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There are many, many templates in use in WoWWiki and these are only subset, hopefully representing the most commonly used ones. If you feel that a template belongs on this page, do not hesitate to add it.

• The Template namespace always has all templates in the wiki, unsorted
• Category:Templates should have all templates in the wiki, categorized.

Wiki templates provide a means to insert the same content over and over in different (or the same) pages. This saves editors the hassle of duplicating the same text again and again, and also helps ensure consistency. See Help:Template for further information on using and creating templates.

Templates are generally shown with the format required to use the template (i.e. {{Horde Icon}}). Clicking the template name takes you to the template's page, where you can see what it looks like and how it is used.

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Article management tags

See also: Category:Article management tags

Accuracy

• {{accuracy}} displays a banner requesting a fact check

This article is flagged for a fact check! Cross-reference this article's questionable content with an official source such as the World of Warcraft Community site (US, EU). Please see WoWWiki:Citation for information on how to add citations. In addition, check any discussion on the discussion page.

Better name / Conjecture

• {{bettername}} displays a banner flagging the article as probably needing a new name

This article's name may be incorrect. Please note that while the content may be valid, this article's name is based on conjecture. This article should not be moved unless discussed first - Remember to follow the naming policy.

Citations needed

• {{Source needed}} displays a well-visible banner and places the article in Category:Articles needing citations
• {{fact}} inserts a small link in the text and places the article in Category:Articles needing citations

Cleanup

{{Cleanup|<reasons>}}

This article or section needs to be cleaned up to a higher standard of quality. This may include editing to correct spelling and grammar, rewriting sections to ensure they are clear and concise, and wikifying.

Add to articles or sections (or images or files) that require editing attention. This will include them in Category:Articles to clean up.

Please try and add reasons - this will help editors to change what is wrong or add what is not there without having to ask the user who tagged the page.

Alliance info needed

{{Alliance update|<reasons>}}

This article or section needs to include Alliance related info updates. This may include editing to correct spelling and grammar, rewriting sections to ensure they are clear and concise, and wikifying.

This is a specific type of cleanup request similar to a stub notification, but specifically requesting Alliance-perspective info updates.

Horde info needed

{{Horde update|<reasons>}}

This article or section needs to include Horde related info updates. This may include editing to correct spelling and grammar, rewriting sections to ensure they are clear and concise, and wikifying.

This is a specific type of cleanup request similar to a stub notification, but specifically requesting Horde-perspective info updates.

Construction

• {{Construction}}

This article or section is under construction. Please be patient as the person who started this article or a recent editor is probably still in the process of committing changes to it. Unlike a stub, contributors have the intention of filling out this article soon.

Deletion templates

{{Delete}}, {{Speedydelete}}, {{Terminate}} etc. are used as part of the article deletion process. See delete, Terminate.

This article is nominated for deletion! Please vote and discuss on this article's discussion page. For more info on the deletion process, see the WoWWiki deletion policy.

This article is marked for speedy deletion. YOU DIDN'T ADD A REASON. REEDIT THE PAGE AND ADD ONE NOW. Please read the deletion policy and check if anything links here before deleting. If you wish to contest this notice, please switch this for {{Delete}} process and explain your reasoning on the article's talk page. If you're wondering where your content went, it may have been moved - try checking the page history!

Disputed

• {{Disputed}}

This article or section is disputed! Please cross-reference this article's questionable content with a source and discuss on the discussion page to clarify any suspect information.

Generic

• {{Generic}} displays a banner noting this page or file has too generic a name and should be renamed.

This article or section needs to be cleaned up to a higher standard of quality. 1 This may include editing to correct spelling and grammar, rewriting sections to ensure they are clear and concise, and wikifying. Reason: This article needs a less generic name.

Merge

{{Merge|<target article>}}

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with [[{{{1}}}]]. Please see the discussion page for reasoning.

Add to articles that should be merged into one article. This will include them in Category:Merge candidates. Further elaboration on the articles' discussion pages would be helpful, such as suggesting which name both articles should be listed under.

Move

{{Move|<target article>}}

It has been suggested that this article or section be moved to [[{{{1}}}]]. Please see the discussion page for reasoning.

Add to articles that should be moved to another name (Category:Move candidates), in accordance with the Naming Policy. While many moves can be made immediately, if moving will be an involved process (as with a category) or there is debate as to what the article should be called, it is best to receive some feedback first.

Outdated

• {{Outdated|<optional_reason>}} or the shorthand, {{ood}} (also usable on images)

This article or section contains information that is out-of-date. Please replace the old information with up to date information. This may include rewriting sections to ensure they are clear and concise, and wikifying.

• {{Outdated-section|<optional_reason>}} for only specific sections. Keep the reason short, if you can.

Removed

• {{Removedfromgame}} or {{Removedfrombeta}}, where appropriate

The subject of this article has been removed from World of Warcraft. This includes items and quests that can no longer be obtained. The in-game information in this article is kept purely for historical purposes and should probably not be under any other categories.

The subject of this article or section did not make it out of the beta stages of World of Warcraft or its expansions. The in-game information in this article or section is kept purely for historical purposes.

Split

• {{Split}}

It has been suggested that this article or section be split into two or more articles. Please see the discussion page for reasoning.

