Wikispecies:Templates

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Templates under consideration

There is still some work to be done to determine what information to include and what information NOT to include (we don't want too much duplication with Wikipedia).

In particular, even though it says Vernacular names below, they are currently only included if there is a link to a Wikipedia article.

There is also some new discussion about the layout and format of these pages, see Wikispecies:Village pump/Archive 3#Revised proposal.

Currently, Panthera tigris is seen as an example of an "ideal" Wikispecies page.

How a taxon page content should be structured

Look at Help:General Wikispecies

Taxonavigation: Give the most commonly used clades of the taxonomic tree and allows a convenient navigation through all groups of life. To find templates for taxonavigation, see template:sp for an example. To use a template, use {{Nameofclade}}, like this: {{Aves}}.

Name: Give the binominal name according to the original author of that name. For example: Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758).

Synonyms (subsection): Give a list of other scientific names that have been used for the same species. These names are no longer valid but are still important because there is information out there under these names that can be used for the valid name still. SYNONYMS is a subsection of the NAME section. For more details, please see: Help:Name section#Synonyms. See Anopheles triannulatus for an example.

References: Give the publication in which the original description of the species was presented. This means an actual publication citation NOT a website. Also, make these references complete and user-friendly. For example, unabbreviate "Insec. Inscit. Menstr." like this "Insecutor Inscitiae menstruus." To find references, try these sites:

• Index Fungorum – Fungi
• International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI)
• International Plant Names Index
• Zoonomen.net Index – Birds
• Mammalian Species Index
• EMBL Reptile Database
• Biodiversity Heritage Library

Vernacular names: Give names of the species in other languages by using the {{VN|en=Red Fox|de=Rotfuchs|nl=Vos|ko=붉은여우|...}} template.

Please do not add links to articles on this species in the particular Wikipedia, for example, do not add [[en:badger]] (links to the English Wikipedia on badgers), or [[de:Dachs]] (links to the German Wikipedia article on badgers). Adding those so called inter-wiki links would be redundant, since they are already served automatically by Wikidata, and will show up automatically even though they are not visible in the page code.

Try to avoid other information as well. If you must, add it to the discussion page of the taxon. To preserve understandability for all languages, further information for a particular taxon should be put on the respective Wikipedia.

Taxon formatting templates

Type of list	What to type	What it makes
Genus	{{g|Parus}} {{g|Pica}} {{glast|Poecile}}	Parus – Pica – Poecile
Subgenus (Non-Plantae)	{{subg|B|ironella|Bironella}} {{subg|B|ironella|Brugella}} {{subglast|B|ironella|Neobironella}}	B. (Bironella) – B. (Brugella) – B. (Neobironella)
Subgenus Species (Non-Plantae)	{{sgsps|G|raphium|G|raphium|agamemnon}} {{sgsps|G|raphium|G|raphium|arycles}} {{sgspslast|G|raphium|G|raphium|bathycles}}	G. (G.) agamemnon – G. (G.) arycles – G. (G.) bathycles
Subgenus Species Subspecies (Non-Plantae)	{{sgssps|Z|ygaena|M|esembrynus|r|ubricollis|afghanica}} {{sgssps|Z|ygaena|M|esembrynus|r|ubricollis|arachosica}} {{sgsspslast|Z|ygaena|M|esembrynus|r|ubricollis|fredi}}	Z. (M.) r. afghanica – Z. (M.) r. arachosica – Z. (M.) r. fredi
Subgenus (Plantae)	{{subgplant|E|ucalyptus|Acerosa}}{{subgplant|E|ucalyptus|Alveolata}} {{subgplantlast|E|ucalyptus|Cruciformes}}	E. subg. Acerosa –E. subg. Alveolata – E. subg. Cruciformes
Section	{{sect|H|ypericum|Adenosepalum}} {{sect|H|ypericum|Adenotrias}} {{sectlast|H|ypericum|Androsaemum}}	H. sect. Adenosepalum – H. sect. Adenotrias – H. sect. Androsaemum
Subsection	{{subsect|M|agnolia|Cubenses}} {{subsect|M|agnolia|Dugandiodendron}} {{subsectlast|M|agnolia|Talauma}}	M. subsect. Cubenses – M. subsect. Dugandiodendron – M. subsect. Talauma
Species	{{sp|P|arus|cinereus}} {{sp|P|arus|major}} {{splast|P|arus|minor}}	P. cinereus – P. major – P. minor
Subspecies (Non-Plantae)	{{ssp|C|anis|l|upus|rufus}} {{ssp|C|anis|l|upus|tundrarum}} {{ssplast|C|anis|l|upus|signatus}}	C. l. rufus – C. l. tundrarum – C. l. signatus
Subspecies (Plantae)	{{subspplant|A|donis|a|nnua|annua}} {{subspplant|A|donis|a|nnua|castellana}} {{subspplantlast|A|donis|a|nnua|cupaniana}}	A. a. subsp. annua – A. a. subsp. castellana – A. a. subsp. cupaniana
Subspecies (Bacteria)	{{subspbacteria|L|actobacillus|delbrueckii|bulgaricus}} {{subspbacteria|L|actobacillus|delbrueckii|delbrueckii}} {{subspbacterialast|L|actobacillus|delbrueckii|indicus}}	L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus – L. delbrueckii subsp. delbrueckii – L. delbrueckii subsp. indicus
Variety	{{var|I|lex|c|renata|crenata}} {{var|I|lex|c|renata|fukasawana}} {{varlast|I|lex|c|renata|paludosa}}	I. c. var. crenata – I. c. var. fukasawana – I. c. var. paludosa

Taxa formatting: General rules

To achieve a standard look across Wikispecies, we have put up some rules for entering new taxa.

