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Stubs

The preferred (and easiest) method is to use {{stub}}. This will always display the latest version, as at Ireland Information Guide:Template messages.

Substubs

Substubs are even shorter than normal stubs. This message can be inserted with {{substub}}.

Spoilers

For articles with secrets, plot points, or other information which some readers may not want to see immediately, you can use a standard spoiler warning, as documented at Ireland Information Guide:Spoiler warning.

Message code:

{{spoiler}}

Current message:

Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.

Redirect

See also: redirection

1. REDIRECT: [[article]]

See also

As maintext

See also: Style

''See also'': [[link1]], [[link2]], ...

As header with list of links

 ==See also==
 * [[Link 1]]
 * [[Link 2]]

External links

Titles

PLEASE add a title to an external link by supplying a text after the URL separated by a space, preferably the official title of the site, or if no official title exists the clearest title you can come up with.

Most URLs are ugly and uninformative, so it is better to give an external link a meaningful title. For example,

• European Space Agency official website (http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/index.html)

is much more readable than

• http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/index.html

The "printable version" of a page displays all URLs in full, including those given a title, so no information is lost.

As header

See also: Style

 == External links ==
 * [http://www.urladdress.com Official Website Title]

Disambiguation

See also Ireland Information Guide:Disambiguation, and remember to add the link to Ireland Information Guide:Links to disambiguating pages or Ireland Information Guide:Multiple-place names.

A typical disambiguation page might look like this:

X can refer to:

• ...
• ...

This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page.

Use

{{disambig}}

to add the footer text. See also: Ireland Information Guide:Template messages

Multiple-definition pages

If the page lists 2 or 3 terms, but the last is likely to be off-screen, add a TOC to the top of the page, so that someone arriving at the page will know that there are other definitions available.

With __FORCETOC__ or __TOC__ in the wikitext a TOC is added even if the page has less than four headings.

The TOC is put before the first section header, or in the case of __TOC__, at the position of this code.

Should we do this for all multiple-definition pages, for consistency?

Copyright infringement notice

See Ireland Information Guide:Copyright problems

The following template will produce the standard "The content of this page has been removed, due to suspicion of copyright infringement" boilerplate.

{{copyvio|url=<place URL of allegedly copied material here>}}

~~~~

NPOV dispute

The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see the article's talk page for more information.

{{NPOV}}

Cleanup

This should be added at the top of a page using {{cleanup}}.

Pages needing attention

This should be added at the top of a page using {{attention}}.

Factual errors

{{Dubious}}

Template:Dubious

{{Disputed}}

The factual accuracy of this article is disputed.

Inclusion disputes

It is disputed whether this article should be included in Ireland Information Guide.

{{inclusion}}

Listed for deletion

Please post {{subst:vfd}} at the top of the article. This will always display the latest version of the deletion notice.

See also Ireland Information Guide:Deletion policy

From the 1911 Britannica

Under a ==Reference== or ==References== section:

• This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Please update as needed.

• This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Please update as needed.

The preferred (and easiest) method is to use

{{subst:1911}}

instead. This will always display the latest version, as at Ireland Information Guide:Template messages

Protected page

This page is currently protected. Please try to resolve disputes on the discussion page. Thanks!

'''This page is currently [[Ireland Information Guide:This page is protected|protected]]. Please try to resolve disputes on the [[Talk:|discussion page]]. Thanks!'''

You can use

{{protected}}

instead. If the standard protected-page warning is changed, the article will display the updated version, as at Ireland Information Guide:Template messages

Temporarily being edited

The following can be used when inserting a change will take some time and you don't want to get stepped on while working:

{{inuse}}

NOTICE: Currently [~~~~] I am editing this document; please do not edit for the next few minutes so I can add more stations; this notice will be removed when I am finished.

From the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

Under a ==Reference== or ==References== section:

This article was originally based on material from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, used with permission. Update as needed.

''This article was originally based on material from the [[FOLDOC|Free On-line Dictionary of Computing]], used with permission. Update as needed.''

You can use

{{subst:FOLDOC}}

to substitute the boilerplate text in automatically.

Expand list

Before an incomplete list:

This is an incomplete list. You can help Wikipedia by expanding or completing it.

''This [[Ireland Information Guide:List|list]] is not exhaustive. You can help Ireland Information Guide by expanding or completing it.''

You can use

{{expand list}}

to substitute the boilerplate text in automatically.

List development

For the bottom of lists that need work, additional items, or are otherwise in need of development.

{{listdev}}

This list is incomplete. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.

See also

• Ireland Information Guide:Boilerplate request for permission
• Ireland Information Guide:Copyright problems
• Ireland Information Guide:Image markup gallery
• Ireland Information Guide:Image use policy#Markup
• Ireland Information Guide:Standard user greeting
• Ireland Information Guide:WikiProject