Template:Off-topic talk/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Off-topic talk.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

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.

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]]}}`	Wrong venue: 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 {{Archive top}}, {{Discussion top}}, {{Hidden archive top}} ({{hat}}), {{collapse}}, {{collapse top}}, etc.:

{{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. Default Off-topic	Content	optional

Green check marks
Implemented	`{{Implemented}}`
Partially implemented	`{{PImplemented}}`
Resolved	`{{Resolved mark}}`
Accepted	`{{Accepted}}`
Agree	`{{Agree}}`
Approved	`{{Approved}}`
Checked	`{{Checked2}}`
Verified	`{{Verified}}`
CY	`{{Conditional yes}}`
Confirmed	`{{Confirmed}}`
Confirmed with respect to the named user(s). No comment with respect to IP address(es).	`{{Confirmed-nc}}`
Technically indistinguishable	`{{Tallyho}}`
Y	`{{Tick}}`
Helped	`{{Helped}}`
Done	`{{Done}}`
Completed	`{{Edited2}}`
Task complete.	`{{Donetask}}`
Done – as a contested proposed deletion, the article has been restored on request.	`{{Unprod}}`
Answered on user's talk page.	`{{Autp}}`
Responded at the appropriate venue.	`{{Responded}}`
Sure!	`{{Sure}}`
Revoked	`{{Revoked}}`
Y Merger complete.	`{{Merge done}}`
✓	`{{Marked}}`
✓ Pass	`{{Pass}}`
Y	`{{Aye}}`
Yes	`{{Yes check}}`
✓	`{{Y&}}`
Y	`{{Yeac}}`
Yg	`{{Yeag}}`

Cross marks
N	`{{Xmark}}`
N This offer has expired	`{{Expired}}`
N Deleted	`{{Deleted}}`
Not done	`{{Not done}}`
Not done – empty request	`{{Not done empty request}}`
Not done – please clarify	`{{Not done unclear}}`
N Not done and not likely to be done	`{{Not done not likely}}`
N Stale	`{{Stale-small}}`
Rejected	`{{Smallrejected}}`
N	`{{X mark}}`
N	`{{Nay}}`
No	`{{No mark}}`
✗ Not done	`{{Not done-t}}`
✗ Fail	`{{Fail}}`
✗	`{{N&}}`
N	`{{X mark-n}}`
	`{{Xed box}}`
Cancelled	`{{Cancelled}}`
Prohibited	`{{Prohib}}`
Deleted	`{{Deleted-image}}`
Already declined	`{{Already declined}}`
Blocked	`{{Opblocked}}`
User blocked	`{{User-blocked}}`
Not a bug	`{{Notabug}}`
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}}`
N	`{{Nayc}}`
Ng	`{{Nayg}}`

Black check marks
Already done	`{{Already done}}`
Resolved	`{{Resolved1}}`
Y	`{{Check mark-n}}`
	`{{Checked}}`
	`{{Checked box}}`

Yellow check marks
Half done	`{{Half done}}`
Partly done	`{{Partly done}}`

Blue check marks
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}}`

Minus sign
Closed	`{{Close}}`
Denied	`{{Denied}}`
Disagree	`{{Disagree}}`
Not approved	`{{Unapproved}}`
Not bug	`{{NotBug}}`
Duplicate bug	`{{Duplicate bug}}`
Invalid	`{{Invalid}}`
Declined	`{{Declined}}`
No action	`{{No action}}`
No comment	`{{Nocomment}}`
Unnecessary	`{{Unnecessary}}`
No comment with respect to IP address(es)	`{{Nc}}`
Removed	`{{Removed}}`
Pulled	`{{Pulled}}`
Closing without action	`{{Closing without action}}`
Failed	`{{Failed-ga}}`

Plus sign
Added	`{{Added}}`
Posted	`{{Posted}}`
Works for me	`{{Works for me}}`
Passed	`{{Passed}}`
Likely	`{{Likely}}`
Highly likely	`{{Highly likely}}`
Endorsed	`{{Endorsed+}}`
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}}`

Neutral sign
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}}`

Simple clock
Pending approval	`{{PendingRequest}}`
GA on hold	`{{GAOnHold}}`
On hold	`{{On hold}}`
On hold until	`{{OnHoldUntil}}`
clock	`{{cloc}}`