Add to articles that should have sections split off into separate articles. This will include them in Category:Split candidates. Be sure to clarify on the article's discussion page which sections you think should be moved to a new article, and why.

Stubs

When a page has little or no useful information, then it is a stub.

• Stub for ability pages (includes spells): {{Stub/Ability}}

This article or section is an ability stub. You can help expand it by editing it. You might want to use the abilities boilerplate to fill in this article (see WoWWiki:Boilerplates for help). Alternatively, you might want to import some information from a database site - see:  Wowhead  Thottbot  WoWDB

• Stub for item pages: {{Stub/Item}}

This article or section is an item stub. You can help expand it by editing it. Use {{Stub/Object}} for objects that are fixed in place. You might want to use the Item boilerplate to fill in this article (see WoWWiki:Boilerplates for help). Alternatively, you might want to import some information from a database site - see:  Wowhead  Thottbot  WoWDB for listings.

• Stub for mob pages: {{Stub/Mob}}

This article or section is a mob stub. You can help expand it by editing it. Use {{Stub/NPC}} for interactive non-player characters. This type of article is usually categorized under "Mobs", "Bosses" or "Creatures". You might want to use the Mob boilerplate to fill in this article (see WoWWiki:Boilerplates for help). Alternatively, you might want to import some information from a database site - see:  Wowhead  Thottbot  WoWDB for listings.

• Stub for NPC pages: {{Stub/NPC}}

This article or section is an NPC stub. You can help expand it by editing it. Use {{Stub/Char}} for non-in-game characters or {{Stub/Mob}} for non-interactive, non-player characters or monsters. This type of article is usually categorized under "Quest givers", "Trainers", or "Vendors". You might want to use the NPC boilerplate to fill in this article (see WoWWiki:Boilerplates for help). Alternatively, you might want to import some information from a database site - see:  Wowhead  Thottbot  WoWDB for listings.

And several more:

• Current stub templates

Section stubs

If you want to stub a section for filling in later, use {{sectionstub}} just below the section header.

Talk pages

{{Talkheader|analysis=on}} (from {{Talkheader}})

This template can be added to an article's talk page where discussion about the issue in general is overwhelming editorial concerns regarding the article in particular. See WoWWiki:Talk page guidelines for more info.

Unused

Use this on unused files (image, PDF, sound, video, etc.).

• {{Unusedfile}}

This file has been marked for possible deletion by someone. This file or image is not being used and will become a candidate for deletion after 10 days. If this file is being used please remove this stating where in the file description.

Wikify

• {{Wikify}}

This article or section may need to be wikified to meet WoWWiki's quality standards. Please help improve this article! See the Manual of Style for ways to improve the article. (Editing help)

General wiki templates

See also: Category:General wiki templates

Icons

Note that all these icons appear to the left of the text left edge. Use them only in indented sections (e.g. after a ":").

{{icon-information}}

{{icon-exclamation}}

{{icon-lightbulb}}

{{icon-shortcut}}

Category helpers

• Use {{Server_US|<realm type>|<timezone>|<server>}} to easily categorize US servers. (timezone = Eastern, Central, Pacific, etc....) (server = article name minus Server:, helps alphabetize categories)

• Use {{Server_EU|<realm type>|<language>|<server>}} to easily categorize EU servers. (language = English, French, German, etc....) (server = article name minus Server:, helps alphabetize categories)

• Use {{Guild|<name>|<realm>|<loc>|<type>}} to easily categorize guilds.

• Use {{correct2category|<article type>|<good-category>}} at the top of category pages that shouldn't be used to tell people what category they should be using.

• Use {{bigcat}} at the bottom of very large (nearly or over 200 articles) categories:

This is a very large category! To see more of it, click the links below for specific letters, or click the "Next" (or "Prev") links. Also note that subcategories are sorted alongside articles, so not all subcategories are visible on the first page. Index * - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z 0-9 - a - b - c - d - e - f - g - h - i - j - k - l - m - n - o - p - q - r - s - t - u - v - w - x - y - z - ~

• Note that {{catredirect|destination category}} is no longer required as of the MediaWiki 1.7 upgrade. You can now use regular #redirect [[:Category:destination category]] redirects. Old/deprecated categories should never be redirected per the category policy.

Clear below break before starting

• You can use {{clear}} instead of the HTML tag that clears space below things like images, pictures and tables, so stuff doesn't begin until the bottom of the image, picture or table box.
• You can also use {{clear|<left>}} or {{clear|<right>}} to clear only left or right floats

Line spacing

• {{spc}} adds a moderate space between two paragraphs, or between items in a bullet list. The spacing is about 75% of a regular line height.

Columns

To easily put content in columns, use {{col-begin}}, {{col-2}}/{{col-3}}/{{col-4}}/{{col-5}}/{{col-6}}/{{col-7}}, and {{col-end}}.

For example

{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
First column
{{col-3}}
Second
{{col-3}}
Third
{{col-end}}

Yields

First column

Second

Third

Disambiguation

• Use {{disambig}}, if a page has a chance of being confused with a page of a similar name but different content, a disambiguation page may be in order. See that page for more info on creating one and linking to it.
• However, sometimes a disabiguation page is not appropriate, but a short note at the top may still be necessary. {{for}} can be useful for this situation.

