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(Redirected from Template:Guide)
This article contains instructions or advice. Wikipedia is not a guidebook; please help rewrite such content to be encyclopedic or move it to Wikiversity, Wikibooks, or Wikivoyage.
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Not to be confused with Template:Wikipedia how-to.
Shortcuts
  • {{AdviceTemplate:Advice}}
  • {{GuideTemplate:Guide}}
  • {{GuidebookTemplate:Guidebook}}
  • {{HowtoTemplate:Howto}}
  • {{How toTemplate:How to}}
  • {{InstructionsTemplate:Instructions}}
  • {{Man-pageTemplate:Man-page}}
  • {{ManualTemplate:Manual}}

Usage

Add {{How-to|date=June 2026}} to the top to the article in question. If the problem is only related to one section, add {{How-to|section|date=June 2026}} to the top of the section.

This template adds tagged articles to Category:Articles containing how-to sections and to a dated subcategory of Category:Articles needing cleanup.

  • This template is a self-reference.
  • Please do not subst: this template.

See also

  • Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup
  • {{Wikipedia how-to}}, the page-top banner for Category:Wikipedia how-to essays, in the "Wikipedia:" or "Help:" namespaces.
  • {{How-to section}}

Adds warning that the article or section contains advice, which contravenes the style guideline.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
sectionsection

Parameter to indicate this is placed in a section

Unknownoptional
Datedate

Dated the section or article was tagged

Example
September 2025
Unknownoptional
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:How-to/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (create) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.
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