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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Ambox
(see that page for the template itself). It contains usage information, categories, and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
 | This template is used on approximately 8,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
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This is the {{Ambox}} or Article message box meta-template.
MobileFrontend will treat this template as a page issue. If you don't want that MobileFrontend does so, you may use a different message box template. See also this page.
Parameters
type
The type parameter defines the colour of the left bar, and the image that is used by default. The type is chosen not on aesthetics but is based on the type of issue that the template describes. The seven available types and their default images are shown below.
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If no type parameter is given the template defaults to |type=notice.
small=left
| File:Ambox warning pn.svg |
| File:Ambox warning pn.svg |
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| File:Merge-split-transwiki default.svg |
| File:Semi-protection-shackle-keyhole.svg |
See also
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Other pages:
- w:Template:Mbox
- w:Wikipedia:Ambox CSS classes — Describes how to use the ambox CSS classes directly in wikitables and HTML tables.
- w:Wikipedia:Article message boxes — The style guideline for creating article message boxes.
- w:Wikipedia talk:Article message boxes — For discussion about these matters.