Template:Off-topic talk
This template for use on
noticeboards
) to show clearly that a discussion or section thereof is off-topic, so that later editors can skip over it if they want to.
Usage
You may either use {{Off-topic talk}} by itself for the default message, or you may customize with optional parameters.
Template | Result |
---|---|
{{Off-topic talk}} |
Off-topic |
First unnamed parameter, a.k.a. |1= , |reason= , or |note= :{{Off-topic talk|reason=Inter-personal disputes belong in user talk or at a noticeboard; this talk page is for improving the article.}} |
Off-topic: Inter-personal disputes belong in user talk or at a noticeboard; this talk page is for improving the article. |
Second unnamed parameter, a.k.a. |2= , |label= :{{Off-topic talk|label=Out-of-scope}} |
Out-of-scope |
{{Off-topic talk|label=[[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion|Custom message with link]]}} |
Custom message with link |
Combined:{{Off-topic talk|label=Wrong venue|reason=[[WP:TFD]] is only for actual templates; for template redirects, use [[WP:Redirects for discussion]]}} |
WP:TFD is only for actual templates; for template redirects, use WP:Redirects for discussion
|
This template will cleanly subst:
, though there's not any particular reason to
substitute
it.
Examples: three use cases
Wrapped in {{Resbox}}
as a hatnote at the top of an off-topic thread:
==What about nocturnal underwater basketweaving?== {{Resbox|{{Off-topic talk}}}} I think this page needs a section on nocturnal underwater basketweaving. — ConfusedPerson99, 02:39, 21 March 2018 (UTC) :This is the Wikipedia Manual of Style. Maybe you're looking for [[Talk:Basketweaving]]? Anyway, I'm marking this thread off-topic. – Sensible23, 12:37, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
Inline in the |result=
or similar parameter of template-closing templates like {{
, etc.:
hat}}), }}{{collapse}}
, {{collapse top
{{Discussion top |result={{Off-topic talk}}. This is the talk page for [[WWP:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)]], and has nothing to do with Spider-Man.}}
Inline in one's own comment:
* I agree with UserName123XYZ. {{off-topic talk}} – By the way, can anyone figure out why my user page has turned purple? ~~~~
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TemplateData for Off-topic talk
This template for use on talk pages (and comparable pages, such as noticeboards) to show clearly that a discussion or section thereof is off-topic, so that later editors can skip over it if they want to.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
reason | 1 reason note | Text to follow the text "Off-topic" | Content | optional |
custom message | 2 label | Enter a message to replace the default "Off-topic" text.
| Content | optional |
See also
This list:
Inline icon templates by shape and color
Any of the following inline, comment-level templates can be converted into {{Resolved}}-style hatnotes by using {{Resbox}} to put a box around the icon and text.
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Implemented | {{ |
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{{Yeag}} |
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{{ | |
Not fixed | {{Notfixed}} |
Won't fix | {{Won't fix}} |
I withdraw my nomination | {{Withdraw}} |
No technical evidence | {{Nojoy}} |
Unrelated | {{Unrelated}} |
Off-topic | {{Off-topic talk}} |
{{Nayc}} | |
{{Nayg}} |
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Already done | {{Already done}} |
Resolved | {{Resolved1}} |
{{Check mark-n}} | |
{{Checked}} | |
{{Checked box}} |
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Half done | {{Half done}} |
Partly done | {{Partly done}} |
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Semi-done | {{Semi-done}} |
Go ahead | {{Go ahead}} |
Fixed | {{Fixed}} |
Fixed by reporter | {{Fixed by reporter}} |
Pending | {{Bug pending}} |
Resolved | {{Bug resolved}} |
Blocked and tagged | {{Blockedandtagged}} |
Blocked without tags | {{Blockedwithouttags}} |
Tagged | {{Socks tagged}} |
No tags | {{No tags}} |
IP block exemption granted | {{Ipbedone}} |
IP blocked | {{IPblock}} |
Proxy blocked | {{Pblock}} |
Proxies blocked | {{Psblock}} |
Range blocked | {{Rblock}} |
Requested actions completed, closing | {{Action and close}} |
Blocked and tagged. Closing. | {{Blockedtaggedclosing}} |
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Removed | {{Removed}} |
Closing without action | {{Closing without action}} |
Failed | {{Failed-ga}} |
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Added | {{Added}} |
Posted | {{Posted}} |
Works for me | {{Works for me}} |