{{for|the original 40-man raid introduced in [[Patch 1.11]]|Naxxramas (original)}}

For the original 40-man raid introduced in Patch 1.11, see Naxxramas (original).

Tables of Contents

Though discouraged (see WoWWiki:Manual of Style), you can float the table of contents of a page to the right with {{tocright}}

Tabs

If you want to make a nice looking tab to clearly indicate what to click, like discussion, you can use the following:

• {{articletab}} –  article 
• {{categorytab}} –  category 
• {{discussiontab}} – discussion
• {{edittab}} –  edit this page 
  • {{editplustab}} –  edit +  for adding sections in talk pages
  • {{plustab}} –  +  for adding sections in talk pages
• {{helptab}} –  help 
• {{historytab}} –  history 
• {{movetab}} –  move 
• {{projectpagetab}} –  project page 
• {{watchtab}} –  watch 
• {{specialpagetab}} –  special page 
• {{templatetab}} –  template 
• {{unwatchtab}} –  unwatch 
• {{userpagetab}} –  user page 
• {{viewsourcetab}} –  view source 

Template links

Make example template code for templates with a link to them:

• Wikitext: Simple template (i.e. {{t|template}})
• Output: Simple template (i.e. {{template}})

Make example template code for templates (un-italicized parameters) with a link to them:

• Wikitext: Simple template with 1 parameter (i.e. <code>{{t2|template|param1}}</code>)
• Output: Simple template with 1 parameter (i.e. {{template|param1}})

See also

Add references to other articles using {{seealso}}. For example, to add two references to a page, use {{seealso|Health regeneration|Mana regeneration}}:

See also: Health regeneration, Mana regeneration

For consistency, it's recommended that you add a section at the bottom titled "See also"

Example, Example/Begin, Example/End

{{Example|<small text>}} can be used for very small examples, but often you will want to pull in substantial pieces of other pages or templates, in which case you can use {{Example/Begin}} LOTS of text, probably multiline {{Example/End}}:

LOTS of text, probably multiline

Key-presses

The {{keypress}} template gives a nice 3D-looking keyboard key example.

Example:

{{keypress|A}} produces A

To illustrate keystroke combinations, just use extra parameters:

{{keypress|Alt|P}} produces Alt+P

{{keypress|Ctrl|Alt|Del}} produces Ctrl+Alt+Del

Other examples:

{{keypress|Shift}} produces ⇧ Shift

{{keypress|Enter}} produces ↵ Enter

{{keypress|Cmd}} produces ⌘ Cmd

{{keypress|Opt}} produces ⌥ Opt

{{keypress|Tab}} produces Tab ⇆

{{keypress|Backspace}} produces ← Backspace

{{keypress|Up}} produces ↑

{{keypress|Down}} produces ↓

{{keypress|Left}} produces ←

{{keypress|Right}} produces →

Page actions

• {{edit|<pagename>}} can be used to create a link for editing a page, e.g. {{edit|WoWWiki:Templates}} creates [edit].

• {{purge|<your text>}} creates a link that purges the cache of a page, i.e. forces a reload of all pulled-in templates. Sensible texts would be e.g. purge page cache,   update subpages,   refresh templates.

Smileys

World of Warcraft templates

See also: Category:WoW utility templates

Abilities (spells)

To display an ability with that has a page with a proper {{Infobox ability}}...

{{ability|<abilityname>|<displayname>}}

Usage: {{ability|Wrath|Wrath, the druid ability}}
Displays: [Wrath, the druid ability]

External links

{{elinks-spell|<id>}}

Usage: {{elinks-spell|8176}}

Displays:

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• WoWDB

Battle pet abilities

This section concerns content exclusive to Mists of Pandaria.

New with Mists of Pandaria, battle pet abilities are specific to the turn-based Pet Battle System.

To display a battle pet ability with that has a page with a proper {{Battlepetabilitybox}}...

{{battlepetability|<abilityname>|<displayname>}}

Usage: {{battlepetability|Alpha Strike|Alpha Strike, a flying ability}}
Displays: [Alpha Strike, a flying ability]

Powers

A power is just any kind of ability or spell used by an minion, mob, NPC, or Hunter pet. Otherwise it functions just like {{ability}} and requires the linked page to have {{Infobox ability}} used correctly on it.

{{power|<powername>|<displayname>}}

Usage: {{power|Axe Toss|Axe Toss, the Felguard ability}}
Displays: [Axe Toss, the Felguard ability]

Money

Multiple ways to do money exist, but only a few are practical, and here they are:

• 123 45 67 {{cost|<123>|<45>|<67>}}
• 12367 {{cost|<123>|<>|<67>}}
• 25 50 {{cost|<g=25>|<s=50>}}
• 35 10 {{cost|<s=35>|<c=10>}}
• 10 48 32{{cost|<g=10>|<s=48>|<c=32>}}

The {{cost}} template also supports many, many other non-money, non-coin currencies. See the template documentation for details.

Battle pets

This section concerns content exclusive to Mists of Pandaria.

Most databases mix battle pets among the NPCs, but you can use this template for external links instead of {{Elinks-NPC}}.

External links

{{elinks-battlepet|<id>}}

Usage: {{elinks-battlepet|61325}}

Displays:

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• WoWDB

Battle pet family

Display the battle pet family icon and optionally family name link.

