Template:Not a forum/sandbox

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This template is only for talk pages that have received large amounts of chatter unrelated to the improvement of the article or other such off-topic posts. Otherwise {{Talk header}} should suffice. If there are no such off-topic posts, this template may be removed from the talk page. See also {{blp}}.

Usage

{{not a forum|(title)|(additional comments)|(topic to ask about at help desk)|(type=...)}}

All three parameters are optional, and are not named.

title

an alternative title for the subject. If omitted, the page name will be used.

additional comments

further pertinent material, such as links to policy pages or more appropriate forums.

topic to ask about at help desk

what should be discussed at the help desk, if different from title (sometimes, using the title may be grammatically awkward).

type

optionally override automatically-determined . Useful for using in e.g., editnotices, where type=article would yield the appropriate text ("article") instead of "template"

See also

• {{Off topic warning}}