Editing BattleTechWiki:Template index

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This page provides an '''index of [[Help:Template|templates]]''' used within BattleTechWiki, many of which convey ''messages''; they are grouped into topic-specific headings. For information on what templates are, and how the template namespace is intended to be used, see [[BattleTechWiki:Template namespace]]. For information on template use and development, see [[Help:Template]]. For the project team looking after templates on BattleTechWiki, see [[BattleTechWiki:WikiProject Templates]].

For navigation templates rather than notices, see [[:Category:Navigation templates]]. For stub templates (used to flag articles as incomplete and needing significant expansion), see [[BTW:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types]].  For some examples of message templates, see [[BattleTechWiki:Template index/Examples]]. For examples of combined message boxes, see [[BattleTechWiki:Template index/Cleanup/Verifiability and sources#Combined message boxes|BTW:Template index/Cleanup/Verifiability and sources § Combined message boxes]].
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==Using this page== 
The '''bold links''' at the top of each cell lead to detailed pages which describe the templates in that section in detail and explain how and when to use them.

If you cannot find the template you are looking for, please click on the section headers that seem most relevant, since there may be templates for a particular usage covered on the detailed pages, but '''not''' listed in the table below.

If you still cannot find the template you need, you can request it on [[BattleTechWiki:Requested templates]]. For help on creating templates, see [[Help:Template]] or contact a user who has identified themself as an member of the Wikiproject:Templates team. Note that in order to maintain consistent design of templates, there have been significant discussions about a variety of templates [https://discord.gg/CPjUMCbk36 on our discord]

A more comprehensive category system may also be viewed at [[:Category:BattleTechWiki templates]].

===Can improvements be made easily to a page?===
Before placing cleanup templates on a page, it is worthwhile to cast a [[w:Critical thinking|critical]] eye over the page to determine whether or not you can make the improvements easily, thus eliminating the need for a tag.

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===[[/General|General]]===
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* [[/General#Disambiguation and redirection|Disambiguation and redirection]]
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===[[/Cleanup|Cleanup]]===
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* [[/Cleanup#Tag consolidation|Tag consolidation]]
* [[/Cleanup#General cleanup|General cleanup]]
* [[/Cleanup#Copy editing|Copy editing]]
* [[/Cleanup#Inline with article text|Inline with article text]]
* [[/Cleanup#Structure, formatting and sections|Structure, formatting and sections]]
* [[/Cleanup#Introduction|Introduction]]
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* [[/Cleanup#Contradiction and confusion|Contradiction and confusion]]
* [[/Cleanup#Importance and notability|Importance and notability]]
* [[/Cleanup#Neutrality|Neutrality]]
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===[[/Compact tables of contents|Compact tables of contents (TOC)]]===
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* [[/Compact tables of contents#Non-category pages|Non-category pages]]
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* [[/Compact tables of contents#Category pages|Category pages]]
** [[/Compact tables of contents#catalpha|Alphabetical lists]]
** [[/Compact tables of contents#Numeric lists|Numeric lists]]
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===[[/Deletion|Deletion, discussion, speedy]]===
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* [[/Deletion#Deletion tools|Deletion tools]]
** Articles (AfD)
** Categories (CfD)
** Files (FfD)
** Miscellany (MfD)
** Redirects (RfD)
** Stub types (SfD)
** Templates (TfD)
* [[/Deletion#Discussion pages|Discussion pages]]
* [[/Speedy deletion|Speedy deletion tools]]
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===[[/Disputes|Disputes]]===
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* Contradictory
* Neutrality
* Notability
* Verifiability
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===[[/Format|Formatting]]===
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* Division boxes
* Hide/show boxes
* Image frames
* Multiple columns
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===[[/Links|Links]]===
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*[[/Links#Internal links|Internal links]] (articles, namespaces and categories)
**[[/Links#Templates|Templates]]
*[[/Links#External links|External links]]
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===[[/Lists|Lists]]===
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* Dynamic lists
* Incomplete lists
* Subject or topic lists
* Disputed content/length
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===[[/Maintenance|Maintenance]]===
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* [[/Maintenance#Articles requiring significant attention and other issues|Articles requiring significant attention and other issues]]
* [[/Maintenance#Articles undergoing major edits|Articles undergoing major edits]]
* [[/Maintenance#Categorization issues|Categorization issues]]
* [[/Maintenance#Copyright violations|Copyright violations]]
* [[/Maintenance#Protected articles, pages and images|Protected articles, pages and images]]
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===[[/Merging|Merging]]===
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* To be placed on top of the pages or sections which require merging.
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===[[/Moving|Moving]]===
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* To be used for, during, and after proposing a move on [[BattleTechWiki:Requested moves#Requesting controversial and potentially controversial moves]].
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===[[/Redirect pages|Redirect pages]]===
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* To be placed below the redirect tag, separated by a blank line.
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===[[/Section|Section]]===
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* Templates that are section-specific.
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===[[/Sources of articles|Sources, citations, references]]===
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* [[/Sources of articles#General sources|General sources]]
* [[/Sources of articles#Citations of sources|Citations of sources]]
* [[/Sources of articles#Citations for footnotes and for linking|Footnotes and links]]
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===[[/Splitting|Splitting]]===
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* To be placed on top the pages or sections which require splitting.
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==Non article-related namespace==
''These templates are for specific [[BattleTechWiki:Namespace|namespaces]] other than the main/article namespace.''
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===[[/Category namespace|Category namespace]]===
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* Category headers
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===[[/File namespace|File namespace]]===
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* General
* Categorization
* Deletion
* Featured content
* Format and quality
* Free image / Semi-free image usage
* GNU/GFDL images
* Non-free (copyrighted) images
* Public domain images
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===[[/Talk namespace|Talk namespaces]]===
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* General
* Archiving
* Comments
* Discussion thread tags
* Featured and good articles
* Free images
* To do lists