{{battlepet type|<familyname>|<showfamilyname=>}}

Usage:

{{battlepet type|Aquatic}}

{{battlepet type|Aquatic|showfamilyname=}}

Displays:

 Aquatic

External links

{{elinks-battlepetfamily|<id>}}

Usage: {{elinks-battlepetfamily|8}}

Displays:

• Wowhead (all)
• WoWDB (all)

Class

For showing the fancy class crest. Used mostly for class specific quest rewards or the like.

• {{ClassCrest|Monk}}

Currency

Similar to money, there are now many other types of currencies in WoW, where you exchange items as a currency for another item. For example:

• {{costitem|1|Alterac Valley Mark of Honor}}: 1
• {{costitem|100|Dalaran Cooking Award}}: 100
• {{costitem|1|Breastplate of the Wayward Conqueror}}: 1

Events

Some databases use a shared id for recurring in-game events like Hallow's End.

External links

{{elinks-event|<id>}} Pirate's Day

Usage: {{elinks-event|398}}

Displays:

• Wowhead
• WoWDB

Factions

Some databases use a shared id for reputation factions.

External links

{{elinks-faction|<id>}} Darkmoon Faire

Usage: {{elinks-faction|909}}

Displays:

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• WoWDB

Battle.net faction external links

Factions

{{Bnetwowfaction|<faction name>|<optional faction label>}}

Example: {{Bnetwowfaction|Darkmoon Faire}}

Output:

Items

To create an item link within an article, use the {{item}} template, passing it the name of the item's page on WoWWiki. If desired, you can also ask {{item}} to add the item's icon to its output by adding |icon= to the tooltip code.

Example	Result
{{item|Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian (warlock)}}	[Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian]
{{item|Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian (warlock)|Warlock's Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian}}	[Warlock's Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian]
{{item|Azuresong Mageblade|icon=}}	[Azuresong Mageblade]
{{item|Heirloom with no page}}	Heirloom with no page

Loot

A bit more complicated to use (you have to supply the quality), the {{loot}} doesn't work the wiki engine as hard, still supplies tooltips, and works better for items without pages yet ({{item}} pulls quality info from the {{tooltip}} on the page).

Example	Result
{{loot|legendary|Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian (warlock)}}	[Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian (warlock)]
{{loot|legendary|Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian (warlock)|Warlock's Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian}}	[Warlock's Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian]
{{loot|epic|Azuresong Mageblade}}	[Azuresong Mageblade]
{{loot|heirloom|Heirloom with no page}}	[Heirloom with no page]

External links

Items of all sorts

{{Elinks-item|<ID>}}

Example: {{Elinks-item|1388}}

Output: Crooked Staff

Glyph

The {{glyph}} template is a derivative of {{loot}} that checks for "glyph of" and doesn't require a quality.

Example	Result
{{glyph|Glyph of Unending Breath}}	[Glyph of Unending Breath]
{{glyph|Not a glyph}}	This doesn't appear to be a glyph

GM item

• {{GM-item}} displays a banner noting this item is most likely for GMs only.

The subject of this article appears to be a GM item only. It is not accessible to players in the World of Warcraft. The information in this article is kept purely for historical purposes.

Guilds

This template will link to the Battle.net guild page at the official site.

External links

{{Elink-guild|<MyGuild>|<MyServer>|<US/EU>}}

Usage:

{{Elink-guild|MyGuild|MyServer|EU}}

{{Elink-guild|MyGuild|MyServer|US}}

{{Elink-guild|MyGuild|MyServer|EU}}

Displays:

 Battle.net: MyGuild @ MyServer (EU)

 Battle.net: MyGuild @ MyServer (US)

 Battle.net: MyGuild @ MyServer (EU)

Mobs and NPCs

If you just want to link to a mob or NPC with a link that will show a tooltip on mouseover you can use one of two templates.

• {{mob|<name>|<title>|<optional label>|<boss=>|<level=>}} - does not require a faction as a parameter, but |boss= (no value needed) will show the boss skull () before the mob link and |level= (no value needed) can be used to show the mob level (add a "+" after the level number to indicate Elite).

Example: {{mob|Hogger|Scourge of Low-level Alliance|boss=|level=11+}}

Output:  [11+] Hogger <Scourge of Low-level Alliance>

• {{NPC|<faction>|<name>|<title>|<optional label>|<boss=>|<level=>}} - requires faction as the first parameter. Also uses |level= (no value needed) can be used to show the mob level (add a "+" after the level number to indicate Elite).

Example: {{NPC|Horde|Baine Bloodhoof|High Chieftain|level=??+}}

Output:  [??+] Baine Bloodhoof <High Chieftain>

DB mob and NPC external links

Mob or NPC

• {{Elinks-NPC|<ID>}}

Example: {{Elinks-NPC|17876}}

Output: Thrall from Old Hillsbrad Foothills

Battle.net boss external links

Instance bosses

{{Bnetwowboss|<Instance name>|<Boss name>|<optional boss label>}}

Example: {{Bnetwowboss|Scarlet Monastery|High Inquisitor Whitemane}}

Output:

Objects

The tooltip only works for this type of link, if the object page has a {{tooltip}} template used on it like a regular item. An |id= should be added for objects that have no corresponding page, but links should have the |id= removed when the page exists.

