Wikipedia:Template index/Wikipedia namespace

The Wikipedia:Project namespace includes Wikipedia official policies and guidelines, process pages, discussion pages, optional essays, informative pages, humorous and historical pages.

Policies and guidelines

For the rules concerning the use of these tags, see WP:Policies and guidelines.

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{policy}} links talk edit	no	Official policies top
{{Legal policy}} links talk edit		Official policies top
{{Procedural policy}} links talk edit	no	Official policies top
{{guideline}} links talk edit	no	Pages that document guidelines top
{{MoS-guideline}} links talk edit		Pages that document style guidelines top
{{subcat guideline| <guideline category>| <category sort key>| <shortcuts>}} links talk edit Guideline category should be one of: behavioral guideline content guideline deletion guideline editing guideline naming convention notability guideline style guideline	Example for naming convention as <guideline category>:	For tagging guidelines of specific categories top Use only available (sub-) categories
{{disputedtag|talk=Discussion Title}}		Disputed "policy"/"guideline" designations top
{{disputedtag|section=yes|talk=Discussion Title}}		Disputed sections of policies/guidelines section
{{proposed}} links talk edit		Policy/guideline proposals top
{{draft proposal}} links talk edit		Drafts of policy/guideline proposals top
{{under discussion|status|talk=Discussion Title}}		Policies and guidelines whose status as policy or guideline is being actively discussed, although their current status is not contested. top
{{under discussion|section|talk=Discussion Title}}		Sections of policies, guidelines or other pages which are being actively discussed at the talk page section
{{under discussion-inline|talk=Discussion Title}}		Specific wordings or sentences in policies, guidelines or other pages which are being actively discussed at the talk page within text
{{failed}} links talk edit		Failed policy/guideline proposals top
{{dormant}} links talk edit	no	Proposals that have become dormant through lack of discussion top
{{Polarized proposal}} links talk edit		Currently unable to compromise policy/guideline proposals top

How-to and information

Further information: WP:INFOPAGES

What to type	What it makes	Notes
{{Information page}} links talk edit		The banner template for administration pages that are more just informational and non-opinionated like WP:GOV.
{{Wikipedia how to}} links talk edit		The banner template for administration pages that are more directly instructional and non-opinionated like H:EDIT.
{{supplement|pages=[[Wikipedia:Policy]] page}}		Use this template carefully, only when there is a well-established consensus at the relevant policy or guideline page to link to the administration page in question from the policy or guideline like WP:BRD.
{{Process header}} links talk edit	Wikipedia namespace	A blank template meant to be populated and used at the top of a page in the Wikipedia and help namespace.

WikiProjects

Further information: WP:WikiProjects

See also: Wikipedia:Template messages/WikiProject banners

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes and notes
{{WikiProject status}} links talk edit	Parameters: |active, |semi-active, |inactive, |defunct	Displays the activity status of a WikiProject by using optional parameters top
{{WikiProject advice}} links talk edit		Used on essays and other advice pages that are written by one or more WikiProjects top
{{WikiProject notability essay}} links talk edit		Unofficial notability criteria defined by individual WikiProjects top
{{WikiProject style advice}} links talk edit		Unofficial style advice defined by individual WikiProjects top
{{WikiProject content advice}} links talk edit		Unofficial content advice defined by individual WikiProjects top