This is a gallery of Wikipedia tip-of-the-day (TOTD) display templates. To add the TOTD display template to your User or Talk page just put curly braces around the display template name and copy/paste it in to your User or Talk page, and save it.
Note: After saving, you may have to bypass your browser's cache to see the changes. Internet Explorer: hold down the Ctrl key and click the Refresh or Reload button. Firefox: hold down the Shift key while clicking Reload (or press Ctrl-Shift-R). Google Chrome and Safari users can just click the Reload button. For details and instructions about other browsers, see: Wikipedia:Bypass your cache.
You may have to the Wikipedia server to see the change.
totd[edit]
((totd)) is the main userspace version of the tip of the day display template, with light blue border, centered in the middle of the page. Complete with inspirational light bulb.
Note: This is the only template that can take one optional parameter: border-color, which is used to adjust the border color from the default (#ADD8E6). For example: ((totd|border-color=#444444)) would render a dark gray border instead of the light blue shown below by default:
totd b[edit]
((totd b)) is a more compact centered version of the above template. Useful for columns:
| Tip of the day... |
 The semi-automated article peer-reviewer
The semi-automated article peer-reviewer checks pages against some basic Manual of Style (MOS) rules and generates a quick report. It can be enabled as a Gadget in your user Preferences. Check off the box for: MoreMenu, adds Page and User dropdown menus... After you save and your Preferences you will now have a tab on every page called Page. While you are at an article, hover on Page; hover on Tools; click on Peer reviewer. – – Read more: |
| Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use ((totd b)) |
totd3[edit]
((totd3)) is a left-aligned purple box version, useful for displaying the tip in columns (or instead you may align-right or align-center using the
((right|((totd3)))) or ((center|((totd3)))) templates):
Tip of the day...
The semi-automated article peer-reviewer
The semi-automated article peer-reviewer checks pages against some basic Manual of Style (MOS) rules and generates a quick report. It can be enabled as a Gadget in your user Preferences. Check off the box for: MoreMenu, adds Page and User dropdown menus... After you save and your Preferences you will now have a tab on every page called Page. While you are at an article, hover on Page; hover on Tools; click on Peer reviewer. – – Read more: To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use ((totd3))
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totd-random[edit]
((totd-random)) is a centered tip of the moment template, that automatically displays a different tip every time you enter the page it is on. If the tip does not update, try clearing or purging your browser or server cache:
| Tip of the moment...
What are templates used for?
Templates are pages that you can include on another page. They are usually used to insert boilerplate messages that need to be displayed on more than one page. Templates are quite versatile and can be used to accomplish many things. For example, some specialized uses for templates are:
To include a template on a page, enclose it in double curly brackets, leaving out the prefix "Template:", like this: ((In the news)) – – Read more: To add this auto-randomizing template to your user page, use ((totd-random))
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totd-tomorrow[edit]
((totd-tomorrow)) is a centered version that shows tomorrow's tip, and is used by Wikipedia tipsters to make sure that the tips are up-to-date and corrected before they go live:
| Please proofread the daily tip...
It's displayed below one day early. Some tips are obsolete. So we need new tips too. Please share your best tips and tip ideas at the Tip of the day department. edit Tomorrow's tip of the day... How to request help on your Talk page
You can add the Bonus tip: To create a link that you can click on to request help at any time, place the following template code on your Talk page:
It will generate a link like this:
which you can leave on your Talk page permanently. – – To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use ((totd-tomorrow))
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tip of the day[edit]
((tip of the day)) is a borderless left-justified version, with light bulb:
| Tip of the day...
The semi-automated article peer-reviewer
The semi-automated article peer-reviewer checks pages against some basic Manual of Style (MOS) rules and generates a quick report. It can be enabled as a Gadget in your user Preferences. Check off the box for: MoreMenu, adds Page and User dropdown menus... After you save and your Preferences you will now have a tab on every page called Page. While you are at an article, hover on Page; hover on Tools; click on Peer reviewer. – – Read more: To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use
((tip of the day)) |
tip of the day with h3 heading[edit]
((tip of the day with h3 heading)) creates a version with the tip in heading/paragraph left-justified format (no light bulb):
Tip of the day
The semi-automated article peer-reviewer checks pages against some basic Manual of Style (MOS) rules and generates a quick report.
It can be enabled as a Gadget in your user Preferences. Check off the box for: MoreMenu, adds Page and User dropdown menus...
After you save and your Preferences you will now have a tab on every page called Page. While you are at an article, hover on Page; hover on Tools; click on Peer reviewer.
totd2[edit]
((totd2)) is the borderless left-justified version used on Wikipedia's Help page—which already has its own borders (No light bulb):
| Tip of the day...
The semi-automated article peer-reviewer
The semi-automated article peer-reviewer checks pages against some basic Manual of Style (MOS) rules and generates a quick report. It can be enabled as a Gadget in your user Preferences. Check off the box for: MoreMenu, adds Page and User dropdown menus... After you save and your Preferences you will now have a tab on every page called Page. While you are at an article, hover on Page; hover on Tools; click on Peer reviewer. – – Read more: To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use ((totd2))
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totd CP[edit]
((totd CP)) is like the help page version, but with a box and light bulb. It is centered and it spans the whole field (screen or column) that it is in:
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The semi-automated article peer-reviewer
The semi-automated article peer-reviewer checks pages against some basic Manual of Style (MOS) rules and generates a quick report. It can be enabled as a Gadget in your user Preferences. Check off the box for: MoreMenu, adds Page and User dropdown menus... After you save and your Preferences you will now have a tab on every page called Page. While you are at an article, hover on Page; hover on Tools; click on Peer reviewer. – – Read more: To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use ((totd CP))
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totd-static[edit]
((totd-static)) is like the totd version but the date is static. You have to manually change the date. Good for tip testing purposes.
| Visit the Tips departmentedit
How to bypass scrolling and clicking
When you are done editing, you do not have to scroll or click to summarize your edits, nor to Preview or Save the article. You can jump to the Edit summary box by pressing the Tab ↹ key. To preview the article, press Alt+⇧ Shift+p. To save the article, press Alt+⇧ Shift+s or press ↵ Enter when the cursor is in the Edit summary box. To see the changes you have made so far, press Alt+⇧ Shift+v. – – Read more: To add this static template to your user page, use
((totd-static))To change the static tip date, click on the template link above, edit the template, and add a new date in Month Day format (yearless, no comma, no leading zero, like: February 2). |
See also[edit]
- Wikipedia:Tip of the day/July 21, list of TOTD templates
- Wikipedia:Tips, the complete library of tips arranged by subject
- Wikipedia:Tip of the day, main project page