Example	Result
{{object|Tattered Chest}}	[Tattered Chest]
{{object|Tattered Chest|s}}	[Tattered Chests]
{{object|Tattered Chest|id=2844}}	[Tattered Chest]ω τ ϖ
{{object|Imaginary Chest|id=2844}}	[Imaginary Chest]ω τ ϖ
{{object|Imaginary Chest}}	[Imaginary Chest]

External links

Objects

{{Elinks-object|<ID>}}

Example: {{Elinks-object|321}}

Output: Tear of Tilloa

Player characters

This template will link to the Battle.net character page at the official site.

External links

{{Elink-PC|<MyChar>|<MyServer>|<US/EU>|<faction=a or h>|<>|<showrealm=>}}

Usage:

{{Elink-PC|MyChar|MyServer|EU}}

{{Elink-PC|MyChar|MyServer|US}}

{{Elink-PC|MyChar|MyServer|EU|faction=h}}

{{Elink-PC|MyChar|MyServer|US|showrealm=}}

{{Elink-PC|MyChar|MyServer|EU}}

Displays:

 Battle.net: MyChar

 Battle.net: MyChar

 Battle.net:  MyChar

 Battle.net: MyChar @ MyServer (US)

 Battle.net: MyChar

Quests

There are two ways to link to quest articles. There is the normal way, because sometimes you just need to mention the quest, which makes use of the template {{quest}}, that automatically drops the "Quest:" from the name (used for cleaner code):

{{quest|Holy Bologna: What the Light Won't Tell You}} as opposed to [[Quest:Holy Bologna: What the Light Won't Tell You|Holy Bologna: What the Light Won't Tell You]]

The second way is more detailed, and is usually used in bulleted lists.

{{questlong|<faction>|<questlevel>|<questname>|<displayname>}}

Usage: {{questlong|Neutral|54|Holy Bologna: What the Light Won't Tell You}}
Displays:  [54] Holy Bologna: What the Light Won't Tell You

External links

{{elinks-quest|<id>}}

Usage: {{elinks-quest|7504}}

Displays:

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• WoWDB

Quest change

If you see a small part of a quest article, a section of a quest article, or a small part or section of an article involved with a quest that you want to mark as significantly changed you can use the following templates (inline and section).

{{Questch-inline}}
Displays:

{{Questch-section}}

Displays: Note: These quests are no longer associated with this particular mob/NPC/item.

Footers

See also: Category:Navigation templates

These templates take one parameter "class" which should be replaced by the class name; "Mage", "Warrior" etc. This is used to create links back to class-specific pages.

• {{Classfooter|<class>}}

v • d • e Playable classes Classes  Death knight ·  Druid ·  Hunter ·  Mage ·  Monk  Paladin ·  Priest ·  Rogue ·  Shaman ·  Warlock ·  Warrior Paladin Paladin races · Paladin quests · Paladin abilities · Paladin trainers · Paladin specializations · Paladin talents · Paladin glyphs · Paladin builds · Paladin tactics · Paladin sets · Starting a paladin · Paladin PvE guide · Paladin PvP guide · Paladin macros Paladin category

Instances and zones

External links to Battle.net

Instances

• {{Bnetwowinstance|<Instance name or page>|<Instance name>}}

Example: {{Bnetwowinstance|Temple of AhnQiraj|Temple of Ahn'Qiraj}}

Output:

Zones

Battle.net doesn't have pages for zones in the regular Game Guide, so these links will just search battle.net for the zone name.

• {{Bnetwowzone|<Zone name or page>|<Zone name>|<expansion=>}}

Example: {{Bnetwowzone|KunLai Summit|Kun-Lai Summit}}

Output:

However, if you specify the expansion for Mists of Pandaria zones, the link will point to the zone specific page.

Example: {{Bnetwowzone|The Jade Forest}}

Output:

Talents

• {{Spec|<Class>|<Talenttree>}}

  Discipline

Simple talent tree link templates:

Druid	Hunter	Mage
{{Balance}}   →   Balance	{{BeastMastery}}   →   Beast Mastery	{{Arcane}}   →   Arcane
{{Feral}}   →   Feral Combat	{{Marksmanship}}   →   Marksmanship	{{Fire}}   →   Fire
{{RestoDruid}}   →   Restoration	{{Survival}}   →   Survival	{{FrostMage}}   →   Frost
Paladin	Priest	Rogue
{{HolyPaladin}}   →   Holy	{{Discipline}}   →   Discipline	{{Assassination}}   →   Assassination
{{spec|ProtPaladin}}   →   Protection	{{HolyPriest}}   →   Holy	{{CombatRogue}}   →   Combat
{{Retribution}}   →   Retribution	{{Shadow}}   →   Shadow	{{Subtlety}}   →   Subtlety
Shaman	Warlock	Warrior
{{Elemental}}   →   Elemental	{{Affliction}}   →   Affliction	{{Arms}}   →   Arms
{{Enhancement}}   →   Enhancement	{{Demonology}}   →   Demonology	{{Fury}}   →   Fury
{{RestoShaman}}   →   Restoration	{{Destruction}}   →   Destruction	{{ProtWarrior}}   →   Protection
Death knight	Monk
{{Blood}}   →   Blood	{{Brewmaster}}   →   Brewmaster
{{FrostDK}}   →   Frost	{{Mistweaver}}   →   Mistweaver
{{Unholy}}   →   Unholy	{{Windwalker}}   →   Windwalker

WoW icons

See also: Category:WoW icon templates

• {{Race|<race>|<options or alternate text>}} is a shortcut for the ten playable races in the form of  Human.
• {{Class|<class>|<options or alternate text>}} is a shortcut for the ten playable classes in the form of  Mage.
• {{RaceIcon|<Race>|<Gender>|<Large/Small>}} for all gender/race icons (both in large and small sizes: ).
• {{ClassIcon|<Class>|<Size>}} for all class icons (both in large and small sizes: ).
• {{ProfIcon|<Profession>}} for all profession icons.
• {{FactionIcon|<Faction>|<Size>}} for faction icons. (See below)
• {{FactionIcon2|<Faction>|<Size>}} for faction icons. (See below)
• Alliance icons:
  • {{Alliance Icon Small}} or {{Alliance}} -- or
  • {{Alliance Icon}} --
  • {{FactionIcon|<Alliance>|<Large / Small>}} -- /
  • {{FactionIcon2|<Alliance>|<XLarge / Large / Small>}} -- / /
• Horde icons:
  • {{Horde Icon Small}} or {{Horde}} -- or
  • {{Horde Icon}} --
  • {{FactionIcon|<Horde>|<Large / Small>}} -- /
  • {{FactionIcon2|<Horde>|<XLarge / Large / Small>}} -- / /
• Neutral icons:
  • {{Neutral Icon Small}} or {{Neutral}} -- or
  • {{Neutral Icon}} --
  • {{FactionIcon|<Neutral>|<Large / Small>}} -- /
  • {{FactionIcon2|<Neutral>|<XLarge / Large / Small>}} -- / /
• Other icons:
  • {{Boss Icon Small}} or {{Boss}} -- or
  • {{FactionIcon|<Boss>|<Large / Small>}} -- /
  • {{FactionIcon2|<Boss>|<XLarge / Large / Small>}} -- / /
  • {{FactionIcon2|<Both>|<XLarge / Large / Small>}} -- / /
  • {{Combat Icon Small}} or {{Combat}} -- or
  • {{FactionIcon|<Combat>|<Large / Small>}} -- /
  • {{FactionIcon2|<Combat>|<XLarge / Large / Small>}} -- / /

• Blizzard:
  • {{Blizz}}

Wow Armory icons

• {{SpecIcon|<Spec Name>|<Class Name>}} can be used to display spec icons
• Realm RoundIcon
• Item and other icons: {{WowIcon|<in-game icon name>|<size=optional 1-5>|<width=optional px>}}
  • {{WowIcon|inv potion 49}}

    

  • {{WowIcon|inv potion 49|size=1}} up to size=5

    

  • {{WowIcon|spell holy auramastery|width=22px}}

    

Zones

To display a subzones navigation box for a zone...

{{zonename}}

Usage: {{Durotar}}

Displays:

v • d • e Subzones of Durotar Bladefist Bay · Darkspear Strand · Deadeye Shore · The Dranosh'ar Blockage · Drygulch Ravine · Dustwind Cave · Echo Isles ( Bloodtalon Shore · Darkspear Isle [ Darkspear Hold · Darkspear Training Grounds] · Spitescale Cove · Zalazane's Fall) · The Great Sea · Hidden Path · Jaggedswine Farm · Kolkar Crag ( Northwatch Foothold) · Orgrimmar · Razor Hill (Razor Hill Barracks) · Razormane Grounds · Razorwind Canyon · Rocktusk Farm · Scuttle Coast · Sen'jin Village · Shrine of the Dormant Flame · Skull Rock · Southfury River · Southfury Watershed · Spirit Rock · Thunder Ridge · Tiragarde Keep · Tor'kren Farm · Valley of Trials (Burning Blade Coven · The Den) Durotar category

External links

{{elinks-zone|<id>}}

Usage: {{elinks-zone|14}}

Displays:

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• WoWDB

NOTE: The template above can be used for subzones by supplying the subzone id as the id, but Wowhead/Thottbot don't really support subzones anymore and DB.MMO-Champion.com is obsolete and only supports subzones from Cataclysm and earlier.

Subzones

Unfortunately most databases have been inconsistent and spotty with their support of subzones by id, but MMO4EVER seems to do a good job, but you have to supply the zone id also which is a bit extra work.

External links

{{elinks-mmo4ever-subzone|<zone id>|<subzone id>}}

Usage: {{elinks-mmo4ever-subzone|5785|6204}}

Displays:

•  MMO4EVER

Article types

See also: Category:Article type templates

Templates for labeling Articles with an article type (such as 'Character', 'Location', 'User Interface', 'Quest', 'Guild', etc.) are available: see WoWWiki:Article types.

Reproduced official sources

Put this at the top of the article or story section for lore reproduced from in-game books:

{{In-game book}}

Gives:
In-Game Book  Do not add to, edit, or remove any of the story, unless the official source changes.

Put this at the top of the article or story section for lore reproduced from other official sources (like an official site):

{{Official source}}

Gives:
Official source  Do not add to, edit, or remove any of the story, unless the official source changes.

Miscellaneous

{{Testpatch|See [[Patch 2.4]].}} produces:

This article contains information based on the test realms and may change dramatically before the patch is finalised. See Patch 2.4.

(If you've created a new page, use {{Stub/PTR}} instead)

{{Speculation}} produces:

This article or section includes speculation, observations or opinions possibly supported by lore or by Blizzard officials. It should not be taken as representing official lore.

{{Silly}} produces:

This is a silly article This article is silly. Coming from a source other than the computer games, trading card game, novels, RPG, or manga, its content is not part of official Warcraft lore, but nevertheless has become part of the culture belonging to the World of Warcraft community.

{{Guild}} produces:

This article is a guild information page for Templates. The contents herein are entirely player made and in no way represent official World of Warcraft history or occurrences which are accurate for all realms. The characters and events listed are of an independent nature and applied for roleplaying, fictional, speculative, or opinions from a limited playerbase only. Guild pages must comply with the guild page policy.

{{GOG}} produces:

This article is a a group of guilds information page The contents herein are entirely player made and in no way represent official World of Warcraft history or occurrences which are accurate for all realms. The characters and events listed are of an independent nature and applied for roleplaying, fictional, speculative, or opinions from a limited playerbase only. Guild pages must comply with the guild page policy.

{{PC}} produces:

This article is a player character biography page The contents herein are entirely player made and in no way represent official World of Warcraft history or occurrences which are accurate for all realms. The characters and events listed are of an independent nature and applied for roleplaying, fictional, speculative, or opinions from a limited playerbase only. Please make sure player character articles are named properly - see the player character articles policy.

{{Player}} produces:

This article is a player information page The contents herein are entirely player made and in no way represent official World of Warcraft history or occurrences which are accurate for all realms. The characters and events listed are of an independent nature and applied for roleplaying, fictional, speculative, or opinions from a limited playerbase only. Please make sure player character articles are in user namespaces - see the personal article policy.

{{Fanfic}} produces:

This article is fan fiction The contents herein are entirely player made and in no way represent official World of Warcraft lore or history. The characters, places, and events listed are of an independent nature and are applied for roleplaying purposes only.

World of Warcraft

{{WoW}} produces:

This article or section contains lore taken from the World of Warcraft MMO & its expansions, the manuals and related web material.

{{Wow-section}} produces:

This section concerns content exclusive to World of Warcraft.

{{Wow-inline}} produces:

{{Bc-section}} (used for article sections relating to TBC)

This section concerns content exclusive to The Burning Crusade.

{{Bc-inline}} (used for minor articles/article sections relating to TBC)

{{Wotlk-section}} (used for article sections relating to WotLK)

This section concerns content exclusive to Wrath of the Lich King.

{{Wotlk-inline}} (used for minor articles/article sections relating to WotLK)

{{Cataclysm-section}} (used for article sections relating to Cataclysm)

This section concerns content exclusive to Cataclysm.

{{Cata-inline}} (used for minor articles/article sections relating to Cataclysm)

{{C-inline}} (used for minor info/navboxes relating to Cataclysm)

{{Mists-section}} (used for article sections relating to Mists of Pandaria)

This section concerns content exclusive to Mists of Pandaria.

{{Mists-inline}} (used for minor articles/article sections relating to Mists of Pandaria)

Warcraft RTS Games

{{RTS}} produces:

This article or section contains lore taken from the Warcraft RTS games (Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, and Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos) or their expansions, but also possibly including lore from their manuals and official bonus maps.

{{Warcraft III}} produces:

This article or section contains lore taken from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, the manuals, and official bonus maps.

{{WC3-section}} produces:

This section concerns content exclusive to Warcraft III.

{{WC3-inline}} produces:
{{WC3FT-inline}} produces:

{{Warcraft II}} produces:

This article contains lore taken from Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal, the manuals, and official bonus maps.

{{WC2-section}} produces:

This section concerns content exclusive to Warcraft II.

{{WC2-inline}} produces:

{{Warcraft I}} produces:

This article contains lore taken from Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, its manual, and official bonus maps.

{{WC1-section}} produces:

This section concerns content exclusive to Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (aka Warcraft I).

{{WC1-inline}} produces:

Publications

{{Novel}} produces:

This article or section contains lore taken from Warcraft novels or short stories.

{{Novel-section}} produces:

This section concerns content exclusive to the Warcraft novels or short stories.

{{Novel-inline}} produces:

{{Graphic novel}} produces:

This article or section contains lore taken from the Warcraft manga or comics.

{{Comic-section}} produces:

This section concerns content exclusive to the World of Warcraft: The Comic.

{{Comic-inline}} produces:

{{RPG}} produces:

This article or section contains lore taken from the Warcraft RPG books, and thus is not necessarily canon.

{{RPG-section}} produces:

This section concerns content exclusive to the Warcraft RPG, and thus is not necessarily canon.

{{RPG-inline}} produces:

{{TCGlore}} produces:

This article or section contains lore taken from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game and expansion sets.

{{TCG}} produces:

This article or section contains information relating to gameplay taken from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game.

{{TCG-section}} produces:

This section concerns content exclusive to the World of Warcraft TCG, and thus is not necessarily canon.

