Standard article layout — derived from MOS:ORDER.

Before the article content

• Short description
• ((DISPLAYTITLE)) ((Lowercase title)) ((Italic title))
• Hatnotes — ((about)) ((distinguish)) ((for)) ((Other uses)) ((Other people)) ((Other places))
• ((Featured list)) ((Featured article)) ((Good article))
• Deletion tags —
  • CSD
  • PROD
  • AFD
   ———  Protection tags — PP
• Maintenance tags — ((In use)) ((Under construction)) ((Multiple issues)) ((Uncategorized|date=February 2024))
  • Dispute tags — ((Notability)) ((POV))
  • Cleanup tags — ((Unreferenced|date=February 2024)) ((More citations needed|date=February 2024)) ((Update|date=February 2024))
• English variety — ((Use British English|date=February 2024))
  • dates overview —
    • country norms
    • MOS:DATETIES
    — ((Use dmy dates|date=February 2024)) ((Use mdy dates|date=February 2024))
• Infoboxen — List — Help  ———  ((start date)) ((end date)) ((birth date)) ((birth date and age|df=y|yyyy|mm|dd)) ((death date)) ((death date and age|df=y|yyyy|mm|dd|yyyy|mm|dd))
• Category:Language maintenance templates — ((British English|form=editnotice))
• Images —
  • MOS:IMAGES
  • Full syntax
• Navigation header templates — sidebar templates

Article types

• WP:LISTTYPES —
  • Outline
  • Index
  • Timeline
  • Order of battle
  • List of works (bibliographies and discographies)
  • Glossary
  • Set index article
  • Dynamic list
• WP:DAB

Article content

• Lead section —
  • MOS:BOLDLINK
  • MOS:FIRSTBIO
  — ((Improve lead)) ((lead rewrite)) ((lead too short)) ((lead too long)) — ((Not verified in body|date=February 2024)) ((Lead extra info|date=February 2024))
• Table of contents — ((TOC right)) ((TOC limit)) — ((Horizontal TOC)) ((Compact TOC))
• Body — Wikipedia:Template index
  • headings —
    • MOS:HEADINGS
    • MOS:SECTIONCAPS
    • MOS:FAKEHEADING
    — ((main)) ((See also)) ((Further)) ((anchor))
  • text —
    • MOS:LASTNAME
    • MOS:NUMERAL
    — ((List to table|date=February 2024)) ((Prose|date=February 2024))
  • structures — ((div col)) / ((div col end))
  • tables — ((Static row numbers)) ((valign)) ((Table alignment)) ((Table)) ((Refh))
  • images —
    • MOS:IMAGES
    • MOS:CAPFRAG
    • WP:GALLERY
  • refs — <ref>...</ref> ((efn)) — ((cite book)) ((cite news)) ((cite web))
  • problems ((cn|date=February 2024|reason=...)) ((huh?|date=February 2024|reason=...)) ((Clarify timeframe|date=February 2024)) ((Needs update|date=February 2024)) ((Technical|section|date=February 2024))

Appendices

• Works or publications — biographies only
• See also — ((portal)) — ((look from)) ((in title)) in DAB pages
• Notes and references — ((reflist))
• Further reading
• External links — ((Commons category|catname|showname)) at top of last section

End matter

• Succession boxes and geography boxes
• Other navigation footer templates — navboxes
• ((Portal bar)) — instead of ((portal))
• ((Taxonbar))
• Authority control templates — ((Authority control))
• Geographical coordinates or ((coord missing)) or in the infobox — ((coord|dd|mm|N/S|dd|mm|E/W))
• Defaultsort — ((DEFAULTSORT:LastName, FirstName))
• Categories — Sort keys
• ((Improve categories)) or ((Uncategorized))
• Stub templates — two blank lines — WP:STUBCATS