Here's a tip for finding relevant policies, procedures and guidelines, and most anything else you hear mentioned by regular editors, or come across in Wikipedia's interface. Type "WP: (an easier-to-type alias of "Wikipedia:") into the search box, followed by the word or phrase you heard. Most of the time, this will quickly locate a targeted, behind-the-scenes information/help page, or how-to guide. See more at Help:WP search protocol.
 | This template should always be substituted (i.e., use {{subst:WP search protocol}}). |
This template is intended to assist users at the help desk, AfC help desk, the Teahouse, for replying to {{Help me}} requests and at other fora, where a user asks about some policy, guidelines, project concept, interface element, etc. and knows its name, but obviously was unable to easily locate it themselves.
Optional parameter
editThe template's default output is shown above. The optional parameter adds a parenthetical to the default output, as shown below in boldfaced maroon to distinguish it from the surrounding text:
{{subst:WP search protocol|NAME}} will produce:
Here's a tip for finding relevant policies, procedures and guidelines, and most anything else you hear mentioned by regular editors, or come across in Wikipedia's interface. Type "WP: (an easier-to-type alias of "Wikipedia:") into the search box, followed by the word or phrase you heard (in this case "NAME"). Most of the time, this will quickly locate a targeted, behind-the-scenes information/help page, or how-to guide. See more at Help:WP search protocol.
Usage
edit- This template should always be substituted by prefixing "subst:" inside the template code. Thus, use {{subst:
WP search protocol}}or {{subst:WP search protocol|NAME}}, rather than{{WP search protocol}}or{{WP search protocol|NAME}}.