Template:Editnotice

This template has been protected from editing to prevent vandalism. Please discuss changes on the talk page or request unprotection.

Template documentation[ view · edit · history · purge ]

This documentation is transcluded from Template:Editnotice/doc.

This template is used in system messages.
Changes to it can cause immediate changes to the Wikimedia user interface.
To avoid major disruption, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Please discuss changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template is a wrapper template for editnotices, notices that appear above the text area on edit pages. Editnotices can be per-namespace, per-base page, or per-page.

To create a new editnotice, please follow the instructions at Commons:Editnotice. See also standard editnotice templates at Category:Editnotice templates or for a user page insert {{Editnotice userpage}}.

Usage

{{editnotice
 |expiry =
 |id =
 |header =
 |headerstyle =
 |text =
 |textstyle =
 |image =
}}

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
expiry	expiry date	When the editnotice will cease to be visible on the affected page(s). This can be useful when an editnotice is created for reasons of a temporal nature. Any valid time format may be used, for example: January 2012 4 April 2009 11:09 April 5 2013 To specify that an editnotice never expires, “indefinite” may be used.	indefinite	optional
id	ID	HTML ID of the edit notice	empty	optional
header	header	Header text	empty	optional
headerstyle	header style	CSS for the header	empty	optional
text 1	text	The body text of the edit notice	empty	required
textstyle	text style	CSS for the body text	empty	optional
image	image	Image name to be shown on the left of the edit notice, e.g. “Example.svg”	empty	optional
imageright	right image	Image name to be shown on the right of the edit notice, e.g. “Example.svg”	empty	optional
class	box class	Extra CSS class for the whole box	empty	optional
style	box style	CSS style for the whole box	empty	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the Template namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: Administrators

See also

• Edit notices created so far: Special:PrefixIndex/Template:Editnotices/
• Commons:Editnotice – More about editnotices.
• {{Editnotice pagename}} – Returns the pagename for the editnotice for the current page.
• {{Editnotice talkpagename}} – Returns the full talkpage name for the editnotice for the current page.
• {{Editnotice userpage}} – Premade editnotice for user pages.
• {{Fmbox}} – Alternative template for editnotice boxes.

Localization

This template is not intended to be localized.

Examples

{{editnotice
| id = loremipsumedn
| header = Attention editors
| headerstyle = font-size: 150%;
| text = Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
| textstyle = font-size: 120%;
| image =
}}

{{editnotice
| id = faqedn
| header = Frequently asked questions
| headerstyle = font-size: 120%;
| text = Before editing, please consult the list of Frequently Asked Questions specific to this book. The FAQ includes questions on many issues that have been discussed.
| textstyle = background-color: #fee;
| image =
}}

{{editnotice
| id = engvaredn
| header =
| headerstyle =
| text = This book is written in '''British English''', which differs from American English in some ways. See [[w:American and British English differences|]]. According to the local manual of style, this should not be changed without broad consensus.
| textstyle =
| image = [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|50px|link=|alt=]]
}}

Namespace key

0 – Gallery
1 – Talk:
2 – User:
3 – User talk:
4 – Commons:
5 – Commons talk:
6 – File:
7 – File talk:
8 – MediaWiki:
9 – MediaWiki talk:
10 – Template:
11 – Template talk:
12 – Help:
13 – Help talk:
14 – Category:
15 – Category talk:
100 – Creator:
101 – Creator talk:
102 - TimedText:
103 - TimedText talk:
104 - Sequence:
105 - Sequence talk:
106 - Institution:
107 - Institution talk: