| Template | Shortcut | Parameter? | Example | Output | Notes |
|---|
| Thread level | | | | | |
((Moved talk)) | |  Y | ((Moved talk|Dresden)) | Moved: was at Talk:Dresden
| Used at the thread's current location |
((Moved talk to)) | | Y | ((Moved talk to|Berlin)) | Moved to: Talk:Berlin
| Used at the thread's former location |
((Thread retitled)) | | Y | ((Thread retitled|Old title)) |
- Thread retitled from "Old title".
| Per Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines#Section headings |
| Opening | | | | | |
((Summoned by bot)) | ((sbb)) | | ((sbb)) | (Summoned by bot) | Can be used in requests for comment |
((Buttinsky)) | | | ((Buttinsky)) | ( Buttinsky) | A variation of ((Talk page stalker)) |
((Edit conflict)) | ((ec)) | ( Y) | ((ec)) | (edit conflict) | To indicate that you encountered an edit conflict |
((Interrupted)) | | Y | ((Interrupted|Username|03:50, 5 April 2024 (UTC))) | — Username 03:50, 5 April 2024 (UTC) — continues after insertion below | Used to identify the contributor of the upper fragment(s) of a comment that was broken up by a different contributor's insertion of text |
((Non-admin comment)) | ((nacmt)) | ( Y) | ((nacmt)) | (Non-administrator comment) | Optional and only for own comments, see doc |
((Pinged)) | | | ((Pinged)) | (pinged) | Indicates a notification was received |
((Responding to ping)) | ((rtp)) | | ((rtp)) | (responding to ping) | Similar to ((pinged)) |
((Talk page stalker)) | ((tps)) | ( Y) | ((tps)) | (talk page stalker) | Cf. Wikipedia:Talk page stalker |
((Talk page watcher)) | ((tpw)) | ( Y) | ((tpw)) | (talk page watcher) | Ditto |
| Notifications | | | | | |
((Hidden ping)) | ((hp)) | Y | ((hp|Username)) | | Invisible notification utilizing the zero-width space character |
((Ping group)) | ((pinggroup)) | Y | ((pinggroup|Pinging collaborators|John Doe|Jane Doe|...)) | Pinging collaborators (John Doe—Jane Doe—...) | Up to 10 usernames |
((Pong)) | | Y | ((pong|Username)) |  Username: | In reply to a ping |
((Reply to)) | ((re))/((ping)) | Y | ((re|Username))/((ping|Username)) | @Username: | Sends a notification; up to 50 names |
((To)) | | Y | ((To|Username)) | To editor Username: | Sends a notification |
| During | | | | | |
((subst:Arbitrary break)) | ((subst:Arbitrarybreak)) | | ((subst:Arbitrarybreak)) | ======(arbitrary break)====== | Requires substitution |
((subst:Bump)) | | | ((subst:Bump)) |  Bumping thread ~~~~ | Requires subst. A wrapper for ((do not archive until)) |
((FBDB)) | | | ((FBDB)) | [FBDB] | An initialism for Friendly Banter – Don't Block |
((KISS)) | | | ((KISS)) | KISS | References the KISS principle politely |
((No ping)) | ((np)) | Y | ((np|Username)) | Username | Works like ((U)) but without triggering a notification |
((No ping2)) | ((np2)) | Y | ((np2|Username)) | Username (talk · contribs) | Works like ((User)) but without triggering a notification |
((Notelist-talk)) | ((tnote)) | ( Y) | ((tnote)) | [not shown here] | Creates a list of footnotes for a talk page discussion |
((Outdent)) | ((od)) | ( Y) | ((od|:::::)) |
| For out-denting a reply when indention gets too deep |
((Outdent2)) | ((od2)) | ( Y) | ((od2)) | (←) | Alternative out-denting |
((Reflist-talk)) | ((tref)) | ( Y) | ((tref)) | [not shown here] | Creates a list of references for a talk page discussion |
((Relevant discussion)) | ((reldis)) | Y | ((reldis|Talk:Berlin)) | | Creates links to related discussions in a visually unique way |
((Sources-talk)) | | | ((Sources-talk)) | [not shown here] | A convenience wrapper around ((Reflist-talk)) |
((Talkfact)) | | ( Y) | "Oranges are blue!"((talkfact)) | "Oranges are blue!"[citation needed] | Used to quickly ask an editor to back up their claims |
((Talk quote inline)) | ((tq)) | Y | ((tq|"Oranges are blue!")) | "Oranges are blue!" | To highlight a short excerpt of quoted material |
((Talk quote inline italic)) | ((tqi)) | Y | ((tqi|"Oranges are blue!")) | "Oranges are blue!" | " |
((Not talk quote inline)) | ((!tq)) | Y | ((!tq|"Oranges are orange!")) | "Oranges are orange!" | To highlight a short excerpt of quoted material someone didn't say but could have, or perhaps, should have |
((Not talk quote inline italic)) | ((!tqi)) | Y | ((!tqi|"Oranges are orange!")) | "Oranges are orange!" | " |
((Talk quote block)) | ((tqb)) | Y | ((tqb|"Oranges are blue!")) | "Oranges are blue!"
| To highlight a longer excerpt of quoted material |
((Talk quote block minimalist))} | ((tqbm)) | Y | ((tqbm|Oranges are blue.)) | Oranges are blue.
| A longer excerpt of quoted material, with less highlighting |
| End | | | | | |
((Please sign inline)) | | | ((Please sign inline)) | (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) | |
((subst:Please ping)) | | ( Y) | ((Please ping)) | (please  mention me on reply) | Includes your username if substituted, but can be transcluded. Use ((Please ping|no)) to ask not to be pinged. |
((Not watching)) | ((nw)) | | ((nw)) | (I am not watching this page, so please ping me if you want my attention.) | |
((subst:Notifyme)) | ((subst:pingme)) | | ((subst:pingme)) | If you reply here, please put ((reply|your username will show up here)) in front of your message so I get a notification. Thank you! | Requires substitution. Will automatically add your username by substituting ((REVISIONUSER)) when you save. |
((subst:Request ping)) | ((subst:repi)) | Y | ((subst:repi|Example)) | If you reply here, please ping me by adding ((u|Example)) to your message, and signing it. | Requires subst |
((Signote)) | ((sg)) | ( Y) | ((sg)) | Please leave me a note if you reply | |
((Watching)) | | | ((Watching)) | (I am watching this page, so please reply here.) | |
| Closure | | | | | |
((Sock vote)) | ((sockvote)) | Y | ((sock vote|Example)) | ( Blocked sockpuppet of Example, see investigation) | To mark a vote/comment cast by sockpuppet. More parameters exist and can be viewed at the template documentation. |
| Humor disclosure | | | | | |
| (See the list here.) | | | | | |
