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'''Template:Correct title''' is a [[Wikipedia:Maintenance|Wikipedia maintenance]] template that produces an article [[Wikipedia:Hatnote|hatnote]] to help explain to readers that restrictions on titles containing [[Colon (punctuation)|colons]], [[Full stop|periods]], and some other characters (noted at [[WP:TITLESPECIALCHARACTERS]]) affect the page name of the page they are reading.
 
'''Template:Correct title''' is a [[Wikipedia:Maintenance|Wikipedia maintenance]] template that produces an article [[Wikipedia:Hatnote|hatnote]] to help explain to readers that restrictions on titles containing [[Colon (punctuation)|colons]], [[Full stop|periods]], and some other characters (noted at [[WP:TITLESPECIALCHARACTERS]]) affect the page name of the page they are reading.
 
=== Usage ===
 
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* '''Attention: Please do not [[WP:SUBST|subst]] this template.'''
 
 
Simply add the tag <code>{{tl2|Correct title|Correct Title}}</code> at the top of a page (and optionally, at the top of its talk page).
 
  
 
===Examples===
 
===Examples===

Revision as of 13:35, 7 May 2014

Template:Correct title is a Wikipedia maintenance template that produces an article hatnote to help explain to readers that restrictions on titles containing colons, periods, and some other characters (noted at WP:TITLESPECIALCHARACTERS) affect the page name of the page they are reading.

Examples

For issues with the (#) sign, pass the |reason=# parameter:

{{Correct title|C# (programming language)|reason=#}}

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For issues with any of (< > [ ] { }), pass the |reason=bracket parameter:

{{Correct title|Benzo[a]pyrene|reason=bracket}}

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For issues with :, pass the |reason=: parameter:

{{Correct title|DK: King of Swing|reason=:}}

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The template can also be used without a reason, when produces:

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See also

Template:WrongTitleExamples