Wikipedia:WikiProject Dogs/Templates

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This subpage of the Wikipedia WikiProject Dogs describes the templates used in dog-related articles. For discussions about the content of the templates, go to this page's talk/discussion page. For technical discussions about the implementation of the templates, go to the individual template's talk/discussion page.

Infobox
Each dog breed article should use, which looks like the example to the right:

See the template for its specific documentation.

Other infoboxes

 * – for a canid species (wolf, African wild dog etc.); this is never used for a breed, type, group, or feral population of domestic dog, though it is necessarily used at Domestic dog itself).
 * – for individual dogs; this is generally only used on richly developed articles like Laika (infoboxes that are not helpful to the reader or which dominate the page are often a source of dispute)
 * – for dog sports, as with any other
 * – for dog-related organizations, as with any other
 * – for hunts and packs of hounds

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Stub templates
For dog-related stubs, add to the bottom of the article, which populates Category:Dog stubs, and produces this:

For dog-related books and other print materials (or online equivalents of books, like e-encyclopedias); also populates Category:Dog stubs at this time:

User templates
To add one of these userbox templates to your user page, use the respective code below.


 * Barnstar : —an award placed at another users talk page for improving canidae related-articles.

WikiProject tagging
All talk pages of articles within WikiProject Dogs should have the template. Articles should be assessed according to the project's guidelines. For articles that are within the scope of a task force, an additional argument should be used. For example, the dog breeds task force should use.

Photo request
To add a request for a photo to an article's talk page, use You can optionally include a special request, for example such as asking for a picture of a border collie herding sheep etc.,. For dogs native to a particular region, add an "in=" parameter, e.g.