Wikipedia:Tip of the day/Display template gallery
This is a gallery of Wikipedia tip-of-the-day (TOTD) display templates. To add the TOTD display template to your User or Talk page just put curly braces around the display template name and copy/paste it in to your User or Talk page, and save it.
Note: After saving, you may have to bypass your browser's cache to see the changes. Internet Explorer: hold down the Ctrl key and click the Refresh or Reload button. Firefox: hold down the Shift key while clicking Reload (or press Ctrl-Shift-R). Google Chrome and Safari users can just click the Reload button. For details and instructions about other browsers, see: Wikipedia:Bypass your cache.
You may have to the Wikipedia server to see the change.
totd
[edit]{{totd}} is the main userspace version of the tip of the day display template, with light blue border, centered in the middle of the page. Complete with inspirational light bulb.
Note: This is the only template that can take one optional parameter: border-color, which is used to adjust the border color from the default (#ADD8E6). For example: {{totd|border-color=#444444}} would render a dark gray border instead of the light blue shown below by default:
totd b
[edit]{{totd b}} is a more compact centered version of the above template. Useful for columns:
| Tip of the day... |
 "Where to begin?"
On Wikipedia, you can look things up by searching or browsing... If you know what topic you want, type it into Wikipedia's search box and press ↵ Enter If you would like to explore Wikipedia's coverage, overall, or for a particular subject, browse these pages:
If you would like to edit Wikipedia, just click the [Edit] tab (to use VisualEditor which is a WYSIWYG editor) or click the [Edit source] tab to use the Wikipedia text editor. Both tabs are at the top of the desired page or page section. To create a new article, type the name of the topic in the search box and press ↵ Enter. If a page doesn't already exist with that name, Wikipedia will let you create one. Follow the instructions on the screen. As an alternative, the Wikipedia Article Wizard helps you through the process of submitting a new article to Wikipedia. Redlinks are another way to create new articles. Mouse click on the red link and Wikipedia will let you create a new article with that name. – –
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| Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd b}} |
totd3
[edit]{{totd3}} is a left-aligned purple box version, useful for displaying the tip in columns (or instead you may align-right or align-center using the
{{right|{{totd3}}}} or {{center|{{totd3}}}} templates):
Tip of the day...
"Where to begin?"
On Wikipedia, you can look things up by searching or browsing... If you know what topic you want, type it into Wikipedia's search box and press ↵ Enter If you would like to explore Wikipedia's coverage, overall, or for a particular subject, browse these pages:
If you would like to edit Wikipedia, just click the [Edit] tab (to use VisualEditor which is a WYSIWYG editor) or click the [Edit source] tab to use the Wikipedia text editor. Both tabs are at the top of the desired page or page section. To create a new article, type the name of the topic in the search box and press ↵ Enter. If a page doesn't already exist with that name, Wikipedia will let you create one. Follow the instructions on the screen. As an alternative, the Wikipedia Article Wizard helps you through the process of submitting a new article to Wikipedia. Redlinks are another way to create new articles. Mouse click on the red link and Wikipedia will let you create a new article with that name. – –
To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd3}}
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totd-random
[edit]{{totd-random}} is a centered tip of the moment template, that automatically displays a different tip every time you enter the page it is on. If the tip does not update, try clearing or purging your browser or server cache:
| Tip of the moment...
What is Page curation?
Wikipedia:Page Curation is a suite of tools developed by Wikimedia Foundation to help experienced editors review new pages on the English Wikipedia. The recommendations and guidelines for new page patrollers described at WP:NPP which should be studied carefully before using these tools. Page curation provides two main features:
– – To add this auto-randomizing template to your user page, use {{totd-random}}
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totd-tomorrow
[edit]{{totd-tomorrow}} is a centered version that shows tomorrow's tip, and is used by Wikipedia tipsters to make sure that the tips are up-to-date and corrected before they go live:
| Please proofread the daily tip...
It's displayed below one day early. Some tips are obsolete. So we need new tips too. Please share your best tips and tip ideas at the Tip of the day department. edit Tomorrow's tip of the day... Article development
Newly created articles are checked for obvious problems by members of the New pages patrol. These editors collaborate to identify articles which do not meet the criteria for inclusion and/or to tag them for any glaring issues that need attention. Article classification codes are assigned (on the article's talk page) based on an assessment of the article's quality. The assessment class codes may be updated by any contributor as the article is improved. Typically, an article may begin with a Stub-class or Start-class code and be upgraded to C-class, then B-class as the article becomes more complete. Next, an article might be submitted to the peer review process to receive ideas and critical feedback from other editors. Upon successful completion of the peer review, an article might then be nominated for GA-Class (Good Article) status. At each step, the nominator is expected to implement the feedback they receive. Articles achieving GA status are then potential candidates for FA-Class (Featured Article) status. Examples of featured articles are viewable daily at Wikipedia's Main Page.
– – To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd-tomorrow}}
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tip of the day
[edit]{{tip of the day}} is a borderless left-justified version, with light bulb:
| Tip of the day...
"Where to begin?"
