Template:Caution sign/doc

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This template is to highlight the importance / warn, commonly for use on talk pages. It is used to visually draw attention inline in a message, to a warning about something, such as inappropriate editor behavior, a coding difficulty to watch out for, etc. It is not used in article namespace, but it can be used in other namespaces.

You may either use {{caution sign}} by itself for the default message or you may add a custom message as an optional parameter.

Template	Result
{{caution sign}}	Caution
{{caution sign|Custom message}}	Custom message

Example

Jerk The source is fine, you are an idiot. --User:Example0 Caution personal attacks are not tolerated; please stick to discussing the content. --User:Example1

See also

This list:

Inline icon templates by shape and color

Any of the following inline, comment-level templates can be converted into {{Resolved}}-style hatnotes by using {{Resbox}} to put a box around the icon and text.

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 the unregistered user(s).	{{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 Merge completed	{{Merge done}}
The article has been nominated on your behalf. You can follow the discussion and respond to others' comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/. Discussions normally run for at least seven days. If you have any questions about how the process works, feel free to ask on this thread!	{{XfD request completed}}
✓	{{Marked}}
Pass	{{Pass}}
Y	{{Aye}}
Yes	{{Yes check}}
✓	{{Y&}}
	{{OkMark}}
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}}
Rejected draft	{{Rejected draft}}
N	{{X mark}}
N	{{Nay}}
No	{{No mark}}
✗ Not done	{{Not done-t}}
✗ Fail	{{Fail}}
	{{NotMark}}
✗	{{N&}}
N	{{X mark-n}}
	{{Xed box}}
Cancelled	{{Cancelled}}
Prohibited	{{Prohibited}}
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 the unregistered user(s)	{{Nc}}
No comment with respect to temporary account(s)	{{Nc-ta}}
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}}
+1	{{+1}}

Neutral sign
Closed	{{Bug closed}}
New:	{{Bug new}}
Second opinion requested	{{GA2ndopinion}}
=	{{equc}}

Purple turn-right
Deferred	{{Deferred}}
Defer to edit 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}}
{{{text}}}	{{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}}{{(n)}}
	{{Thumbs up}}{{(y)}}
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}}
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}}
	{{Doge}}
Looks AI-generated to me.	{{Looks AI-generated}}
	{{Looks AI-generated2}}
Sounds like a clanker beeping into a megaphone to me	{{MegaphoneAI}}
1.75x amplified ultimate beep of ultimate destiny	{{MegaphoneAI|ultimate}}

ToDo	{{ToDo}}
Undone	{{Undone}}
File:Icon - upload photo 2.svg 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}}
Almost	{{Almost}}

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
• {{Sym}} – Various commonly used symbols and icons
• {{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

Template:Caution sign invokes Module:Navbox using Lua.

Usage

This template can be used to make a standard navigation box. It is intended for use within another template that standardises the title and contents of the box (see Template:ShipNavbox). This template SHOULD NOT be used directly within articles, as it creates a maintenance burden to do so whenever the contents of the box have to be updated.

The purpose of this template is to standardise the attributes of all navigation boxes, for example, their colours and other CSS attributes. The template is fairly simple, and could be extended to add other features in the future. Using this template allows changes to be implemented much quicker and easier than editing each template separately.

Syntax

{{navbox
|state      = uncollapsed, collapsed, plain, autocollapse (default)
|name       = mandatory - name of the template
|style      = optional - style for the whole table
|title      = mandatory - navbox header
|gtitleN    = optional - title of N-th group of items
|styleN     = optional - style for groupN; i.e. text-align
|groupN     = mandatory - list of groups of items
|fstyle     = optional - style for footer ; i.e. text-align
|footer     = optional - navbox footer
}}

• Groups: Currently there is no technical limit to the maximum number of groups.
  • Groups of items can be added as parameters: group1, group2, group3, ... up to groupN.
• Group title: Each group has its own title parameter: gtitle1, gtitle2, gtitle3, ... up to gtitleN. Note that the default width for the first column is 15%.
• Group style: Style may also be customised to each group in: style1, style2, style3, ... up to styleN.
  • Note that neither the title nor the items have any wiki-links built into the template. As a result, users of the template are free to use wiki-links as they wish.
• Line breaks: Line-breaks (<br />) are unnecessary, as text wrapping is done automatically by the template. This also includes links and text in gtitleN and groupN.
• Bullets: Create unordered lists with lines beginning with *.
• Pipe links: Because of the nature of template syntax, it may be necessary to use Template:! ({{!}}).

States

• Autocollapse: By default, the state of a navbox is "autocollapsed". This means that if the number of navboxes in a page exceeds the maximum allocation of the collapsible navboxes, then the remaining navboxes are collapsed automatically. For more information (or to change the setting), see MediaWiki:Common.js.
  • Currently, the autocollapse allocation is 2 (see MediaWiki:Common.js). This means that if there are 3 navboxes in a page, the third and subsequent navboxes will be collapsed automatically.
• Uncollapsed: Forces the navbox to be displayed.
  • All of the navboxes in this documentation are in the uncollapsed state.
• Collapsed: The reverse of uncollapsed. Forces the navbox to be hidden instead.
  • Navboxes with a height of more than 300 pixels will also be collapsed automatically. For more information (or to change the setting), see MediaWiki:Common.js.
• Plain: Removes the "show/hide" link.

