User:GhostInTheMachine/Layout

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Standard article layout — derived from MOS:ORDER.

• Article creation templates {{Article templates}} — MOS:BIO {{Biography}}
• WP:LISTTYPES —
  • Stand-alone lists
  • Outline
  • Index
  • Timeline
  • Order of battle
  • List of works (bibliographies and discographies)
  • Glossary
  • Set index article
• WP:DAB
• Wikipedia:Template index

• Short description
• {{DISPLAYTITLE}} {{Lowercase title}} {{Italic title}}
• Hatnotes — {{about}} {{distinguish}} {{for}} {{Other uses}} {{Other people}} {{Other places}}
• {{Featured list}} {{Featured article}} {{Good article}}
• Deletion tags —
  • CSD
  • PROD
  • AFD
   ———  Protection tags — PP
• Maintenance tags — {{In use}} {{Under construction}} {{Multiple issues}} {{Uncategorized|date=February 2026}}
  • Dispute tags — {{Notability}} {{POV}}
  • Cleanup tags — {{Unreferenced|date=February 2026}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2026}} {{Update|date=February 2026}} {{Technical|section|date=February 2026}}
• English variety — {{Use British English|date=February 2026}}
  • dates overview —
    • MOS:DATE
    • MOS:DATETIES
    • country list
    — {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}}
• Infoboxen — List — Help —
  • MOS:INFOBOXFLAG
  • MOS:INFOBOXETHNICITY
  • MOS:INFOBOXRELIGION
  • {{start date}} {{end date}} {{Start and end dates}}
  • {{birth date}} {{birth date and age|df=y|yyyy|mm|dd}} {{Birth based on age as of date|age|yyyy|mm|dd}}
  • {{death date}} {{death date and age|df=y|yyyy|mm|dd|yyyy|mm|dd}} {{Death date and given age|yyyy|mm|dd|age}} {{Death year and age|yyyy|yyyy|(mm)}}
• Category:Language maintenance templates — {{British English|form=editnotice}}
• Images —
  • MOS:IMAGES
  • Full syntax
• Navigation header templates — sidebar templates

• Lead section —
  • MOS:BOLDLINK
  • MOS:FIRSTBIO
  — MOS:LASTNAME MOS:ITALICTITLE
  • {{Improve lead}} {{lead rewrite}} {{lead too short}} {{lead too long}} — {{Not verified in body|date=February 2026}} {{Lead extra info|date=February 2026}}
  • • MOS:FULLNAME
    • MOS:FIRSTBIO
    • MOS:LASTNAME
• Table of contents — {{TOC right}} {{TOC limit}} — {{Horizontal TOC}} {{Compact TOC}}
• Body parts
  • headings —
    • MOS:HEADINGS
    • MOS:NOSECTIONLINKS / MOS:HEADINGLINKS
    • MOS:POPCULT
    • MOS:SECTIONCAPS
    • MOS:NOSECTIONLINKS
    • MOS:FAKEHEADING
    — {{main}} {{See also}} {{Further}} {{anchor}}
  • tables —
    • WP:TABLESORT
    • MOS:NO-TABLES
    • MOS:TABLELEFT
    • MOS:COLOUR
    • Basic help
    • plainrowheaders
    — {{Static row numbers}} {{valign}} {{Table alignment}} {{Table}} {{Refh}}

    own line for all header cells — scope ! scope=col | — ! scope=row |

  • lists —
    • MOS:LISTSOFWORKS
    • MOS:LISTSORT
    — {{Unsorted list}} {{List to table|date=February 2026}} {{Prose|date=February 2026}}
  • columns — {{col begin|width=auto}} {{col break|gap=2em}} {{col end}}
  • columns by width — {{div col}} {{div col|colwidth=10em}} {{div col end}}
• text —
  • MOS:SMALLTEXT ≥ 85%
  • MOS:ITALICTITLE
  • MOS:SERIAL
  • Help:SyntaxHighlight
  • MOS:ONWHITE
  • numbers —
    • MOS:NUMERAL
    • MOS:LAKH
    • MOS:ORDINAL
    • MOS:FRAC
    • MOS:UNITS
    — {{Lakh}} {{Crore}}
  • money — {{$}} {{GBP}} {{euro}} {{US$}} {{Indian Rupee}} {{INRConvert}} — {{formatprice}} {{inflation}} {{inflation/year}}) {{inflation/fn}}
  • dates/times —
    • MOS:ERA
    • MOS:CIRCA
    • MOS:TIME
  • refs — <ref>...</ref> {{reflist}} — {{efn}} {{notelist}} — {{cite book}} {{cite news}} {{cite web}} — MOS:REFSPACE
  • problems — {{cn|date=February 2026|reason=...}} {{huh?|date=February 2026|reason=...}} {{when?|date=February 2026}} {{Clarify timeframe|date=February 2026}} {{Needs update|date=February 2026}}
• images —
  • MOS:IMAGES
  • MOS:CAPFRAG
  • MOS:UPRIGHT
  • • WP:GALLERY
    • Help:Gallery tag
    <gallery mode=packed heights="150px" style="text-align:left">...</gallery>
  • gallery with caption <gallery mode=packed heights="150px" style="text-align:left; display: inline-block">...</gallery>

• Works or publications — biographies only
• See also — {{portal}} list
  • in DAB pages — {{look from}} {{in title}}
• Notes — {{reflist|group=note}}
• References — {{reflist}}
• Further reading
• External links — {{Official website|www.example.org}} {{Commons category|catname|showname}} at top of last section

• Succession boxes and geography boxes
• Other navigation footer templates — navboxes
• {{Portal bar}} — instead of {{portal}}
• {{Taxonbar}}
• Authority control templates — {{Authority control}}
• Geographical coordinates or {{coord missing}} or in the infobox — {{coord|dd|mm|N/S|dd|mm|E/W|display=inline,title}}
• Defaultsort — {{DEFAULTSORT:LastName, FirstName}}
• Categories — Sort keys

[[Category:Living people]]

[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]

• {{Improve categories}} or {{Uncategorized}}
• Stub templates — WP:STUBSPACING — WP:STUBCATS