroughs, cheats, lists of game content or detailed instructions on how to play a game.}} |- ! Not using user warnings after revert | {{tltts|uw-warn|Please warn users after reverting inappropriate edits.}} |- ! Creating inappropriate article(s) | {{tltts|uw-wizard|Use Article Wizard.}} |- ! Using inaccurate or inappropriate edit summaries | {{tltts|uw-wrongsummary|Please do not use inaccurate or inappropriate edit summaries.}} |} | {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" style="background-color:yellow; color:black;" | Noticeboard notices |- ! colspan="2" |n/a |- ! style="background-color: Black; color: White; width: 35%;" | Description ! style="background-color: DimGray; color: White; width: 15%;" | Template |- ! [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard|Admin noticeboard]] | {{tltts|AN-notice|There is currently a discussion at [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard]] regarding an issue with which you may have been involved.}} |- ! [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents|Incidents noticeboard]] | {{tltts|ANI-notice|There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved.}} |- ! [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring|Edit warring noticeboard]] | {{tltts|AN3-notice|There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved.}} |- ! [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard|BLP noticeboard]] | {{tltts|BLPN-notice|There is currently a discussion at Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved.}} |- ! [[Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations|CCI noticeboard]] | {{tltts|CCI-notice|There is currently an investigation at Contributor copyright investigations regarding an issue with which you may have been involved.}} |- ! [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard|COI noticeboard]] | {{tltts|COIN-notice|There is currently a discussion at Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident in which you may be involved.}} |- ! [[Wikipedia:External links/Noticeboard|EL noticeboard]] | {{tltts|ELN-notice|There is currently a discussion at External links/Noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved.}} |- ! [[Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard|FTN noticeboard]] | {{tltts|FTN-notice|There is currently a discussion at Fringe theories/Noticeboard regarding an issue in which you may have been involved.}} |- ! [[Wikipedia:No original research/Noticeboard|NORN noticeboard]] | {{tltts|NORN-notice|There is currently a discussion at No original research/Noticeboard regarding an issue in which you may have been involved.}} |- ! [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard|NPOVN noticeboard]] | {{tltts|NPOVN-notice|There is currently a discussion at Neutral point of view/Noticeboard regarding an issue in which you may have been involved.}} |- ! [[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard|Dispute resolution]] | {{tltts|DRN-notice|There is currently a discussion involving you at Dispute resolution noticeboard.}} |- ! [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration]] | {{tltts|arbcom notice|You are involved in a recently filed request for arbitration.}} |- ! [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations|Sockpuppet investigation]] | {{tltts|Uw-socksuspect|You are suspected of sockpuppetry.|Inform user of sockpuppet investigation involving them.}} |- ! colspan="2" style="background-color: DarkOrange; color: Black;" | Warnings |- | colspan="2" style="text-align: center" |[[Wikipedia:Template_messages/User talk namespace/Single-level templates#Single issue warnings|Show warnings]] |- ! style="background-color: Black; color: White; width: 35%;" | Description ! style="background-color: DimGray; color: White; width: 15%;" | Template |- ! Violation/potential violation of the [[WP:1RR|one revert rule]] | {{tltts|uw-1rr|You appear to have violated the one revert rule. Please stop.}} |- ! Violation/potential violation of the [[WP:3RR|three revert rule]] | {{tltts|uw-3rr|You appear to have violated the three revert rule. Please stop.}} |- ! [[Wikipedia:OTHERSPAM|Affiliate marketing]] | {{tltts|uw-affiliate|Please do not use Wikipedia for affiliate marketing.}} |- ! Username matches well-known person ([[Wikipedia:assume good faith|assume good faith]]) | {{tltts|uw-agf-wellknown|Your username matches the name of a well-known, living person.}} |- ! Creating [[Wikipedia:Attack page|attack pages]] | {{tltts|uw-attack|Please do not use Wikipedia to disparage people. Attack pages are not tolerated.}} |- ! [[Wikipedia:Bots|Bot]] username | {{tltts|uw-botun|Warning on bot username.}} |- ! [[Wikipedia:CANVASSING|Canvassing]] other editors | {{tltts|uw-canvass|Please do not canvas other users.}} |- ! Conflict of interest & username issue | {{tltts|uw-coi-username|Warning on WP:COI and username policies.}} |- ! [[Wikipedia:Copyrights|Copyright]] violation | {{tltts|uw-copyright|Do not infringe copyrights.}}<br />{{tltts|uw-lyrics|Do not infringe copyrights for song lyrics.}} |- ! [[Wikipedia:Copyrights#Linking to copyrighted works|Linking to copyrighted works]] violation | {{tltts|uw-copyright-link|Do not link to copyright violations.}} |- ! [[Wikipedia:Copyrights|Copyright]] violation, for new contributors | {{tltts|uw-copyright-new|How to avoid copyright problems.}} |- ! Removing the {{tl|copyvio}} template | {{tltts|uw-copyright-remove|Do not remove copyright notices from articles.}} |- ! Promotion of hate speech and other derogatory content | {{tltts|uw-derogatory|Do not promote hate speech or other derogatory content.}}<br/>{{tltts|uw-hatespeech|Racist editing is not acceptable.}} |- ! Edit summary that triggers abuse filter | {{tltts|uw-efsummary|Edit summary that triggers abuse filter}} |- ! A softer edit warring notice for new editors | {{tltts|uw-ewsoft|You appear to be in an edit war. Please discuss the issue.}} |- ! Edit warring notice | {{tltts|uw-ew|You appear to be in an edit war. Please stop.}} |- ! [[WP:AHIJACK|Hijacking]] pages | {{tltts|uw-hijacking|Please do not hijack pages.}} |- ! Creating [[WP:HOAX|hoaxes]] | {{tltts|uw-hoax|Please do not create hoaxes.}} |- ! Making [[WP:LEGAL|legal threats]] | {{tltts|uw-legal|Legal threats are not tolerated.}} |- ! Editing while logged out | {{tltts|uw-login|Please log in when editing.}} |- ! Vandalism with multiple IPs | {{tltts|uw-multipleIPs|Please do not use multiple IPs for vandalism.}} |- ! [[Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing|Close paraphrasing]] | {{tltts|uw-paraphrase|Do not add close paraphrases of copyrighted material.}} |- ! Personal info | {{tltts|uw-pinfo|Do not post personal information about people.}} |- ! Editing to illustrate a point | {{tltts|uw-point|Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point.}} |- ! Personal info about yourself as a minor | {{tltts|uw-selfinfo|Please do not post personal information about yourself as a minor.}} |- ! Using Wikipedia as a social network | {{tltts|uw-socialnetwork-strong|Do not continue to use discussion pages for general discussion.}} |- ! Userpage vandalism | {{tltts|uw-upv|Your edit to a userpage may be vandalism β log in if yours.}} |- ! Username violation (custom) | {{tltts|uw-username|Your username might not meet the username policy.}} |- ! Userpage or subpage is against policy | {{tltts|uw-userpage|Your userpage might not meet the userpage policy.}} |- |} <!-- Note : If the template line does not fit on one line in the editing window, the comment will not display in its totality on the viewer's tool tip, when he/she hovers the mouse over it.--> |}
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