Sub-groups

• For larger navboxes, it may be necessary to include sub-groups within a particular group of items. It is also possible to collapsible navboxes within the parent navbox, see Collapsible sub-groups.
• To create sub-groups within {{navbox}}, certain parameters are to be included:
  • The parent navbox group (i.e. group2 in the example below) requires the type parameter (gtype2 = Subgroup).
  • The nested navbox (sub-group) requires the inclusion of the sub-group parameter (subgroup = yes). This enables the template to differentiate between the sub-group and the parent navbox.

{{navbox
|name    =
|title   =
|gtitle1 =
|group1  =
|gtitle2 =  
|gtype2  = Subgroup (mandatory)
|group2  = 
  {{navbox
  |subgroup = yes (mandatory)
  |gtitle1  = 
  |group1   =
  |gtitle2  = 
  |group2   = 
  }}
}}

Collapsible sub-groups

• For extremely long navboxes, it is recommended to use collapsible navboxes within the parent navbox. Further sub-groups can then be added to these collapsible navboxes.
• To create collapsible sub-groups within {{navbox}}, these parameters need to be included:
  • The parent navbox is almost always uncollapsed (state=uncollapsed).
  • The parent navbox group (i.e. group1 in the example below) requires the type parameter (gtype1 = Subgroup).
  • The nested collapsible navbox requires the inclusion of the collapsible parameter (collapsible = yes). This enables the template to differentiate between the collapsible navbox and the parent navbox.
  • The nested collapsible navbox is forcefully collapsed (state=collapsed).

{{navbox
|state  = uncollapsed
|name   = 
|gtype1 = Subgroup
|group1 = 
  {{navbox
  |collapsible = yes
  |state   = collapsed
  |title   = 
  |gtitle1 = 
  |group1  = 
  |gtitle2 = 
  |group2  = 
  }}
}}

Use of images

• The use of images in navboxes is permitted, but please resize the images to keep them small. Inventory-sized images (25-30 pixels) are recommended.
• Please use {{t|plink}} to create links with images. Use {{t|plink}} for any case where text is not desired after the link. It functions the same as {{t|plink}}, but it does not produce a wikilink in text. Use {{t|chatl}} to link chatheads. These templates create links for both the image and text (except for {{t|plink}}) using far less wikicode than the standard syntax.

Link and file share the same name

{{plink|Item}}

File name differs from the link

{{plink|Item|File}}

Link and file share the same name, but different text is desired to display

{{plink|Item|alt=Text}}

File name differs from the link and different text is desired to display

{{plink|Item|File|alt=Text}}

Categorising

Navboxes are very useful for transcluding categories onto a large number of pages that share both a trait and the navigation box. For example: Template:ShipNavbox transcludes Category:Ships onto every page that uses it.

There are 2 methods of categorising pages with navboxes:

The first way is with {{t|Ctg}}. This is the preferred method, and can be used in most cases. The rules and operations for the Category handler template are very simple; however, they are enough to produce the desired results on most pages.

Categorisation should only be used on a template for large-scale addition. It is unhelpful, for example, to use a rule that only applies to 1 page.

Examples

To see the following navboxes in action, see Template:Navbox.

Single line navbox with centered list

{{navbox
|name    = 
|title   = 
|style1  = text-align:center
|group1  =
}}

Navbox with standard footer

{{navbox
|name    = 
|title   = 
|gtitle1 = 
|group1  = 
|footer  = Centered footer
}}

Navbox with styled footer

{{navbox
|name    = 
|title   = 
|gtitle1 = 
|group1  = 
|fstyle  = text-align:right
|footer  = Right-aligned footer
}}

Multiple line navbox

{{navbox
|name    = 
|title   = 
|gtitle1 = Group title 1
|group1  = 
|gtitle2 = Group title 2
|group2  = 
|gtitle3 = Group title 3
|group3  = 
}}

Collapsed navbox

{{navbox
|state   = collapsed
|name    = 
|title   = 
|style1  = text-align:center
|group1  = 
}}

Plain navbox with Tnavbar

{{navbox
|state   = plain
|name    = 
|title   = 
|style1  = text-align:center
|group1  = 
}}

Plain navbox without Tnavbar

{{navbox
|state   = plain
|title   = 
|style1  = text-align:center
|group1  = 
}}

Complicated navbox

{{navbox
|state   = uncollapsed
|name    = 
|title   = 
|gtitle1 = Level 1 Title 1
|group1  = 
|gtitle2 = Level 1 Title 2
|group2  = 
|gtitle3 = Level 1 Title 3
|group3  = 
|gtitle4 = Level 1 Title 4
|group4  = 
|gtitle5 = Level 1 Title 5
|gtype5  = Subgroup
|group5  = 
  {{navbox
  |subgroup = Yes
  |gtitle1  = Level 2 Title 1
  |group1   =
  |gtitle2  = Level 2 Title 2
  |group2   =
  |gtitle3  = Level 2 Title 3
  |gtype3   = Subgroup
  |group3   = 
    {{navbox
    |subgroup = Yes
    |gtitle1  = Level 3 Title 1
    |group1   =
    |gtitle2  = Level 3 Title 2
    |group2   =
    }}
  |gtitle4  = Level 2 Title 4
  |group4   = 
  }}
|gtitle6 = Level 1 Title 6
|group6  = 
|gtitle7 = Level 1 Title 7
|group7  = 
|fstyle  = 
|footer  = 
}}

Preventing unwanted documentation

The Navbox template's documentation is automatically transcluded under the navbox on any Template namespace page. It is not transcluded when used as a sub-group or collapsible sub-group template (subgroup= yes or collapsible=yes).

Should the documentation appear when it is unwanted, it can be hidden by setting the doc parameter doc=no on the template. In most cases, the doc parameter is NOT used and the parameter is removed completely.