{{TCG-inline}} produces:

Blizzard

Blizzard text colors

• Use {{text|<blizz>|<text>}} or class="blizztext" for coloring official Blizzard text

  Wikicode example: {{t|text|blizz|All your CC trinkets will be nerfed against level 60 in 2.0.3, but that's how it was supposed to work.}}

  Wikicode example: <span class="blizztext">All your CC trinkets will be nerfed against level 60 in 2.0.3, but that's how it was supposed to work.</span>

  i.e. All your CC trinkets will be nerfed against level 60 in 2.0.3, but that's how it was supposed to work.

• For those using Monaco skin, use class="blizzlink" for coloring official Blizzard links (in posts, announcements, press releases etc.).

  Wikicode example: <span class="blizztext">Visit the official community site:</span> [http://http://us.battle.net/wow/en/ <b class="blizzlink">http://us.battle.net/wow/en/</b>]

  i.e. Visit the official community site: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/

Patch notes and hotfixes

NOTE: Do not use worldofwarcraft.com or wow-europe.com-based URLs unless you must. Since the Battle.net transition most will not work anymore.

• Use {{Patched|<patch>|<note>|<comment>}} to add patch note information to an article

  Wikicode example: {{{{patched|patch=3.1.0|note=Exorcism: Now can be used on any target and has a 100% chance to be a critical strike when used on Undead and Demons.|comment=This is to ensure that paladins do not see a drop in their dps when progressing from [[Naxxramas]] (which is full of undead) to [[Ulduar]] and beyond (not as much undead). Due to this change, {{loot|common|Glyph of Exorcism}} was changed to 20% bonus damage.}}

  i.e.  Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Exorcism: Now can be used on any target and has a 100% chance to be a critical strike when used on Undead and Demons.
  

This is to ensure that paladins do not see a drop in their dps when progressing from Naxxramas (which is full of undead) to Ulduar and beyond (not as much undead). Due to this change, [Glyph of Exorcism] was changed to 20% bonus damage.

• Use {{Patched|<date>|<bluenote>|<link>}} to add hotfix information to an article

  Wikicode example: {{Patched|date=2009-05-19|bluenote=Some of the trash mob packs have been removed in the areas leading to [[Ignis the Furnace Master]] and [[Freya]].|link=http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/6752/recent-in-game-fixes-april-may-2009}}

  i.e.  Hotfix (2009-05-19): "Some of the trash mob packs have been removed in the areas leading to Ignis the Furnace Master and Freya."
  

Quality Colors

The following templates change the color of the links. In case there is such a concern, note that each link, when moused over, has the underline in the typical link color. For instance, if a link does not exist, the underline is red; if it does exist, the underline is blue.

NOTE: Color for Artifact items used to be red and is currently undecided by Blizzard as there are no items of this type in-game yet, however GetItemQualityColor API function currently returns 0.90196..., 0.8, 0.50196..., "|cffe6cc80" (shown in that color) for quality=6 (Artifact), which gives some idea.

For simple quality links for use in other templates, use the following format:

• the template name indicates the item has a quality
• the first argument is the quality of a given item
• the second argument is the name of a given item's article

Example	Result
{{Quality|<Heirloom>|<heirloom>}}	heirloom
{{Quality|<Artifact>|<artifact>}}	artifact
{{Quality|<Legendary>|<legendary>}}	legendary
{{Quality|<Epic>|<epic>}}	epic
{{Quality|<Rare>|<rare>}}	rare
{{Quality|<Uncommon>|<uncommon>}}	uncommon
{{Quality|<Common>|<common>}}	common
{{Quality|<Poor>|<poor>}}	poor

Simple color replacement templates deprecated using styling in MediaWiki:Common.css:

Class	Color	Code
qc-heirloom	Heirloom	<span class="qc-heirloom">Heirloom</span>
qc-artifact	Artifact	<span class="qc-artifact">Artifact</span>
qc-legendary	Legendary	<span class="qc-legendary">Legendary</span>
qc-epic	Epic	<span class="qc-epic">Epic</span>
qc-rare	Rare	<span class="qc-rare">Rare</span>
qc-uncommon	Uncommon	<span class="qc-uncommon">Uncommon</span>
qc-common	Common	<span class="qc-common">Common</span>
qc-poor	Poor	<span class="qc-poor">Poor</span>

Reputation colors

The {{reputation|<rep level>|<link page>|<alt text>}} template changes the color of text based on the reputation selected.

Example	Result
{{reputation|exalted}}	exalted
{{reputation|revered}}	revered
{{reputation|honored}}	honored
{{reputation|friendly}}	friendly
{{reputation|neutral}}	neutral
{{reputation|unfriendly}}	unfriendly
{{reputation|hostile}}	hostile
{{reputation|hated}}	hated

You can also color custom text as well. For example: {{reputation|hated|very hated}} results in very hated.

Colored text

You can also easily color inline text with {{text}}. This template comes preloaded with some common colors - "emote", "say", "yell", "whisper", and "blizz" but many other colors can be supplied as well.

For example: {{Text|whisper|An Unknown Voice whispers: Tell yourself again that these are not truly your friends.}} results in

An Unknown Voice whispers: Tell yourself again that these are not truly your friends.

User-related templates

See List of user templates or Category:User templates.

This user has a strong interest in articles on lore.

This user plays as a Miner / Blacksmith.

This user plays as a Shaman.

This user plays as a dwarf.

See also

• WoWWiki:Boilerplates
• Category:WoW Icons
• Category:Templates