* WikiProject notices
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===[[/Template namespace|Template namespace]]===
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* Template documentation
* Template talk page messages
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===[[/User namespace|User namespace]]===
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* General
* [[Template:User sandbox|User sandboxes]]
* [[BattleTechWiki:Userboxes|Userboxes]]
* [[BattleTechWiki:Award templates|BattleTechWiki Awards]]
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===[[/User talk namespace|User talk namespace]]===
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* Multi-level warning templates
* Single-level warning templates
* Behavior in articles
* Behavior towards editors
* Blatant vandalism
* Blocks
* General disruptive editing
* Meta-templates
* Welcome templates
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===[[/BattleTechWiki namespace|BattleTechWiki namespace]]===
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* Policies and guidelines
* Essays and related
* Maintenance
* Proposals and disputes
* WikiProjects
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===[[/WikiProject banners|WikiProject banners]]===
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For BattleTechWiki namespace.
* WikiProject banners
* WikiProject meta templates
* Banner shells
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==Related pages for specific types of templates==
* [[BattleTechWiki:Hatnote]] and [[Template:Hatnote templates]] – documentation for [[wikt:hatnote|hatnotes]].
* [[BattleTechWiki:Template index/Links#External links|BattleTechWiki:Template index/Links § External links]] and [[:Category:External link templates]] – templates for links to [[BattleTechWiki:External links|external sites]].
* [[BattleTechWiki:Navigation template]] and [[:Category:Navigational boxes]] – guidance essay and list.
* [[BattleTechWiki:List of infoboxes]] and [[:Category:Infobox templates]] –  lists of templates for [[infobox]]es, commonly used in articles to present certain summary or overview information about the subject. See [[BattleTechWiki:Manual of Style/Infoboxes]] for guidelines on usage.
* [[BattleTechWiki:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types]] – templates that are applied to [[BattleTechWiki:Stub|stubs]], from a WikiProject to list stub messages/templates.

==WikiProjects and standardisation==
* [[BattleTechWiki:WikiProject Templates]] – WikiProject for template standardisation.

==See also==
* {{subpages}}
* [[Help:Template]] – wiki template help page
* [[Help:MediaWiki namespace]] – one of the standard namespaces in the database structure of the MediaWiki software, on which BattleTechWiki runs
* [[Special:Unusedtemplates]] – current list of all templates which are not transcluded onto another page

===Index of tags and messages===
{{BattleTechWiki templates|state=expanded}}
{{Inline cleanup tags|collapsed}}
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