Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.
You may use this template to inform a user about a particular problem in their edit covered by the Wikipedia:Manual of style. Parameters |issue= and |longissue= are available to specify the exact nature of the problem.
This template should always be substituted – use {{subst:Uw-mos1}}. Any accidental transclusions will be automatically substituted by a bot.
Usage
{{subst:Uw-mos1}}
Reference a specific article:
{{subst:Uw-mos1|article}}
Add text onto the end of the message instead of "Thanks" or "Thank you":
{{subst:Uw-mos1|article|additional text}}
This standardized template conforms to guidelines by the user warnings project. You may discuss the visual appearance of these standardized templates (e.g. the image in the top-left corner) at the user warning talk page.
Please refer to the index of message templates before using any template on user talk pages to warn a user. Applying the best template available for your purpose may help reduce confusion from the message you are sending.
Please remember to substitute the template using {{subst:Uw-mos1}} rather than {{uw-mos1}}.
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To customize your message, you may use positional parameters to add the article, and additional text to the end of the template.
Parameters
There are two positional parameters and two named parameters, all optional:
|1= – article
|2= – additional text (default: Thankyou.)
|issue= – any shortcut in the WP:Manual of style; e.g., MOS:CURLY appends "Specifically, [[MOS:CURLY]]" to the message (see examples 1–3). If the value you provide is *not* an existing shortcut, then whatever value you type is appended to the message (see examples 7–8).
|longissue= – if the value you provide matches a MOS section shortcut in the Manual of style *AND* corresponds to an allowed value (see §Notes), the content of that section is appended to the message (see examples 4–6). (param alias: |long=)
Notes
The value of |issue= may be any string. If it is an existing MOS shortcut, it will be linked and added to the message. Otherwise, whatever value you provide is added to the message.
The value of |longissue= must be a valid MOS shortcut, and must be a permitted value. Specify the value in all caps, and always include the MOS: prefix; e.g.: |longissue=MOS:BOLD, MOS:CURLY, MOS:TIES, etc. Any shortcut in the following list of permitted values comprising the most common MOS shortcuts may be used with |longissue= (note that they are shown in lowercase below to avoid SHOUTING, and the MOS: prefix is dropped to save space):
Possible values for param longissue
Click any link to see the words that will be added to the Uw-mos1 message for that param value:
Possible values for param longissue (use upper-case, and prefix with 'MOS:')
Param |issue= can be used to link an existing page or redirect. If the value you enter exists, it will be linked. It adds, Specifically, [[MOS:Shortcut]] to the message. Typically, just place a shortcut redirect here, like, MOS:CAPS, MOS:NUM, etc. (enter the value without brackets)
Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in Underwater basket-weaving, disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Specifically, see MOS:OVERLINK. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.
The expression 'MOS:ERA' represents an existing page (which happens to be a redirect). It is linked and added to the message.
Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in Underwater basket-weaving, disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Specifically, see MOS:ERA. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.
3. {{Uw-mos1|Star Trek|issue=MOS:ETHNICITY}}
It adds, Specifically, [[MOS:ETHNICITY]] to the message.
Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in Star Trek, disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Specifically, see MOS:ETHNICITY. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.
If you use param |longissue= with a value that matches a section name in template configuration subpage {{Uw-mos1/reasons}}, then the value of that section will be substituted into the uw-mos1 message.
Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in Underwater basket-weaving, disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Generally, flag icons should not be used in infoboxes. Situations where flag icons may be used in infoboxes include: military conflicts; participants in sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup or Olympic Games; country of registry of ships. See MOS:INFOBOXFLAG. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.
'MOS:SURNAME' is a section in {{Uw-mos1/reasons}}, so its value is substituted into the message.
Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in Underwater basket-weaving, disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. After the initial mention, a person should generally be referred to by surname only – without an honorific prefix such as "Mr.", "Mrs.", or "Ms.", and without academic or professional prefixes like "Dr.", "Prof.", "Rev.", etc. – or may be referred to by a personal pronoun. See MOS:SURNAME. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.
Param name |long= is a parameter alias of |longissue=, and means the same thing.
Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in Underwater basket-weaving, disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems.
Duplicate of §MOS:DUPLINK; keep the two sections synchronized if editing the reason.
Link a term at most once per major section; however they may be used more often in glossaries and stand-alone and embedded lists if it significantly aids the reader. Terms in citations may be linked as often as necessary. See MOS:DUPLINK. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.
7. {{Uw-mos1|Human Development Index|issue=Writing tables with conditional rows is...}}
If you use param |issue= with a value that is not the pagename of an existing page, then whatever value you give for the param is substituted right into the uw-mos1 message. In this example, the value of param |issue= is:
|issue=Writing tables with conditional rows is tricky; for assistance, please see [[Help:Conditional tables]].
Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in Human Development Index , disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Writing tables with conditional rows is tricky; for assistance, please see Help:Conditional tables. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.
8. {{Uw-mos1|Star Trek|issue=When writing about Klingons and Romulans, please...}}
There is no page by the name 'When writing about Klingons...', so the content of param |issue= is inserted directly into the message. In this example, the value of param |issue= is:
|issue=When writing about Klingons and Romulans, please stick to the in-universe conceptions made by the original authors; adding your own is [[WP:OR]].
Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in Star Trek, disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. When writing about Klingons and Romulans, please stick to the in-universe conceptions made by the original authors; adding your own is WP:OR. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.
Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.
