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Notices are messages meant to stand out from the rest of the article and provide important information pertaining to that article. Below are a list of the notices you may add to an OtherkinWiki article.

More will be added as needed. Feel free to contribute your own when necessary.

[edit] To be added at the top of an article

Code Effect Usage
{{Content_images_request}}
Image:Image.png Image request
Users are requesting images relating to this article to help readers better understand the content. (Discuss)
Request that images (or additional images) be added to better explain an article
{{Content_references}}
Image:Contacts.png Citations Needed
This article requires references; please provide proper citations.
The article contains material that needs to be cited, but some/all of the citations do not exist
{{Content_outdated_research}}
Image:Warning.png This article's content is out of date
Further research has been conducted on this topic. Please refer to the article discussion for more information.
States that the article is not up-to-date and that current research has tainted its credibility
{{Content_request}}
Image:Content.png Content Request
You can help improve this article by adding content. See the discussion page for more information on areas of the article that need improvement.
The article would benefit from additional content
{{Content_stub}}
Image:Content.png Content Request (Stub)
This article is a stub. Help improve this article by adding to it.
The article requires more content to be sufficient
{{Discuss | <thread id="ids" replies /> }}
Discuss! - Notices
Image:Users.png Certain areas of this article have been discussed on The Otherkin Community Forums.
No threads have been added! Please read Template:Discuss for help on adding links to threads.
To participate in discussions on the forums, you must register an account. Registration is easy and free. Registration is not required for reading the discussions.
This should be included within articles that include topics that have been discussed within The Otherkin Community Forums.
{{Grammar}}
Image:Content.png Spelling & Grammar
This article contains a number of spelling and/or grammar errors that need to be corrected.
The article contains a number of spelling and/or grammar mistakes
{{Junk}}
Image:Junk.png Junk
This article has been marked for deletion. See the discussion on this topic for more information.
The article (1) contains useless information that does not pertain to the community or (2) contains various stubs of information that amount to no decent content
{{Otherkin |Race Description |Racial Traits |Race Origin |Picture of Race }}
Otherkin Bio - Notices
Image:Contacts.png This article contains information on a specific race of Otherkin.
Overview: Race Description
Traits: Racial Traits
Origin: Picture of Race
No image
Please do not modify any of the above information unless you have had a great deal of experience with that race.
This should be included in every Otherkin article. Please upload the picture, including any copyright information.
{{Research |Overview Text |Topics Text |Focus Text |Conductor Names |Contributor Names}}
Research - Overview Text
Image:Research.png This article contains research that may be used as a reference in other articles.
Overview: Topics Text
Topics: Focus Text
Focus: Conductor Names
Conductors: Contributor Names
Contributors: None
If you become part of the research, please add yourself to the "conductors" list. If you make a contribution, please add yourself to the "contributors" list.
The article contains research conducted by The Otherkin Community
{{Theory_article}}
Image:Content.png Theory Discussion
This discussion is the theory page for Notices. Please keep in mind the following when posting on this page:
  • All theories should be proposed here before conducting research.
  • Each theory should have a Theory Info Box.
  • All research conducted on a theory should be placed on the associated topic's research page.
  • If you contribute productive information to a theory, you may add yourself to the "contributors" list within the Theory Info Box.


This should be placed on theory pages only, please.
Place at the top of every theory discussion page.
{{Theoretical_article}}
Image:Research.png Theoretical Article
This article contains information covering a theoretical topic or discusses a topic that does not have strong supporting evidence. When reading this article, you should remain skeptical of the information presented, but keep an open mind.
The article covers an entirely theoretical topic, or a topic with very little supporting scientific evidence
{{Tutorial}}
Image:Users.png Tutorial
This article contains a number of activities. The reader should follow along as if it were a book.
The article contains activities intended to aid the reader in learning
{{Under_construction}}
Image:Construction.png Under Construction
This article is currently under construction. Refer to the discussion on this topic for more information.
States that the article is not yet complete and you intend on finishing it


[edit] To be added at the beginning of article sections

Code Effect Usage
{{Theory_info | Title | Hypothesis | Author | Resources | Contributors }}
Theory - Title
Image:Content.png This theory should be developed within the associated research section. Please refer to Help:Research for more information.
Hypothesis: Hypothesis
Author: Author
Resources: Resources
Contributors: Contributors
If you make a productive contribution to this theory, please add yourself to the "contributors" list.


Add before the body text of each theory on theory pages only.


[edit] Inline notices (add anywhere in text)

Code Effect Usage
{{Citation_needed}} [Citation Needed] Use at the end of a sentence that requires a citation. For example: Billy's Barn is the most popular restaurant in California[Citation Needed].
{{Opinion}} [Opinion] Use at the end of a sentence that is opinion and should not be regarded as fact. Avoid these sentences as much as possible.
{{Theory}} [Theory] Place at the end of a sentence that should be regarded as theory, not fact.


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