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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Ambox. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This is the {{Ambox}} ([A]rticle [m]essage [box]) metatemplate.

These notices should be used to communicate to the community and admins what should be done to improve the wiki.

You should use the appropriate type of Ambox for your message and include a explanation as text, or you can simply grab predefined messages linked in the see also section for generic situations.

Please place these notices at the very top of the page so it will be easily seen (and easily removed when needed)

Usage

• type= (OPTIONAL) skipping this will just make it a default notice

  delete

  serious

  speedy

  outdated

  content

  style

  split

  move

  merge

  notice

  protect

• text=

Type

notice! these only show the styling of each type and explanation of the purpose of each, they do not contain the text. For predefined amboxes, please go down to the "predefined amboxes" section.

Speedy - used for hasty deletion of nonsence/spam pages or content that should be fixed ASAP

Serious/Delete - when there is a serious issue with the article and/or being considered for deletion

Content

Outdated - content that needs to be updated to reflect how things are currently

Style - this article needs some cleaning up to do

Merge/Move/Split - when suggesting that a article should be merged with another, split or moved

Notice (default)

Protection - when article should be protected.

Remember that you can always create discussion (talk page) to discuss plans for the article.

Predefined amboxes

These are subtemplates for ambox that have predefined text.

{{ambox/outdated}}	Outdated content- needs to be updated to reflect how things are currently on pangaea
{{ambox/confirm}}	The content of this page was copy-pasted from the original pangaea-world wiki without changes. It has not been confirmed with current version of Pangaea, so it might be outdated and/or inaccurate
{{ambox/locked}}	This page/template has been placed under protection and can only be edited by admins

See Also

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