Template:Notice/doc

This is the Notice message box. It should be used sparingly and only for significant information for which a more specific template doesn't exist.

This box automatically changes its style depending on what kind of page it appears; see Mbox for details.

Articles

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The box can be titled with an optional heading (or header) and text-align:center; can be added to center the text below it.
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The message box can also take an image parameter, but this is discouraged in articles. For an example of its use, see below.

Talk pages
On talk pages,  produces:

heading/header also works, as well as setting the talkpage-only parameter yes, which alters the template's appearance thus:


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Setting the image parameter changes the image shown on the lefthand side of the template.
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(Note the effect of omitting text-align:center; here)

File and category pages
on a File: page would produce... ... and, on a Category: page, would produce:

Other pages
On other pages, such as those in the User:, Wikipedia: and Help: namespaces,  would produce:

External links and equals signs
In most cases, external links can be used in the template without any complications. If a link – or any text – contains one or more equals signs (" &#61; "), however, everything before the first sign will be interpreted as the name of a parameter. To prevent this, name the text carrying the link as the first numbered parameter:
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Adding an image, shortcuts, etc on the righthand side
To add shortcuts, images, other templates, etc. to the righthand side of the template, use imageright. For example,  produces:

includes the Shortcuts template providing links to You and Me:

Alternate shortcut option
As an alternative to imageright, the shortcut (or shortcut1) and shortcutN parameters (where to 5) may be used to display shortcuts. For instance,  produces:

Note: If both imageright and any of the shorcut parameters are used, the contents of imageright will override the shortcut/s. For example,  produces: