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Block templates differ from user warning templates in two fundamental ways. First, they're enclosed inside a message box, which means that placing your signature outside the template will place it visually separate from the message. This is resolved by typing out your signature (typically ~~~~) as the first parameter.
This category includes all of the user warning templates. Some of these templates are used by a large number of editors and admins involved in user disputes, so changes to them should be made with care. In general, these templates should be placed on a user's talk page. These templates should be substituted.
This category is for talk page templates, not article templates that provide some kind of visual indication of a notice or warning intended for all users with regard to discussions on that talk page or some other issue of importance to most or all editors/readers visiting the page. General talk page header templates like {}, WikiProject banners ...
The purpose of this WikiProject is to standardise and improve user warning templates, and make them conform to technical guidelines. User talk templates are placed on users' talk pages to advise a user against actions that disrupt Wikipedia, to advise editors of common mistakes, or to place a standard boilerplate note at the top of a page.
User warning templates should be categorized to Category:User warning templates (if the template is a redirect page to another template, it should be categorized using the sort key "Redirect"). User block templates should be categorized to Category:User block templates , with the sort key "Temporary" or "Indefinite" as appropriate.
[[Category:Standardised user warning templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Standardised user warning templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.
To change this template's initial visibility, the |state= parameter may be used: {{Notice and warning templates | state = collapsed}} will show the template collapsed, i.e. hidden apart from its title bar. {{Notice and warning templates | state = expanded}} will show the template expanded, i.e. fully visible.
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