| What to type | What it produces | Where to put it |
{{ dablink|message }} links talk view | message | Top of articles with alternative meanings where none of the following templates are appropriate. |
{{ distinguish|topic }} links talk view | Not to be confused with topic. | Top of articles with deceptively similar titles. |
{{ distinguish2|topic }} links talk view | Not to be confused with topic. | As above, but topic not treated as a link (although it may include one). |
{{ For|description|location }} links talk view | | Top of articles with only one alternative meaning and no disambiguation page. |
{{ For2|description|text }} links talk view | For description, see text which can include links. | Top of articles with only one alternative meaning and no disambiguation page. |
{{ about|topic|other topic|location }} links talk view | This page is about topic. For other topic, see location. | Top of articles whose disambiguation page is not suffixed with "(disambiguation)" |
{{ about|topic }} links talk view | | Top of articles with a disambiguation page. |
{{ otheruses }} links talk view | | Top of articles with a disambiguation page. |
{{ otheruses|location }} links talk view | | Top of articles with a disambiguation page. |
{{ otheruses2|location }} links talk view | | Top of articles with a disambiguation page. |
{{ otherplaces }} links talk view | | Top of articles about places who share the same or a similar name. |
{{ otherplaces2|location }} links talk view | | Top of articles about places who share the same or a similar name. |
{{ otherplaces3|location }} links talk view | For other places with the same name, see location. | Top of articles about places who share the same or a similar name. |
{{ otherpersons|name }} links talk view | | Top of articles about people who share the same or a similar name. |
{{ otherpeople1|name }} links talk view | | Top of articles about people who share the same or a similar name. |
{{ otherpeople2|name }} links talk view | For other persons of the same name, see Name. | Top of articles about people who share the same or a similar name. |
{{ otherpeople3|name }} links talk view | | Top of articles about people who share the same or a similar name. |
{{ otherpeople4|name }} links talk view | | Top of articles about people who share the same or a similar name. |
{{ otheruses-number }} links talk view | | Top of articles about a year for which there also exists an article about a number (e.g. the year 1000; the number 1000). |
{{ redirect|location }} links talk view | | Top of articles requiring disambiguation that have pages redirecting to them. |
{{ redirect2|location|other location }} links talk view | | Top of articles requiring disambiguation that have two pages redirecting to them. |
{{ redirect3|location|description including links }} links talk view | "location" redirects here. description including links. | Top of articles requiring disambiguation that have pages redirecting to them. |
{{ redirect4|location|other location }} links talk view | | Top of articles with two redirecting pages that each have disambiguation pages. |
{{ twootheruses }} links talk view | | Top of articles with a different use and a disambiguation page. |
{{ redirect-acronym|(Acronym)|Other uses }} links talk view | "(Acronym)" redirects here. (Acronym) may also refer to Other uses. | Articles that have an acronym redirecting to them, which may have other uses. |
{{dn}}, {{ Ambiguous link }} links talk view | [disambiguation needed] | In-line To be added to links to disambiguation pages and links to articles to which they clearly don't refer. While it is better to simply correct the link, use this template if you're not sure where the link should really be disambiguated to. |
| What to type | What it makes | Where it goes |
{{ Ref|name }} links talk view | Makes reference links and footnotes that are numbered automatically.[2] | Articles notes or references |
{{subst:footnotes|100%}} See Template:footnotes | Makes reference links and footnotes[1] that are numbered automatically. | Articles notes or references |
{{ Note|name }} links talk view | - ^ The footnote also links back to the reference.
- ^ A # can be used at the beginning of the line to create a numbered list. Similarly, * creates a bullet.
| Articles notes or references |
{{ Ref label|name|label|backlink }} links talk view | Makes reference links and footnotes[1] with specific labels.[2] | Articles notes or references |
{{ Ref harvard|name|label|backlink }} links talk view | Makes reference links and footnotes (Smith 2005, p. 1) with specific labels.(Smith 2005, p. 25) | Articles notes or references |
{{ Note label|name|label|backlink }} links talk view | - a The footnote also links back to the reference.
- a A # can be used at the beginning of the line to create a numbered list.
- a b Similarly, * creates a bullet.
| Articles notes or references |