Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Article message boxes

Template standardisation aims to create a standard and consistent design for templates. In 2005 talk page templates were standardised but at the present time those tags that appear in articles are very varied.

Reasoning

The tags that we use to notify people of problems within an article are on thousands of our pages. Our readers see them and judgements are made not only about the article itself but about the project itself. Currently we have a myriad of templates that share often share some level of consistency but still look very mismatched.

The proposal below aims to address these issues. The thinking behind the design is:

• It is colour-coded but without using an overpowering amount
• Standard widths
• Generally a better design than we have now
• It is easily implemented

Design

Note: The wording of these templates is not under discussion and will likely be older versions of the current text.

"Serious problem" templates

This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy. Please share your thoughts on the matter at this article's entry on the Articles for deletion page. Feel free to edit the article, but the article must not be blanked, and this notice must not be removed, until the discussion is closed. For more information, particularly on merging or moving the article during the discussion, read the guide to deletion. Steps to list an article for deletion: {{subst:afd}} • Preloaded debate OR {{subst:afd2|pg=Manual of Style/Article message boxes|cat=|text=}} • {{subst:afd3|pg=Manual of Style/Article message boxes}} log

This page may meet Wikipedia’s criteria for speedy deletion. The given reason is: It is a very short article providing little or no context (CSD A1), contains no content whatsoever (CSD A3), consists only of links elsewhere (CSD A3) or a rephrasing of the title (CSD A3). Please consider placing A tag has been placed on [[:Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Article message boxes]], requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the [[WP:CSD#Articles|criteria for speedy deletion]], because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see [[Wikipedia:Stub#Essential information about stubs|Wikipedia:Stub]] for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on [[Wikipedia:Notability|notable]] subjects and should provide references to [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable sources]] that [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|verify]] their content. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrators]] wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template '''<code>{{tl|hangon}}</code>''' to the article and state your intention on the article's [[Help:Talk page|talk page]]. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this.<!-- Template:Empty-warn -->~~~~ on the User Talk page of the author.

"Content issue" templates

The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see the discussion on the talk page.

This article or section reads like an advertisement. To meet Wikipedia's quality standards and comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, it may require cleanup.

This article or section may soon be merged with [[:Wikipedia:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]. You may discuss the merge on this article's talk page.

"Style issue" templates

To meet Wikipedia's quality standards, this article may require cleanup. Please discuss this issue on the talk page, and/or replace this tag with a more specific message. Editing help is available.

This article or section lacks formatting. Please wikify it as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style.

"Informational" templates

This article documents a current event. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses.