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This [[Wikipedia:Template index|template]] is a signpost. It displays a talk page message box with four sections of content:
* [[#Intro and newcomer links|§&nbsp;Intro]] – a short introduction and appropriate links for newcomers
* [[#Policies|§&nbsp;Policies]] – a reminder of important policies for experienced users
* [[#"Find sources" links|§&nbsp;"Find sources links"]] – a set of links to aid in [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|finding reliable sources]] for the article topic
* [[#Archives|§&nbsp;Archives]] – a list of links to the current talk page's archives, and a search box to search them
Portions of the standard boilerplate text may be modified with params that specify [[#Additional and replacement text|additional or replacement text]].

== Usage ==
; Basic
{{pre|<nowiki>{{Talk header}}</nowiki>}}

To add this template to a talk page, just open an edit of the talk page, and put {{tlc|Talk header}} at the top of the page.

By convention, this template goes at the very top of the talk page, above WikiProject templates and other talk-page banners. However, this is not an absolute rule, and editors should use common sense when deciding its placement. See also: {{section link|WP:Talk page layout|Lead (bannerspace)}}.

This template should be placed in accordance with [[Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines|talk page guidelines]]. This template does not need to be placed on every talk page, and should not be indiscriminately added to talk pages using automated editing tools. Talk pages that are frequently misused, that attract frequent or perpetual debate, articles often subject to controversy, articles that typically attract new editors, and highly-visible or popular topics may be appropriate for this template.

For more information on this topic, see the [[Template talk:Talk header|talk page]] for this template, including the talk archives and the [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion|TfD]] logs.

== Parameters ==
<!--search_term3 and search_term4 left undocumented; see Talk for #Proposal: drop search_term3 and search_term4 -->
'''Full syntax{{snd}}Vertical'''

<div style="border: thin solid lightgray; width:97%; text-align:left; background-color:#F8F9FA; word-wrap:break-word; white-space:pre; margin: 1em 1em 0 0.2em; padding:0 0 0 1em">
<code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>talk header
|bottom= {{efn|name="bottom-yes"}}
|disclaimer= {{efn|name="disclaimer-yes"}}
|custom_header= {{efn|name="custom_header"}}
|wp= {{efn|name="wp-yes"}}
|display_title= {{efn|name="display_title"}}
|arpol= {{efn|name="arpol-yes"}}
|sc1= {{efn|name="shortcuts"}}
|sc2= 
|sc3= 
|sc4= 
|sc5= 
|demospace= {{efn|name="demospace"}}
|hide_find_sources= {{efn|name="hide_find_sources-yes"}}
|search_term1= {{efn|name="search_term"}}
|search_term2= 
|search-domain= {{efn|name="search-domain"}}
|search= {{efn|name="search-no"}}
|noarchive= {{efn|name="noarchive-yes"}}
|bot= {{efn|name="bot"}}
|age= {{efn|name="bot"}}
|units= {{efn|name="bot"}}
|minthreadsleft= {{efn|name="bot"}}
<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>
</div>

'''Horizontal'''
<syntaxhighlight lang=moin>
{{talk header |bottom= |disclaimer= |custom_header= |wp= |display_title= |arpol= |sc1= |sc2= |sc3= |sc4= |sc5= |demospace= |hide_find_sources= |search_term1= |search_term2= |search-domain= |search= |noarchive= |age= |bot= |units= |minthreadsleft= }}
</syntaxhighlight>

== Hiding the template ==
A [[WP:REGISTER|registered user]] who prefers not to see this template on any talk page, may hide it from view. Note that this hides page [[Help:Archiving a talk page|archive]] links and the archive search box as well if they are configured to be shown through this template. You'll need to have [[Wikipedia:Why create an account?|an account]] to do this.

# Edit your [[Help:User style|user style]] page at [[Special:Mypage/common.css]].
# Add a line: <code><nowiki>#talkheader {display:none;}</nowiki></code>
# Save the change.
# [[Wikipedia:Bypass your cache|Bypass your cache]].

Portions of the template may be hidden for all viewers using a template parameter: see [[#Hiding the links|here]] to hide the "find sources" links; see [[#Archives|here]] to hide the archive links.

== Parts of the header ==

This section describes the different parts of the header.  Each subsection below corresponds to one of the four main areas of functionality listed in the bullet items at the [[#top|top]], and explains which parameters are available to modify their appearance.

=== Intro and newcomer links ===

Basic tips for newcomers are boxed with a white background and appear top left, and includes starting a new section, using tildes to sign their posts, and how to get help. The intro links are displayed in the top left portion of the message box:
{{Tmbox
| style = 
| image = none
| text  =
<div style="border:thin solid #c0c090; height:7em; width:60%; background-color:white; margin:0 0 4em -0.6em; padding-top:1em">
* Put new text under old text. {{Strong|[[Special:NewSection/{{TALKPAGENAMEE}}|Click here to start a new topic.]]}}
* [[Wikipedia:Signatures|Sign your posts]] by typing four tildes {{Nowrap|(<code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>)}}.
* New to Wikipedia? Welcome! [[Help:Introduction|Learn to edit]]; [[Wikipedia:Questions|get help]].
</div>
}}

=== Policies ===

==== Talk page policies ====

A bullet list of [[WP:PG|policies]], and [[:Category:Wikipedia behavioral guidelines|behavioral]] and [[Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines|talk page guidelines]] is included by default in the top right portion of the message box.

==== Article policies ====

In the article namespace only, a list of bulleted "Article policies" is included by default. It occupies part of the top right section of the message box, to the right of the talk page policies.

{{Tmbox
| style = 
| image = none
| text  =
<table role="presentation">
  <tr>
    <td style="border:thin solid #c0c090; width:50%; background-color:white; margin:0 0 0 -0.6em">
&nbsp;
    </td>
    <td style="width:29%">
* [[Wikipedia:Assume good faith|Assume good faith]]
* [[Wikipedia:Civility|Be polite]] and [[Wikipedia:No personal attacks|avoid personal attacks]]
* [[Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers|Be welcoming to newcomers]]
* Seek [[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution requests|dispute resolution]] if needed
    </td>
    <td style="width:21%; border-left:1px solid #c0c090">
<span style="margin-left:2em">'''Article policies'''</span>
* [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|Neutral point of view]]
* [[Wikipedia:No original research|No original research]]
* [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|Verifiability]]
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="height:4em">
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
</table>
}}

In [[WP:Namespace|non-article namespaces]], the "Article policies" box is absent by default, but it may be added via {{para|arpol|yes}}. For example:

{{tlc|talk header |arpol{{=}}yes}}

Note: {{para|arpol|no}} is an invalid setting, and has no effect on header display in any namespace. The article policies may be suppressed from view in all namespaces by adding <code>#talkheader .talkheader-policies{display:none}</code> to your common.css.

=== "Find sources" links ===

For article Talk pages, a set of "find sources" links appears by default in the Talk header box. The default links correspond to the output of [[Template:Find sources]]; see [[Talk:Europe]] for an example. These links appear after the initial article policies and links for newcomers, and above the archiving section. For the article [[Europe]], it looks like this:
{{General sources notice|Europe}}

==== Background ====

There are several flavors of "find sources" links (medical, video, general) targeted to different search domains. The flavor of "find sources" links displayed in the Talk header depends on [[WP:WikiProject|WikiProject]] membership of the article and may correspond to one of these:
* {{tl|find medical sources}}{{snd}}for articles in the '''medical''' search domain
* {{tl|find video game sources}}{{snd}}for articles in the '''video game''' search domain
* {{tl|find general sources}}{{snd}}the default, for everything else, is the '''general''' domain.

The default search domain is "general", which is the large majority of all Talk pages, and displays the links found in template {{tl|find general sources}}. The search domain is determined automatically by the template, depending on the presence of the corresponding [[WP:WikiProject|WikiProject]]. If an article belongs to [[WP:WikiProject Medicine|WikiProject Medicine]], it is in the medical search domain by default; if it belongs to [[WP:WikiProject Video games|WikiProject Video games]], it is in the video game search domain by default. (If it is in both, then the highest domain in the list above is chosen; i.e, 'medical'.)

For the page  [[Talk:Giardiasis]], which belongs to [[WP:WikiProject Medicine]], it looks like this:
{{medical sources notice|giardiasis}}

You can modify the nature of the source links displayed by [[#Hiding the links|§&nbsp;Hiding the links]], [[#Modifying the "find sources" query terms|§&nbsp;modifying the query terms]], or by [[#Search domain override|§&nbsp;modifying the search domain]].

==== Hiding the links ====

By default, these links do not appear outside of [[WP:NS|article Talk space]] (ns=1). 

Within article Talk space, the "find sources" links may be suppressed  by setting parameter {{para|hide_find_sources|yes}}.

==== Modifying the "find sources" query terms ====

The find sources links use the article title by default as the search term and forms an "exact search" (or "double-quoted query"){{efn|name="exact search"|'''Exact search''' is also known as a "double-quoted query" because major search engines interpret paired double-quote characters as indicating that everything between the double quotes must be found exactly as specified.}} from the title. If the article title contains [[WP:PARENDIS|parenthetical disambiguation]] portion, this is appended after the exact search query term, as an additional, unquoted phrase.

In place of the default, the query terms may be specified by using {{para|search_term}} (alias: {{para|search_term1}}) to specify the exact search string. Parameter {{para|search_term2}} may be added to specify additional, unquoted query terms, as many as desired.

==== Search domain override ====

The default domain chosen by automatic WikiProject detection may be overridden using param {{para|search-domain}}:
* {{para|search-domain|medical}}{{snd}}use {{pval|medical}} as the search domain, regardless what projects it belongs to (value alias: {{pval|med}})
* {{para|search-domain|video game}}{{snd}}use {{pval|video games}} as the search domain, regardless what projects it belongs to (value alias: {{pval|video}}, and {{pval|vg}}))
* {{para|search-domain|general}}{{snd}}use {{pval|general}} as the search domain, regardless what projects it belongs to (value alias: {{pval|gen}})

The parameter alias {{para|domain}} may be used instead; thus, {{para|domain|med}} means the same thing as {{para|search-domain|medical}}.

=== Archives ===

The archives section of the Talk header occupies the bottom of the Talk header box. It consists of two portions:
* a set of [[#Links to archives|links to Talk page archives]]
* an [[#Search box|archive search box]]
These are displayed automatically at the bottom of this template when used on a talk page that has archives that are [[Help:Archiving a talk page#Automated archiving|named in the standard way]].  If no archives exist for the current talk page, or if they have non-standard names, no archive links or search box is displayed. 

Parameters {{para|noarchive|yes}} and {{para|search|no}} are available to suppress the links to Talk archive pages and to the search box. Four additional parameters are available to add an optional [[#archive bot notice|§&nbsp;archive bot notice]] adjacent to the archive links and to control its appearance.

==== Links to archives ====

If Talk page archives exist and are named in the [[Help:Archiving a talk page#Automated archiving|standard sequential way]], using either a numeric sequence or the alphabetic system with names like /Archive A, or with yearly archives of the format /Archive {{CURRENTYEAR}}, links to all of the archive pages are displayed. 

For archives using numeric sequencing, the archive links look like this (example shown is for [[Talk:Europe]]):

{{Tmbox
| small = {{{small|}}}
| image = none
| style = text-align: center
| text  =<span style="float:right">{{Tooltip|Auto-archiving period|Discussions with timestamps are automatically archived by Lowercase Sigmabot III after 180 days of inactivity.}} '''180 days'''&nbsp;[[File:Information icon4.svg|16px|link=Help:Archiving a talk page#Automated archiving|alt=]]</span>
[[Help:Archiving a talk page|Archives]]: [[Talk:Europe/Archive index|Index]], [[Talk:Europe/Archive 1|1]], [[Talk:Europe/Archive 2|2]], [[Talk:Europe/Archive 3|3]], [[Talk:Europe/Archive 4|4]], [[Talk:Europe/Archive 5|5]], [[Talk:Europe/Archive 6|6]], [[Talk:Europe/Archive 7|7]], [[Talk:Europe/Archive 8|8]], [[Talk:Europe/Archive 9|9]], [[Talk:Europe/Archive 10|10]], [[Talk:Europe/Archive 11|11]]}}

A link to the archive index is included in the list if it exists and has the name "/Archive index". 

The archive bot notice containing the text "Auto-archiving period" at the right is controlled by the four related parameters: {{para|archive_bot}}, {{para|archive_age}}, {{para|archive_units}}, and {{para|minthreadsleft}}.

==== archive bot notice ====

If the page is auto-archived by a bot  (typically by [[User:Lowercase sigmabot III|Lowercase sigmabot III]] or [[User:ClueBot III|ClueBot III]]), an archive bot notice appears to the right of the archive links, as in the example shown above.

The following parameters may be used to control the display of the archive bot notice:
 
* '''{{para|archive_bot}}'''{{snd}}The bot used to archive the page, unwikilinked.  (Alias: {{para|bot}}.)

* '''{{para|archive_age}}'''{{snd}}Enter a number to convey the amount of time the bot must wait after the last update to a discussion before archiving the discussion, as expressed as a number of time units, or days by default. (Alias: {{para|age}}.) The 'days' interval may be changed using the archive_units parameter. 

* '''{{para|archive_units}}'''{{snd}}Enter a string to convey the unit the <code>archive_age</code> parameter refers to.  (Alias: {{para|units}}.) Useful examples include {{pval|days}}, {{pval|month}}, {{pval|months}}, etc.  As this is just an advisory notice and not a configuration parameter, you can use any string you wish here: if you want to specify the archiving delay as '''<code><nowiki>|age=2 |units=fortnights</nowiki></code>''', you can. 

* '''{{para|minthreadsleft}}'''{{snd}}The amount of threads the bot will leave. The tooltip includes a message telling the reader that after <code>minthreadsleft</code> threads, threads older than <code>archive_age</code> will be archived.

Some examples:

* {{tlx|talk header|archive_bot{{=}}lowercase sigmabot III|archive_age{{=}}30|archive_units{{=}}days}}{{snd}}This informs the user that [[User:Lowercase sigmabot III/Archive HowTo|lowercase sigmabot III]] will autoarchive talk page sections that are older than 30 days.
* {{tlx|talk header|bot{{=}}lowercase sigmabot III|age{{=}}6|units{{=}}months|minthreadsleft{{=}}4}}{{snd}}This informs the user that the lowercase sigmabot III bot will autoarchive talk page sections that are older than six months, as long as at least four sections remain. (See [[#Examples|§&nbsp;Examples]].)

These parameters are for informational purposes in the talk header, and do not actually set up archiving. For instructions on how to configure Talk page archiving, see [[Help:Archiving a talk page#Automated archiving|Help:Archiving a talk page]]. 

The template includes a tooltip informing readers of the amount of time before discussions are archived. This tooltip is not shown if there are no archives present, or they are not named in the standard way.

If you wish to include an independent, stand-alone archive bot notice on the page outside of the Talk header message box, set {{para|noarchive|yes}} in this template, and see [[Template:Archives]] for an alternative method of generating an archive bot notice.

==== Search box ====

The archive search box may be used to search the Talk page archives, and is displayed automatically at the bottom of this template just below the [[#Links to archives|archive page links]], when used on a talk page that has archives that are [[Help:Archiving a talk page#Automated archiving|named in the standard way]].  If no archives exist for the current talk page, or if they have non-standard names, no search box is displayed.

Parameter {{para|search|no}} may be used to suppress the search box.

If present, the search box appears below the [[#Links to archives|Archiving links]], and is the last element to appear in the template:

{{Tmbox
| small = {{{small|}}}
| image = none
| style = text-align: center
| text  ={{Search box|root=Talk:Europe|search-break=no|search-width=auto|search-button-label=Search archives}}
}}

In this working example, entering search terms searches the talk page archives of the article [[Europe]].

==== Suppressing links or search box ====

By default, the Talk header template displays a list of [[#Links to archives|archive links]], if any archives are present. Parameter {{para|noarchive|yes}} may be used to suppress the list. 

