Wikipedia:Tip of the day/Display template gallery

This is a gallery of Wikipedia tip-of-the-day (TOTD) display templates. To add the TOTD display template to your User or Talk page just put curly braces around the display template name and copy/paste it in to your User or Talk page, and save it.

Note: After saving, you may have to bypass your browser's cache to see the changes. Internet Explorer: hold down the Ctrl key and click the Refresh or Reload button. Firefox: hold down the Shift key while clicking Reload (or press Ctrl-Shift-R). Google Chrome and Safari users can just click the Reload button. For details and instructions about other browsers, see: Wikipedia:Bypass your cache.

You may have to the Wikipedia server to see the change.

totd

{{totd}} is the main userspace version of the tip of the day display template, with light blue border, centered in the middle of the page. Complete with inspirational light bulb.

Note: This is the only template that can take one optional parameter: border-color, which is used to adjust the border color from the default (#ADD8E6). For example: {{totd|border-color=#444444}} would render a dark gray border instead of the light blue shown below by default:

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Tip of the day...

Time-saving links II

Sometimes you may be editing an article and want to link a plural to its singular form. For example, to link "Fred Foo was famous for his study of puddles" to puddle, you could link it like so: [[puddle|puddles]]. However, you can save time instead by writing [[puddle]]s.

This also works with adjectives (for example, [[Japan]]ese), regular verbs in present or past tense (for example, [[dance]]s or [[dance]]d) and any other suffixes or prefixes.

However, this method does not work with spelling changes, for example: [[try]]ied does not work; you have to enter [[try|tried]]. It also does not work with possessives, so you may want to use [[Fred Foo|Fred Foo's]] to get Fred Foo's. Using [[Fred Foo]]'s will look like Fred Foo's, i.e. the possessive suffix unlinked, in plain text, and black instead of blue.

Note: if a redirect exists from puddles to puddle you don't actually need to do any piping, it's fine to link [[puddles]] too.

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Read more:

Tutorial/Editing  

Become a Wikipedia tipster

To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd}}

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totd b

{{totd b}} is a more compact centered version of the above template. Useful for columns:

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Tip of the day...

Time-saving links II Sometimes you may be editing an article and want to link a plural to its singular form. For example, to link "Fred Foo was famous for his study of puddles" to puddle, you could link it like so: [[puddle|puddles]]. However, you can save time instead by writing [[puddle]]s. This also works with adjectives (for example, [[Japan]]ese), regular verbs in present or past tense (for example, [[dance]]s or [[dance]]d) and any other suffixes or prefixes. However, this method does not work with spelling changes, for example: [[try]]ied does not work; you have to enter [[try|tried]]. It also does not work with possessives, so you may want to use [[Fred Foo|Fred Foo's]] to get Fred Foo's. Using [[Fred Foo]]'s will look like Fred Foo's, i.e. the possessive suffix unlinked, in plain text, and black instead of blue. Note: if a redirect exists from puddles to puddle you don't actually need to do any piping, it's fine to link [[puddles]] too. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Tutorial/Editing

Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd b}}

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totd3

{{totd3}} is a left-aligned purple box version, useful for displaying the tip in columns (or instead you may align-right or align-center using the
{{right|{{totd3}}}} or {{center|{{totd3}}}} templates):

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Tip of the day... Time-saving links II Sometimes you may be editing an article and want to link a plural to its singular form. For example, to link "Fred Foo was famous for his study of puddles" to puddle, you could link it like so: [[puddle|puddles]]. However, you can save time instead by writing [[puddle]]s. This also works with adjectives (for example, [[Japan]]ese), regular verbs in present or past tense (for example, [[dance]]s or [[dance]]d) and any other suffixes or prefixes. However, this method does not work with spelling changes, for example: [[try]]ied does not work; you have to enter [[try|tried]]. It also does not work with possessives, so you may want to use [[Fred Foo|Fred Foo's]] to get Fred Foo's. Using [[Fred Foo]]'s will look like Fred Foo's, i.e. the possessive suffix unlinked, in plain text, and black instead of blue. Note: if a redirect exists from puddles to puddle you don't actually need to do any piping, it's fine to link [[puddles]] too. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Tutorial/Editing   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd3}}

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totd-random

{{totd-random}} is a centered tip of the moment template, that automatically displays a different tip every time you enter the page it is on. If the tip does not update, try clearing or purging your browser or server cache:

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Tip of the moment... Help reduce the Wikipedia backlog There are many tasks that need to be done to maintain Wikipedia, from fixing typos, to adding citations, to finding archived versions of dead external links‍—‌and many many more. There is a tremendous backlog on all the types of improvements, which can be found on Wikipedia's backlog page. Please help! Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Category:Wikipedia backlog   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-randomizing template to your user page, use {{totd-random}}

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totd-tomorrow

{{totd-tomorrow}} is a centered version that shows tomorrow's tip, and is used by Wikipedia tipsters to make sure that the tips are up-to-date and corrected before they go live:

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Please proofread the daily tip... It's displayed below one day early. Some tips are obsolete. So we need new tips too. Please share your best tips and tip ideas at the Tip of the day department. edit Tomorrow's tip of the day... Browsing Mobile Wikipedia on your big screen If you would like to see what Mobile Wikipedia looks like on your desktop's or laptop's computer screen, see Official Mobile English Wikipedia. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Help:Mobile access   Wikipedia:Tools/Alternative browsing   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd-tomorrow}}

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tip of the day

{{tip of the day}} is a borderless left-justified version, with light bulb:

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Tip of the day... Time-saving links II Sometimes you may be editing an article and want to link a plural to its singular form. For example, to link "Fred Foo was famous for his study of puddles" to puddle, you could link it like so: [[puddle|puddles]]. However, you can save time instead by writing [[puddle]]s. This also works with adjectives (for example, [[Japan]]ese), regular verbs in present or past tense (for example, [[dance]]s or [[dance]]d) and any other suffixes or prefixes. However, this method does not work with spelling changes, for example: [[try]]ied does not work; you have to enter [[try|tried]]. It also does not work with possessives, so you may want to use [[Fred Foo|Fred Foo's]] to get Fred Foo's. Using [[Fred Foo]]'s will look like Fred Foo's, i.e. the possessive suffix unlinked, in plain text, and black instead of blue. Note: if a redirect exists from puddles to puddle you don't actually need to do any piping, it's fine to link [[puddles]] too. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Tutorial/Editing   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{tip of the day}}

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tip of the day with h3 heading

{{tip of the day with h3 heading}} creates a version with the tip in heading/paragraph left-justified format (no light bulb):

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Tip of the day

Time-saving links II

Sometimes you may be editing an article and want to link a plural to its singular form. For example, to link "Fred Foo was famous for his study of puddles" to puddle, you could link it like so: [[puddle|puddles]]. However, you can save time instead by writing [[puddle]]s.

This also works with adjectives (for example, [[Japan]]ese), regular verbs in present or past tense (for example, [[dance]]s or [[dance]]d) and any other suffixes or prefixes.

However, this method does not work with spelling changes, for example: [[try]]ied does not work; you have to enter [[try|tried]]. It also does not work with possessives, so you may want to use [[Fred Foo|Fred Foo's]] to get Fred Foo's. Using [[Fred Foo]]'s will look like Fred Foo's, i.e. the possessive suffix unlinked, in plain text, and black instead of blue.

Note: if a redirect exists from puddles to puddle you don't actually need to do any piping, it's fine to link [[puddles]] too.

Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip

Read more:

Tutorial/Editing  

All tips  

Become a Wikipedia tipster

To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{tip of the day with h3 heading}}

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totd2

{{totd2}} is the borderless left-justified version used on Wikipedia's Help page‍—‌which already has its own borders (No light bulb):

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Tip of the day... Time-saving links II Sometimes you may be editing an article and want to link a plural to its singular form. For example, to link "Fred Foo was famous for his study of puddles" to puddle, you could link it like so: [[puddle|puddles]]. However, you can save time instead by writing [[puddle]]s. This also works with adjectives (for example, [[Japan]]ese), regular verbs in present or past tense (for example, [[dance]]s or [[dance]]d) and any other suffixes or prefixes. However, this method does not work with spelling changes, for example: [[try]]ied does not work; you have to enter [[try|tried]]. It also does not work with possessives, so you may want to use [[Fred Foo|Fred Foo's]] to get Fred Foo's. Using [[Fred Foo]]'s will look like Fred Foo's, i.e. the possessive suffix unlinked, in plain text, and black instead of blue. Note: if a redirect exists from puddles to puddle you don't actually need to do any piping, it's fine to link [[puddles]] too. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Tutorial/Editing   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd2}}

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totd CP

{{totd CP}} is like the help page version, but with a box and light bulb. It is centered and it spans the whole field (screen or column) that it is in:

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Tip of the day... Time-saving links II Sometimes you may be editing an article and want to link a plural to its singular form. For example, to link "Fred Foo was famous for his study of puddles" to puddle, you could link it like so: [[puddle|puddles]]. However, you can save time instead by writing [[puddle]]s. This also works with adjectives (for example, [[Japan]]ese), regular verbs in present or past tense (for example, [[dance]]s or [[dance]]d) and any other suffixes or prefixes. However, this method does not work with spelling changes, for example: [[try]]ied does not work; you have to enter [[try|tried]]. It also does not work with possessives, so you may want to use [[Fred Foo|Fred Foo's]] to get Fred Foo's. Using [[Fred Foo]]'s will look like Fred Foo's, i.e. the possessive suffix unlinked, in plain text, and black instead of blue. Note: if a redirect exists from puddles to puddle you don't actually need to do any piping, it's fine to link [[puddles]] too. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Tutorial/Editing   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd CP}}

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totd-static

{{totd-static}} is like the totd version but the date is static. You have to manually change the date. Good for tip testing purposes.

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Visit the Tips departmentedit How to bypass scrolling and clicking When you are done editing, you do not have to scroll or click to summarize your edits, nor to Preview or Save the article. You can jump to the Edit summary box by pressing the Tab ↹ key. To preview the article, press Alt+⇧ Shift+p. To save the article, press Alt+⇧ Shift+s or press ↵ Enter when the cursor is in the Edit summary box. To see the changes you have made so far, press Alt+⇧ Shift+v. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Wikipedia:Keyboard shortcuts   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this static template to your user page, use {{totd-static}} To change the static tip date, click on the template link above, edit the template, and add a new date in Month Day format (yearless, no comma, no leading zero, like: February 2).

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Jump to top of page

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See also

• Wikipedia:Tip of the day/July 21, list of TOTD templates
• Wikipedia:Tips, the complete library of tips arranged by subject
• Wikipedia:Tip of the day, main project page