Template:Off-topic talk/doc

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
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.
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? ~~~~

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Off-topic talk

See also

This list: · <span style="" title="<translate nowrap> Edit this template</translate>"><translate> edit</translate>

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.

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