By default, the  template displays an [[#Search box|archive search box]] if any archives are present.
Parameter {{para|search|no}} may be used to suppress display of the archive search box.  Note in particular that {{para|search|yes}} has no effect, and will not place a search box on a talk page that has no archives.

== Additional and replacement text ==

Besides the four main sections of the talk header box, the template provides four parameters which may be used to include additional sections or modified text: 
* {{para|bottom}}
* {{para|custom header}}
* {{para|disclaimer}}
* {{para|wp}}.

=== bottom ===

'''{{para|bottom|yes}}'''{{snd}}adds a message above the main talk header box, separately bordered, about where to place new discussions:
{{Tmbox
| small = {{{small|}}}
| image = none
| style = text-align: center
| text  = '''Please place new discussions at the bottom of the talk page.'''
}}

=== custom_header ===

'''{{para|custom_header|your text here}}'''{{snd}}adds any desired text above the main talk header. Text is in boldface by default, and has a horizontal rule below, separating it from the rest of the content. 

Example, showing : {{para|custom_header}} with the first line of [[Lorem ipsum]] text:
{{Tmbox
| style = border-bottom:none
| image = none
| text  =
'''Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.'''{{hr}}
<table>
  <tr>
    <td style="border:thin solid #c0c090; border-bottom:none; width:60%; background-color:white; margin:0 0 4em -0.6em; padding:0 1em 0 0">
* Put new text under old text. {{Strong|[[Special:NewSection/{{TALKPAGENAMEE}}|Click here to start a new topic.]]}}
    </td>
    <td>
* [[Wikipedia:Assume good faith|Assume good faith]]
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>
}}
If used together with {{para|bottom}}: the "New discussions placement" text appears above everything in a separately bordered box; the main talk header box is below that, and the custom text appears in the main box, above the [[#Intro and newcomer links|newbie]] and [[#Article policies|article policy]] links and separated from them by a horizontal rule.

=== disclaimer ===

'''{{para|disclaimer|yes}}'''{{snd}}may be used on User talk pages. This param includes the user page disclaimer text found in the current version of template {{tl|user page}}, centered in a contrasting color box above the Talk header template, as follows:
<div style="width:93%;margin:auto">{{user page}}</div>
This parameter has no effect on pages outside of the [[WP:User talk namespace|User talk namespace]].

=== wp ===

'''{{para|wp|yes}}'''{{snd}}Extends the bolded lead sentence of the header, to add the words "''Pagename'' and anything related to its purposes and tasks": 

{{Tmbox
| small = {{{small|}}}
| image = none
| style = text-align: center
| text  = '''This is the talk page for discussing ''Pagename'' and anything related to its purposes and tasks.'''
}}
This parameter has no effect on pages outside of the [[WP:Namespace|Wikipedia talk namespace]].

== Testing issues ==

=== Find sources testing ===

For testing and demonstration purposes, this template accepts parameter {{para|demospace}} which enables testing of the find sources opt-out parameter {{para|hide_find_sources}} from other namespaces.
* If {{para|demospace}} has the value {{pval|main}} or the value {{pval|1}} it returns the findsources text it would normally return when transcluded from [[WP:Mainspace|mainspace]].
* If {{para|demospace}} has any other value such as the name of some other namespace it returns the text it would if transcluded outside of mainspace.
* If the parameter is empty or undefined, the actual page type determines the result.

The dynamic features of [[#Background|WikiProject autodetection]] and [[#Search domain override|§&nbsp;Search domain override]] depend on the article title where it appears, and therefore cannot be tested in the normal way. The [[Template:Talk header/testcases|test cases page]] provides an explanation of [[Template:Talk header/testcases#E. WikiProject detection|how to test these features]] using [[Special:ExpandTemplates]] with the ContextTitle enabled, or by using ''in situ'' testing.

