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

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This template is used on approximately 503,000 pages.
To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

Usage

This template adds __NOINDEX__, which may remove the page from some external search engines and automatically categorizes pages in Category:Noindexed pages. This is sometimes done administratively (see {{Section link}}: required section parameter(s) missing), but may also be done voluntarily by users to their own pages.

By default, the template displays no content.

{{NOINDEX}}

or

{{NOINDEX|visible=yes}}

Parameters:

|visible = yes – makes the template display a line of plain text to inform editors that the page is excluded from search engine indexing:
|text = – customise the display text; defaults to "This page has been removed from search engines' indexes."

Effects in different namespaces

This template has no effect in the main (article) namespace unless the article is less than 90 days old. This is to prevent abuse. All articles which include this template are assigned to Category:Noindexed articles regardless of their age (and whether they are actually noindexed or not).

This template has no effect in the Draft: or Draft Talk: namespaces, both of which are automatically noindexed via a software setting.

Warnings

Note: to avoid unexpected results or unnecessary duplication, read Controlling search engine indexing to make sure you are familiar with the different ways noindexing is done.

This template should not be used in articles. If an article is bad enough that search engines shouldn't index it, it should be nominated for deletion. __NOINDEX__ is disabled in article space and this template consequently has no effect there.

Note: major search engines should respect the NOINDEX tag, but it may take days or even weeks for content already indexed to be removed from them.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:NOINDEX in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for NOINDEX

This template adds __NOINDEX__ to a page, a search engine tag that prevents indexing

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Visible	`visible`	When set to 'yes', the template will display a message stating that the page is not indexed.	String	optional
text	`text`	Custom text that may be displayed (with the "visible" parameter on) to indicate the use of this template. Default This page has been removed from search engines' indexes.	String	optional

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 === Usage ===
-This template adds <code><nowiki>__NOINDEX__</nowiki></code>, which may remove the page from some external search engines and automatically categorizes pages in [[:Category:Noindexed pages]]. This is sometimes done administratively {{crossref|(see {{section link|Wikipedia:User pages#Handling inappropriate content}})}}, but may also be done voluntarily by users to their own pages.
+This template adds <code><nowiki>__NOINDEX__</nowiki></code>, which may remove the page from some external search engines and automatically categorizes pages in [[:Category:Noindexed pages]]. This is sometimes done administratively {{crossref|(see {{section link|Project:Template index/User namespace}})}}, but may also be done voluntarily by users to their own pages.
 By default, the template displays no content.
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 === Warnings ===
-'''Note:''' to avoid unexpected results or unnecessary duplication, read [[Wikipedia:Controlling search engine indexing]] to make sure you are familiar with the different ways noindexing is done.
+'''Note:''' to avoid unexpected results or unnecessary duplication, read [[Project:Editorial guidance|Controlling search engine indexing]] to make sure you are familiar with the different ways noindexing is done.
-This template should not be used in articles. If an article is bad enough that search engines shouldn't index it, it should be nominated for deletion. <code><nowiki>__NOINDEX__</nowiki></code> is disabled in [[WP:Main namespace|article space]] and this template consequently has no effect there.
+This template should not be used in articles. If an article is bad enough that search engines shouldn't index it, it should be nominated for deletion. <code><nowiki>__NOINDEX__</nowiki></code> is disabled in [[Project:Manual of Style|article space]] and this template consequently has no effect there.
 Note: major search engines should respect the NOINDEX tag, but it may take days or even weeks for content already indexed to be removed from them.