Wikivoyage:Template index

The MediaWiki software used to run Wikivoyage offers the capability to automatically generate sophisticated HTML using templates. Templates are faster than typing manually, and keep common messages uniform across the site. New templates should be discussed before being created or modified.

The list below shows most of the templates that are currently available, alongside brief explanations of how and where to use them, or you can see a complete list of all pages in the Template namespace.

Article notices
These notices are used to indicate that an article needs attention due to some problem:

Warning notices
Informational notices provide warnings and disclaimers about hazards or other vital pieces of information that travelers should be alerted to.

Collaboration of the month
These notices are used to promote articles that are collaborations of the month:

Large events
These are temporary templates for use on articles where large and significant events will be hosted. These templates should be deleted and removed from here once the event has passed.

Content insertion
These templates are used to standardize the look of specific Wikivoyage article content.

Maps, listings and geocoding
These templates are used to generate points of interest for dynamic maps, geographic co-ordinates and individual listings.

Image copyright
All images, files, etc. on Wikivoyage must be published according to our copyleft. When uploading a file it is imperative that you select a compatible license:

Inserting boilerplate text
Wikivoyage has a number of article skeletons that can be used to format articles. The following substitution texts can be used to quickly insert the article skeleton template into newly created articles. When the article is saved the shortcut is replaced with the text. This is a one-off substitution and can only be undone by deleting the inserted text - use with care.


 * Country - Type into the edit box. - Expands into the Country article template text when saved.
 * Region - Type into the edit box. - Expands into the Region article template text when saved.
 * Small city - Type into the edit box. - Expands into the Small city article template text when saved.
 * Big city - Type into the edit box. - Expands into the Big city article template text when saved.
 * Huge city - Type into the edit box. - Expands into the Huge city article template text when saved.
 * District - Type into the edit box. - Expands into the District article template text when saved.
 * Park - Type into the edit box. - Expands into the Park article template text when saved.
 * Phrasebook - Type into the edit box. - Expands into the Phrasebook article template text when saved.

Nomination templates
These templates are used on Wikivoyage-namespace pages to help unify the presentation of nominations and other internal site processes.

Print formatting
The following special templates were used by Wikitravel Press to control the appearance of printed text. They have no impact on the appearance of articles and can be safely ignored. They are retained for possible future use in other printed travel guides.


 * : Add an entry to the index for this point
 * : Force a page break here

Breadcrumb generation

 *   Generation of breadcrumbs for destination article.
 *   Generation of breadcrumbs for travel topic article.
 *   Generation of breadcrumbs for itinerary article (single continent level).

Graffiti wall
Similar to Project:Graffiti wall, you can use Template:Graffiti wall to play with a major edit to existing template before making it live for an existing (and widely used) template.

Other
cbignore – A no-op template marking an URL to be ignored by bots that would otherwise mark it as dead. This can be relevant for sites that misbehave when accessed by bots. When seen on editing, you might want to check manually that the link works.