Template:Not a chatbot

Template documentationviewedithistorypurge

Usage

Place this template at the top of the talk page for articles about AI chatbots, conversational agents, or virtual assistants (such as ChatGPT or Claude (AI)) where readers frequently mistake the Wikipedia talk page for the actual software interface.

The template detects the name of the subject page and removes any parenthetical disambiguation from it. If no link is given, it also fetches the chatbot's official website from Wikidata (property P856) to use for the button.

On protected talk pages

The output depends on whether the page carrying the template is edit protected, at any level:

• If the page is not protected, the template displays its own message box: an {{Mbox}}, or an {{Editnotice}} when editnotice=yes.
• If the page is protected, the template discards its own message and becomes a wrapper around {{Talk page semi-protected indefinitely}}, using {{#invoke:Template wrapper|wrap}}. The protection notice and the explanation that this is not the chatbot then appear together in a single box, with the wrapped template's own icon and buttons in place of the robot icon and the talk button.

When wrapping, only parameters that have a value are passed on, and empty parameters are dropped. They are passed as follows:

• url is passed as ai. If no URL is given, the Wikidata URL is used instead, and if there is none either, ai=yes is passed so that the notice appears without a chat button.
• name, generic, editnotice, note, and demoprotection are passed under the same names.

The protection level is read from the page the template is placed on. The demoprotection parameter overrides it, which is mainly useful for demonstrations such as the § Examples below. Any non-empty value (for example autoconfirmed) selects the protected behaviour, while an empty value forces the unprotected one.

Syntax

Basic usage: {{Not a chatbot}}

With a manual link to the actual bot (overrides Wikidata): {{Not a chatbot |url=https://... }}

As an editnotice: {{Not a chatbot |editnotice=yes }}

With all parameters: {{Not a chatbot |url= |name= |generic= |editnotice= |note= }}

To preview the protected version on a page that is not protected: {{Not a chatbot |demoprotection=autoconfirmed }}

Examples

Talk notice

{{Not a chatbot|name=Claude|url=https://example.com|note= Additional notes can go here}}

This is how the template will appear when parameters are provided. The examples that use demoprotection simulate a protected page, so they show the output of {{Talk page semi-protected indefinitely}} instead of this template's own message box.

{{Not a chatbot|name=Claude|url=https://example.com|note= Additional notes can go here.|demoprotection=autoconfirmed}}

Editnotice

{{Not a chatbot|editnotice=yes|note= Additional notes can go here|generic=yes}}

{{Not a chatbot|editnotice=yes|name=ChatGPT|url=https://example.com|note= Additional notes can go here.|demoprotection=extendedconfirmed}}

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Not a chatbot in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Not a chatbot

A talk page header or editnotice warning users that the Wikipedia talk page is not the actual AI chatbot, preventing misdirected queries. On protected pages it wraps Talk page semi-protected indefinitely.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Chatbot URL	url	An optional external URL pointing to the actual chatbot. If left blank, the template will attempt to automatically fetch the URL from Wikidata. If neither exists, the button is hidden.	URL	suggested
Bot Name Override	name	Overrides the automatically detected page name. Useful for documentation examples or if the automatic detection fails.	String	optional
Generic Text	generic	Set to 'yes' to use generic 'talk to AI' phrasing instead of the specific bot's name.	Boolean	optional
Format as Editnotice	editnotice	Set to 'yes' to change the visual styling from a standard talk page Mbox into an Editnotice warning box.	Boolean	optional
Additional note	note	Optional wikitext or message that appears at the very end of the message box.	Content	optional
Protection level override	demoprotection	Overrides the edit protection level detected for the page, used for testing. Any non-empty value selects the protected version of the notice, which is displayed through Talk page semi-protected indefinitely. If omitted, the real protection level of the page is used. Mainly useful for demonstrations. Suggested values autoconfirmed extendedconfirmed templateeditor sysop	String	optional

Format: inline

A talk page header or editnotice warning users that the Wikipedia talk page is not the actual AI chatbot, preventing misdirected queries. On protected pages it wraps Talk page semi-protected indefinitely.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Chatbot URL	url	An optional external URL pointing to the actual chatbot. If left blank, the template will attempt to automatically fetch the URL from Wikidata. If neither exists, the button is hidden.	URL	suggested
Bot Name Override	name	Overrides the automatically detected page name. Useful for documentation examples or if the automatic detection fails.	String	optional
Generic Text	generic	Set to 'yes' to use generic 'talk to AI' phrasing instead of the specific bot's name.	Boolean	optional
Format as Editnotice	editnotice	Set to 'yes' to change the visual styling from a standard talk page Mbox into an Editnotice warning box.	Boolean	optional
Additional note	note	Optional wikitext or message that appears at the very end of the message box.	Content	optional
Protection level override	demoprotection	Overrides the edit protection level detected for the page, used for testing. Any non-empty value selects the protected version of the notice, which is displayed through Talk page semi-protected indefinitely. If omitted, the real protection level of the page is used. Mainly useful for demonstrations. Suggested values autoconfirmed extendedconfirmed templateeditor sysop	String	optional

See also

• {{Talk page semi-protected indefinitely}}: The template this one wraps when the page is protected.
• {{Generative AI editnotice}}: Recommended pairing to use with this template. To use it, you need to be a template editor or page mover, or make an edit request.
• {{Talk header}}: Standard talk page header.

See also

• {{Generative AI editnotice}} – Edit notice, to warn editors in the edit window To use it, you need to be a template editor or page mover, or make an edit request.
• {{AI-generated}} – Maintenance tag for articles
• {{Talk header}} – Standard talk page header.

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Not a chatbot/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.