=== Expensive parser functions ===

This template uses up to twenty [[WP:EXPENSIVE|expensive parser functions]] (during 2022, with it increasing by one a year) depending on what parameters are used. In theory, on pages with very large numbers of other templates using expensive parser functions this could result in [[WP:TLIMIT|template limits]] being reached, but this is very unlikely. It could also affect expansion of templates on a test page that has more than 25 uncollapsed invocations of this template, especially ones appearing lower on the page.

==TemplateData==
<templatedata>
{
	"params": {
		"1": {
			"aliases": [
				"shortcut",
				"shortcut1",
				"sc",
				"sc1"
			],
			"label": "Shortcut",
			"description": "Shortcut that displays similar to the {{shortcut}} template, but within the Talk header message box",
			"example": "WP:SHOR",
			"type": "wiki-page-name",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"2": {
			"aliases": [
				"shortcut2",
				"sc2"
			],
			"label": "Shortcut 2",
			"description": "A second shortcut",
			"type": "wiki-page-name"
		},
		"bottom": {
			"description": "Set to \"yes\" to add additional instructions at the top to \"please place new discussions at the bottom of the talk page\"",
			"type": "boolean",
			"suggestedvalues": [
				"yes"
			]
		},
		"disclaimer": {
			"description": "Set to \"yes\" to add an additional banner which identifies the page as being originally from Wikipedia (and modify the width to suit), matching the style of {{User page}}.",
			"type": "boolean"
		},
		"custom_header": {
			"label": "Custom header",
			"description": "Replaces the entire header with customized text",
			"type": "line"
		},
		"wp": {
			"label": "WikiProject?",
			"description": "For use on WikiProject talk pages; set to \"yes\" to add \"and anything related to its purposes and tasks\" to the header",
			"type": "boolean"
		},
		"display_title": {
			"label": "Display title",
			"description": "Displays a custom page title",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"arpol": {
			"label": "Article policies",
			"description": "Adds a link to the article policy pages",
			"type": "boolean",
			"default": "On for article talk pages, off otherwise"
		},
		"demospace": {
            "label": "demospace",
			"description": "Namespace number or name for testing purposes",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"hide_find_sources": {
			"label": "Hide find sources?",
			"description": "Set to \"yes\" to hide the find sources banner on article talk pages",
			"type": "boolean"
		},
		"search_term": {
			"aliases": [
				"search_term1"
			],
			"label": "Search term",
			"description": "Changes the search term used in the {{find sources}} module",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"search_term2": {
            "label": "Search term 2",
			"description": "Adds a second search term for unquoted search, as used in the {{find sources}} module",
			"type": "string"
        },
		"search-domain": {
			"aliases": [
				"domain"
			],
			"label": "Search domain",
			"description": "Changes the default search domain used in the {{find sources}} module",
			"suggestedvalues": [
				"medical",
				"video",
				"general"
			],
			"type": "string"
		},
		"noarchive": {
			"aliases": [
				"noarchives",
				"archives"
			],
			"label": "No archives?",
			"description": "Set to \"yes\" to hide the archives links",
			"type": "boolean"
		},
		"archive_age": {
			"aliases": [
				"age"
			],
			"label": "Archive age",
			"description": "Amount of time, by default in days, before discussions will be automatically archived. Note: Does not actually trigger automatic archiving; see [[WP:ARCHIVE]].",
			"type": "number",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"archive_bot": {
			"aliases": [
				"bot"
			],
			"label": "Archive bot",
			"description": "The bot used to archive the page. Note: Does not actually trigger automatic archiving; see [[WP:ARCHIVE]].",
			"suggestedvalues": [
				"Lowercase sigmabot III",
				"ClueBot III"
			],
            "type": "string",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"archive_units": {
			"aliases": [
				"units"
			],
			"label": "Archive units",
			"description": "The units for archive_age",
			"suggestedvalues": [
				"hours",
				"days",
				"months",
				"years"
			],
            "type": "string",
			"default": "days"
		},
		"minthreadsleft": {
			"label": "Minimum threads left",
			"description": "The number of threads the archiving bot will leave. Currently affects only the tooltip.",
			"type": "number",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"search": {
            "label": "Search",
			"description": "Set to \"no\" to override the default behavior for the search box appearance",
			"type": "boolean"
		}
	},
	"description": "A signpost for the top of talk pages"
}
</templatedata>