On Wikipedia, you can look things up by searching or browsing... If you know what topic you want, type it into Wikipedia's search box and press ↵ Enter If you would like to explore Wikipedia's coverage, overall, or for a particular subject, browse these pages:
If you would like to edit Wikipedia, just click the [Edit] tab (to use VisualEditor which is a WYSIWYG editor) or click the [Edit source] tab to use the Wikipedia text editor. Both tabs are at the top of the desired page or page section. To create a new article, type the name of the topic in the search box and press ↵ Enter. If a page doesn't already exist with that name, Wikipedia will let you create one. Follow the instructions on the screen. As an alternative, the Wikipedia Article Wizard helps you through the process of submitting a new article to Wikipedia. Redlinks are another way to create new articles. Mouse click on the red link and Wikipedia will let you create a new article with that name. – –
To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use
{{tip of the day}} |
tip of the day with h3 heading
[edit]{{tip of the day with h3 heading}} creates a version with the tip in heading/paragraph left-justified format (no light bulb):
Tip of the day
[edit]On Wikipedia, you can look things up by searching or browsing... If you know what topic you want, type it into Wikipedia's search box and press ↵ Enter
If you would like to explore Wikipedia's coverage, overall, or for a particular subject, browse these pages:
- Portal:Contents/Outlines—site maps by subject
- Portal:Contents/Categories—classified index
- Portal:Contents/Portals—collections of excerpts, by subject
If you would like to edit Wikipedia, just click the [Edit] tab (to use VisualEditor which is a WYSIWYG editor) or click the [Edit source] tab to use the Wikipedia text editor. Both tabs are at the top of the desired page or page section.
To create a new article, type the name of the topic in the search box and press ↵ Enter. If a page doesn't already exist with that name, Wikipedia will let you create one. Follow the instructions on the screen. As an alternative, the Wikipedia Article Wizard helps you through the process of submitting a new article to Wikipedia. Redlinks are another way to create new articles. Mouse click on the red link and Wikipedia will let you create a new article with that name.
- Read more:
- Help:Searching
- Portal:Contents
- Wikipedia:Tutorial
totd2
[edit]{{totd2}} is the borderless left-justified version used on Wikipedia's Help page—which already has its own borders (No light bulb):
| Tip of the day...
"Where to begin?"
On Wikipedia, you can look things up by searching or browsing... If you know what topic you want, type it into Wikipedia's search box and press ↵ Enter If you would like to explore Wikipedia's coverage, overall, or for a particular subject, browse these pages:
If you would like to edit Wikipedia, just click the [Edit] tab (to use VisualEditor which is a WYSIWYG editor) or click the [Edit source] tab to use the Wikipedia text editor. Both tabs are at the top of the desired page or page section. To create a new article, type the name of the topic in the search box and press ↵ Enter. If a page doesn't already exist with that name, Wikipedia will let you create one. Follow the instructions on the screen. As an alternative, the Wikipedia Article Wizard helps you through the process of submitting a new article to Wikipedia. Redlinks are another way to create new articles. Mouse click on the red link and Wikipedia will let you create a new article with that name. – –
To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd2}}
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totd CP
[edit]{{totd CP}} is like the help page version, but with a box and light bulb. It is centered and it spans the whole field (screen or column) that it is in:
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"Where to begin?"
On Wikipedia, you can look things up by searching or browsing... If you know what topic you want, type it into Wikipedia's search box and press ↵ Enter If you would like to explore Wikipedia's coverage, overall, or for a particular subject, browse these pages:
If you would like to edit Wikipedia, just click the [Edit] tab (to use VisualEditor which is a WYSIWYG editor) or click the [Edit source] tab to use the Wikipedia text editor. Both tabs are at the top of the desired page or page section. To create a new article, type the name of the topic in the search box and press ↵ Enter. If a page doesn't already exist with that name, Wikipedia will let you create one. Follow the instructions on the screen. As an alternative, the Wikipedia Article Wizard helps you through the process of submitting a new article to Wikipedia. Redlinks are another way to create new articles. Mouse click on the red link and Wikipedia will let you create a new article with that name. – –
To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd CP}}
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totd-static
[edit]{{totd-static}} is like the totd version but the date is static. You have to manually change the date. Good for tip testing purposes.
| Visit the Tips departmentedit
How to bypass scrolling and clicking
When you are done editing, you do not have to scroll or click to summarize your edits, nor to Preview or Save the article. You can jump to the Edit summary box by pressing the Tab ↹ key. To preview the article, press Alt+⇧ Shift+p. To save the article, press Alt+⇧ Shift+s or press ↵ Enter when the cursor is in the Edit summary box. To see the changes you have made so far, press Alt+⇧ Shift+v. – – Read more: To add this static template to your user page, use
{{totd-static}}To change the static tip date, click on the template link above, edit the template, and add a new date in Month Day format (yearless, no comma, no leading zero, like: February 2). |
See also
[edit]- Wikipedia:Tip of the day/July 21, list of TOTD templates
- Wikipedia:Tips, the complete library of tips arranged by subject
- Wikipedia:Tip of the day, main project page