When there are more than one of a certain taxon, the plural form of the taxon should be used. Multiple taxa of the same level should then be separated by a nonbreakingspace-dash-space combination ( - ). For genera and lower use above templates.

Latin taxa and plurals

Taxon (singular)	Taxon (plural)
Phylum	Phyla
Classis	Classes
Ordo	Ordines
Familia	Familiae
Divisio	Divisiones
Cohors	Cohortes
Sectio	Sectiones
Tribus	Tribus
Genus	Genera
Species	Species
Varietas	Varietates
Forma	Formae

Page formatting templates

What to type	What it makes
{{aut|Carolus Linnaeus}}	Carolus Linnaeus
{{a|Carolus Linnaeus}}	Carolus Linnaeus
{{a|Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus}}	Linnaeus
{{VN|en=Cow|fi=Lehmä}}	English: Cow suomi: Lehmä

Procedural templates

What to type	What it makes
{{Disputed}}	Page is added to Category:Disputed taxa
{{Homonym|xxxxxx}}	Page is added to Category:Homonyms
{{NSF}}	This page does not use standard taxon formatting. It may be deleted. Please remove this template if you corrected this page's taxon formatting. Page is added to Category:Non-standard taxon formatting
{{Cleanup}}	Page is added to Category:Pages needing cleanup
{{Unreferenced}}, {{noref}}	Page is added to Category:Unverified
{{Merge|OtherPage}}	This page should be merged with OtherPage. Page is added to Category:Pages to merge
{{Merge to|OtherPage}}	This page should be merged into OtherPage. Page is added to Category:Pages to merge
{{Delete}}	This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. If you disagree with its speedy deletion, please explain this on its talk page. Page is added to Category:Candidates for speedy deletion
{{Delete|reason}}	This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. The given reason for this is "reason". If you disagree with its speedy deletion, please explain this on its talk page. Page is added to Category:Candidates for speedy deletion
{{Disambiguation}}	Page is added to Category:Disambiguation pages
{{Disambiguation|link=[[Ensifera (Orthoptera)]]}}	Page is added to Category:Disambiguation pages
{{Stub}}	This is a stub page which contains only a minimal amount of information. Please contribute to Wikispecies by adding References, Type locality, Holotype and Synonyms. References: Help on contributing Reference information. Type locality: Help on contributing Type locality information. Synonyms: Help on contributing Synonyms. Help improve Wikispecies by adding information to this taxon! Page is added to Category:Stubs
{{Userpage}}	This is a Wikispecies user page. If you find this page on any site other than Wikispecies, you are viewing a mirror site. Be aware that the page may be outdated, and that the user this page belongs to may have no personal affiliation with any site other than Wikispecies itself. The original page is located at https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikispecies:Templates. Wikispecies
{{Welcome-anon}}	Welcome to Wikispecies! Hello, and welcome to Wikispecies! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might like to see: Help:Contents provides a good introduction to editing Wikispecies. Templates are there to help you following syntax and formatting rules. Have a look at Done and to do. You are welcome to continue editing without logging in, but you may want to consider creating an account. Doing so is free, requires no personal information, and provides several benefits, such as the ability to keep track of pages you work on. If you edit without a username, your IP address is used to identify you instead. If you have named a taxon, then it is likely that there is (or will be) a Wikispecies page about you, and other pages about your published papers. Please see our advice and guidance for taxon authors. In any case, I hope you enjoy editing here. Please sign your comments on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your IP address (or username if you're logged in) and the date. If you need help, ask me on my talk page, or ask in the Village Pump. Again, welcome!
{{Welcome}}	Welcome to Wikispecies! Hello, and welcome to Wikispecies! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might like to see: Help:Contents provides a good introduction to editing Wikispecies. Templates are there to help you to follow our syntax and formatting standards. Have a look at Done and to do. If you have named a taxon, then it is likely that there is (or will be) a Wikispecies page about you, and other pages about your published papers. Please see our advice and guidance for taxon authors. If you have useful images to contribute to Wikispecies, please upload them at Wikimedia Commons. This is also true for video or audio files containing bird songs, whale vocalization, etc. Please sign your comments on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username (if you're logged in) and the date. Please also read the Wikispecies policy What Wikispecies is not. If you need help, ask me on my talk page, or in the Village Pump. Again, welcome!
{{Not Wikipedia}}	Thank you for creating or expanding the page '{{{1}}}'. However, we do not publish Wikipedia-like encyclopedia articles on this project, and so your contribution has been reverted (undone), rewritten, or nominated for deletion (or is already deleted). Please see our help pages (especially what Wikispecies is not), and see Canis lupus for an example of how we lay out pages on this project.
{{test}}	Thanks for experimenting with Wikispecies. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to Wikispecies. Thanks.
{{uw-vandalism1}} (First warning for users)	Welcome to Wikispecies. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to this project, at least one of your recent edits did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make. Thank you.
{{uw-vandalism2}} (Second warning for users)	Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikispecies. Your edits appeared to be vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you.
{{uw-vandalism3}} (Third warning for users)	Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikispecies, you may be blocked from editing.
{{uw-vandalism4}} (Final warning for users)	This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize Wikispecies, you may be blocked from editing without further notice.
{{uw-vandalism4im}} (Only warning for users)	This is your only warning; if you vandalize Wikispecies again, you may be blocked from editing without further notice.

Link Templates

What to type	What it makes
{{commons|Category:Carnivora|Carnivora}}	For more multimedia, look at Carnivora on Wikimedia Commons.
{{dichotomouskey|Animalia}}	Wikibooks has a Dichotomous Key related to this taxon Animalia.

Translation templates

What to type	What it makes
{{Translation|1=Other languages|page=Help:Project sources}}	Other languages En  en  hu  Nl