Clock
Proposal on hold	`{{ProposalOnHold}}`
Reviewing request.	`{{Reviewing request}}`
Awaiting administrative action	`{{Awaitingadmin}}`
C	`{{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}}`
RM created	`{{RM created}}`

Exclamation
High Priority	`{{High priority}}`
*	`{{N.b.}}`
Urgent:	`{{Urgent}}`
Investigating...	`{{Investigating}}`
	`{{Bang}}`
*Requesting immediate archiving...*	`{{Archive now}}`
Bureaucrat note:	`{{Bureaucrat note}}`
Checkuser note:	`{{CUnote}}`
Acknowledged	`{{Bug acknowledged}}` (`{{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	`{{Warning sign}}`
Caution	`{{Caution sign}}`

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
B	`{{Bulb}}`
B	`{{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
	`{{Thumbs down}}`
	`{{Thumbs up}}`
	`{{(y)}}`
	`{{(n)}}`
Great!	`{{Great}}`
Like	`{{Like}}`
Dislike	`{{Dislike}}`

Others

ω Awaiting	`{{Awaiting}}`
^{( Buttinsky)}	`{{Buttinsky}}`
Comment.	`{{Commentvote}}`
Dupe	`{{Bug dupe}}`
Merged	`{{Clerk-Note-merged}}`
New bug	`{{NewBug}}`
Bug fixed	`{{BugFixed}}`
Duplicate proposal	`{{DuplicateProposal}}`
Just curious...	`{{Justcurious}}`
Proposal out of scope	`{{ProposalOutOfScope}}`
Moved to Commons	`{{Moved to commons}}`
Orz...	`{{Orz}}`
( Peanut gallery comment)	`{{Peanut}}`
Possibly	`{{Possibly}}`
I have read the above message. I will reply when I have a moment.	`{{Read}}`
Received	`{{Received}}`
Redflag	`{{Redflag}}`
Redundant	`{{Redundant symbol}}`
Reopened	`{{Reopened}}`
@Example:	`{{Reply to}}`
Reverted	`{{Reverted}}`
rimshot^ⓘ	`{{Rimshot}}`
Review	`{{Twomanrule}}`
Review – This section is under review or has been partially reviewed by	`{{UnderReview}}`
Facepalm	`{{Facepalm}}`
Running with scissors is too dangerous for Wikipedia!	`{{Scissors}}`
Self-trout	`{{Self-trout}}`
Self-whale... for when a trout just isn't enough	`{{Self-whale}}`
Sent	`{{Sent}}`
per snowball clause	`{{Snow}}`
SUL Check	`{{SULcheck}}`

ToDo	`{{ToDo}}`
Undone	`{{Undone}}`
Uploaded	`{{Uploaded}}`
Request withdrawn	`{{Withdrawn}}`
Working	`{{Working}}`
Wikipedia is not a crystal ball.	`{{WPcrystalball}}`
Completed	`{{Completed}}`
Blocked but awaiting tags	`{{Sblock}}`
Possible	`{{Possible}}`
Not possible	`{{Not possible}}`
Possilikely (a mix between possible and likely)	`{{Possilikely}}`
Unlikely	`{{Unlikely}}`
Replaced	`{{Replaced}}`
Looks like a duck to me	`{{Duck}}`
	`{{Duck2}}`
Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me	`{{Megaphoneduck}}`
1.75x amplified ultimate quack of ultimate destiny	`{{Megaphoneduck\|ultimate}}`
Clerk assistance requested:	`{{Clerk Request}}`
Relisted	`{{Relisted}}`
No sleepers immediately visible	`{{Nosleepers}}`
Behavioural evidence needs evaluation	`{{Behaviour}}`
Global lock(s) requested	`{{GlobalLocksRequested}}`
Stale	`{{StaleIP}}`
The CheckUser Magic 8-Ball says:	`{{8ball}}`
CheckUser is not a crystal ball	`{{Crystalball}}`
CheckUser is not for fishing	`{{Fishing}}`
CheckUser is not magic pixie dust	`{{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

Usage

Examples: three use cases

TemplateData

See also

Inline icon templates by shape and color

Others

Multi-sign templates

Others