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Message templates index

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syntax: {{subst:uw-vandalism1|article name}}, etc....
Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 4im
Vandalism {{ uw-vandalism1|Welcome to Wikipedia. Although we invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia, at least one of your recent edits was not constructive and has been reverted or removed}} {{ uw-vandalism2|Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to be vandalism and have been reverted}} {{ uw-vandalism3|Please stop. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing}} {{ uw-vandalism4|This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing}} {{ uw-vandalism4im|This is the only warning you will receive for your disruptive edits. If you vandalize Wikipedia again, you will be blocked from editing (only warning for severe vandalism}}
Page blanking, removal of content or templates {{ uw-delete1|You may have accidentally removed content}} {{ uw-delete2|Please don't remove content}} {{ uw-delete3|Please stop removing content}} {{ uw-delete4|Final warning, stop deleting now}} {{ uw-delete4im|Only warning for severe infractions}}
Adding spam links {{ uw-spam1|Your links don't meet our guidelines}} {{ uw-spam2|Wikipedia is not a billboard}} {{ uw-spam3|Please stop spamming}} {{ uw-spam4|Stop spamming now, may be blacklisted}} {{ uw-spam4im|Only warning for severe spam}}
Unsourced info. {{ uw-unsourced1|welcome, adding content without citing a reliable source is not consistent with our policy of verifiability}} {{ uw-unsourced2|Please do not add content without citing reliable sources. Before making potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page}} {{ uw-unsourced3|Please do not add unsourced or original content. Doing so violates Wikipedia's verifiability policy}}
Introducing false info. {{ uw-error1|Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your recent edit appears to have added incorrect information, and has been reverted or removed}} {{ uw-error2|Please do not introduce incorrect information into articles. Your edits appear to be vandalism and have been reverted}} {{ uw-error3|Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages by deliberately introducing incorrect information, you will be blocked}}
Changing English spelling {{ uw-engvar}}
Adding personal opinion {{ uw-talkinarticle|article critiquing}} {{ uw-npov2|"...personal opinion violating npov"}}
  • Level 1 - Assumes good faith
  • Level 2 - No faith assumption
  • Level 3 - Assumes bad faith; stern cease and desist
  • Level 4 - Assumes bad faith; strong cease and desist, last warning
  • Level 4im - Assumes bad faith; strong cease and desist, only warning



Other templates:

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Notices Warnings
Description Template Description Template
Creating autobiographies {{ uw-autobiography|Autobiographies violate several guidelines, so will probably be deleted. Don't make them.}} Blatant vandalism {{ uw-bv|Blatant vandalism}}
Unsourced Article {{ Unreferenced|This article does not cite its sources}} Creating hoaxes {{ uw-hoax|Please do not create hoaxes.}}
Too much trivia {{ toomuchtrivia|Trivia should be removed}} Potentially violating the three revert rule {{ uw-3rr|You appear to be in an edit war. Please stop.}}
Joking {{ uw-joke|Joke edit}} Deliberate false info. {{ uw-error3|Deliberate false info.}}

Blocks and protection

  Anon IP:    {{ anonblock}} general msg for users at blocked schools and network sites (do not subst/no sig req'd)
{{subst:uw-ablock}} – includes "you may log in and continue to edit"
{{subst:uw-vblock}} – for anon IPs, without "you may log in and continue to edit" msg
Schools – use {{schoolblock|home=no}} (do not subst/no sig req'd)
Registered Users (all are subst; if "reason" is left blank, default is "abuse of editing privileges"):
    {{subst:uw-block1|time= |reason= |sig=~~~~}}
Repeat blocks:    uw-block2
Indef block:     uw-block3
For variants, see {{ uw-block3}}, such as {{uw-voablock}}
for vandalism-only accounts
  Semi-protection:


– temporary, until disputes are resolved

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