Passed | {{Passed}} |
Likely | {{Likely}} |
Highly likely | {{Highly likely}} |
Clerk endorsed | {{Endorse}} |
Clerk declined | {{Decline}} |
Check declined – Checkusers will not link accounts to IPs, per the privacy policy. | {{Decline-IP}} |
Endorsed by a checkuser | {{Cu-endorsed}} |
Check declined by a checkuser | {{Cudecline}} |
Delisted | {{Delisted}} |
Inconclusive | {{Inconclusive}} |
Not Applicable | {{N/A icon}} |
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Closed | {{Bug closed}} |
New: | {{Bug new}} |
Second opinion requested | {{GA2ndopinion}} |
{{equc}} |
Purple turn-right | |
Deferred | {{Deferred}} |
Defer to Abuse filter | {{Deferabusefilter}} |
Defer to Local blacklist | {{Deferblack}} |
Defer to Global blacklist | {{Defermetablack}} |
Defer to WPSPAM | {{Deferspam}} |
Defer to XLinkBot | {{Deferspambot}} |
Defer to Whitelist | {{Deferwhite}} |
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Pending approval | {{PendingRequest}} |
GA on hold | {{GAOnHold}} |
On hold | {{On hold}} |
On hold until | {{OnHoldUntil}} |
{{cloc}} |
Clock | |
Awaitingadmin}} | |
{{Await}} | |
Later | {{Later}} |
Pending | {{Tobedone}} |
Discussion ongoing... | {{Discussing}} |
Doing... | {{Doing}} |
[[User:|]] is doing... | {{Isdoing}} |
Started | {{Started}} |
In progress | {{In progress}} |
Checking... | {{Checking}} |
Reviewing... | {{Reviewing}} |
Information mark | |
Needs discussion | {{NeedsDiscussion}} |
Note: | {{A note}} |
Administrator note | {{Administrator note}} |
Assigned | {{Bug assigned}} |
Exclamation | |
Ack}}) | |
Confirmed | {{Bug confirmed}} |
Comment: | {{Comment}} |
Remind | {{Remind}} |
Remark: | {{Remark}} |
Clerk note: | {{Clerk-Note}} |
Robot clerk note: | {{Clerk-Note-bot}} |
Renamer note: | {{Renamer note}} |
Coordinator note: | {{Coordinator-note}} |
This review has not received any comments in two weeks. | {{Stale GAN}} |
Warning | {{Warnsign}} |
Question mark | |
Suggestion | {{Suggestion}} |
? Maybe | {{Maybe-t}} |
Maybe | {{Maybe-i}} |
{{Qmark}} | |
{{Question mark}} | |
{{InfoNeeded}} | |
Not done for now | {{Not done for now}} |
Not sure | {{Not sure}} |
Not sure. | {{Not sure2}} |
Question: | {{Question}} |
foo: | {{Question|label=foo}} |
Additional information needed | {{MoreInfo}} |
Feedback required | {{Bug feedback}} |
{{Idkc}} |
Bulb | |
{{Bulb}} | |
{{Bulb2}} | |
Idea: | {{Idea}} |
New proposal | {{NewProposal}} |
Smile | |
Thank you | {{Thank you}} |
Thank you very much! | {{Thank you very much}} |
You're welcome! | {{You're welcome}} |
Sorry! | {{Sorry}} |
Thanks | {{Thank}} |
Thank you | {{WikiThanks}} |
No problem! | {{No problem}} |
Thumb sign | |
{{ | |
Great! | {{Great}} |
Like | {{Like}} |
Dislike | {{Dislike}} |
Others
ω Awaiting | {{ | {{Snow}} |
SUL Check | {{SULcheck}} |
ToDo | {{ | {{Pixiedust}} |
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ | {{Shrug}} | |
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) | {{Lenny}} | |
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ | {{Table flip}} |
Multi-sign templates
The following templates implement several icons:
- {{AIV}} – used by Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism
- {{AN3}} - used by Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard and its subpages
- {{BOTREQ}} - used by Wikipedia:Bot requests
- {{CPC}} - used by Wikipedia:Copyright problems
- {{CUI}} - used by CheckUsers
- {{EFFP}} – used by Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives
- {{EFR}} – used by Wikipedia:Edit filter/Requested
- {{EP}} – used for servicing requests in edit-protected areas
- {{RFPP}} – used by Wikipedia:Requests for page protection
- {{RFPC}}, {{RFPNPR}}, {{RFPPM}}, {{RFPR}} – used by subpages of Wikipedia:Requests for permissions
- {{UAA}} – used by Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention
- {{UND}} – used by Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion
- {{Smiley}} – used for informal communication purposes
- {{Article history}}
Others
- Template:Check mark templates, for templates like these but without text
- Template:Icon, a template that creates an inline icon/image that is used in metapages
- Wikipedia:List of discussion templates, a more linear table of essentially the same set of templates
- Template:Resolved/See also, the smaller family of thread-level hatnote templates, similar to the above but with a box around them; any template above can be converted to one of those with {{Resbox}}
- Template:Table cell templates/doc, the family of table-specific templates that work only in tables
- Category:Image with comment templates
- Category:Resolution templates