== Tracking categories ==
* {{Category link with count|Pages using Talk header with unknown parameters}}

== See also ==
* {{tlp|New discussion}}
* {{tlp|Not a forum}}
* {{tlp|Portal talk}}
* {{tlp|Skip to talk}}
* {{tlp|WikiProject banner shell}}
* [[Wikipedia:Template index/Talk namespace]]
* [[Wikipedia:Template index/User talk namespace]]
* [[MediaWiki:Talkpagetext]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist|refs=

{{efn|name="arpol-yes"|To force inclusion of the "Article policies" section of the template in non-article namespaces where they are normally excluded, use {{para|arpol|yes}}. (See [[#Article policies|§&nbsp;Article policies]] below for an example.)}}

{{efn|name="bot"|An optional notice regarding automatic archiving by bot may be displayed near the archive search box. Use optional parameters {{para|bot}}, {{para|age}}, {{para|units}}, and {{para|minthreadsleft}} to control display of this notice. See section [[#archive bot notice|§&nbsp;archive bot notice]] below.}}

{{efn|name="bottom-yes"|Use {{para|bottom|yes}} to add additional instructions above the talk header box to "place new discussions at the bottom of the talk page"; see [[#bottom|details here]].}}

{{efn|name="custom_header"|To add customized text in the talk header box, use {{para|custom_header|''Your custom text''}}; see [[#custom header|details here]].}}

{{efn|name="demospace"|For additional information on {{para|demospace}} see [[#Testing issues|§&nbsp;Testing issues]].}}

{{efn|name="display_title"|To display a custom page title, use {{para|display_title|''custom page title''}}.}}

{{efn|name="disclaimer-yes"|On user talk pages, {{para|disclaimer|yes}} adds an additional identification banner primarily to alert viewers who see a copy of the page on a [[WP:MIRROR|mirror site]] that the page originally comes from Wikipedia and is a user page, and provides the full url of the page. Details [[#disclaimer|here]].}}

{{efn|name="hide_find_sources-yes"|To hide "Find sources" on article talk pages, use {{para|hide_find_sources|yes}}. More details at [[#"Find sources" links|§&nbsp;"Find sources" links]] and [[#Testing issues|§&nbsp;Testing issues]] below.}}

{{efn|name="noarchive-yes"|Archive links and an archive search box are displayed automatically at the bottom of the template. Use parameter {{para|noarchive|yes}} to suppress display of the archive links and search box. See section [[#Archives|§&nbsp;Archives]] below.}}

{{efn|name="search_term"|To override the article title as the default search used by [[#"Find sources" links|§&nbsp;"Find sources" links]], use params {{para|search_term1}} and {{para|search_term2}}. Details at [[#Modifying the "find sources" query terms|§&nbsp;Modifying the "find sources" query terms]] below.}}

{{efn|name="search-domain"|To override the search domain chosen automatically by the template, use {{para|search-domain|''domain value''}}. See details at [[#Search domain override|§&nbsp;Search domain override]].}}

{{efn|name="search-no"|To suppress the archive search box from the template, use {{para|search|no}}; see section [[#Search box|§&nbsp;Search box]] for details.}}

{{efn|name="shortcuts"|Up to five [[Wikipedia:Shortcut|shortcuts]] may be added to the template, as [[H:PARAMETER|unnamed parameters]], or as named ones (any of {{para|1}}, {{para|sc}}, {{para|sc1}}, {{para|shortcut}} or {{para|shortcut1}}, then {{para|2}}, {{para|sc2}} or {{para|shortcut2}}, etc., work).  For example, {{tlx|Talk header|WP:SHOR|WP:TCUT}}. They display similar to the {{tlx|shortcut}} template, but within the Talk header message box.}}

{{efn|name="wp-yes"|Designed for use on project ([[WP:Wikipedia namespace|Wikipedia namespace]]) talk pages, parameter {{para|wp|yes}} may be used to alter the intro line of the banner ("This is the talk page for...") in order to add "and anything related to its purposes and tasks". Details [[#wp|here]].}}

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