Help:Template colors
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As of writing this, any user may make a template. This is a good thing, as it allows people to make easy-to-use messages and other useful things for the pages they make. However, template categories aren't a thing, so each kind of template has its own color scheme.
There are 7 types of mainspace templates:
- Speedy: Red + pink background
- For when a page needs to be deleted as soon as possible.
- Also for when a user wants one of their own user subpages deleted; since they own the page, there is no need to go through a whole deletion process to decide what's already obvious.
- Delete: Red
- For deletions that aren't time sensitive or that have a lot of contention.
- Content Warning: Orange, sometimes with a light orange background if serious
- Spoiler alerts, pages with lots of content to load, etc.
- Some construction and large-scale cleanup templates fit here too.
- Cleanup: Yellow
- For pages that need expanding or editing/grammar checks.
- Also used for pages currently under construction, or for draft pages that are still in userspace.
- Serious cases of cleanup may be put under Content Warning instead.
- Infobox
- For templates that don't fit the other categories.
- If you're not sure, the default Infobox works for basically everything.
- Move
- For when a page needs to be moved (renamed).
- Lock/Protection
- To show that a page has been edit protected and cannot be edited or otherwise changed by most users.
