Template:Help me-ns
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| File:Help-browser.svg | You used the {{Help me}} template, but you wanted an answer from a specific editor. If you still need help, please add your question to that editor's talk page instead, or reply to them here using the {{Reply to}} template. Alternatively, you can ask your question at the Teahouse, the help desk, or join Wikipedia's Live Help IRC channel to get real-time assistance. |
Usage
[edit source]Use this template if someone places a {{Help me}} request on their talk page or an article talk page, and their question is only for a specific editor.
- This template should always be substituted by prefixing "subst:" inside the template code. Thus use {{subst:
Help me-ns}}rather than{{Help me-ns}}. - The template includes a parameter for signing. Simply add
|sig=any letterinside the template code. Example: {{subst:Help me-ns|sig=a}}.
This template is a self-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.
Template that invoke this template
[edit source]{{Offer help}}
See also
[edit source]For those who ask:
{{Admin help}}– When you need help from an administrator.{{Edit semi-protected}}– When you need other editors to update a page, if you are not autoconfirmed and thus can not edit a semi-protected page.{{Edit extended-protected}}- use this template for pages with extended confirmed protection.{{Edit protected}}– When you want to request an edit of a fully protected page.
For helpers who answer:
{{Help me-nq}}– A message that can be used when a user used the {{Help me}} template but didn't write a question below it.{{Help me-IRC}}– A message that asks the user to come to IRC for more help.{{Help me-working}}– A message that tells the user that their question is being worked on. Also provides IRC information.{{Help me-expired}}– A message that tells the user that their question was answered by a question, but they didn't reply.{{Help me-helped}}– A message telling the user that a helper has answered their question.{{Help me-rdq}}– A message telling the user that their question could be answered by the reference desk.{{Help me-inappropriate}}– A message telling the user that a helper has deemed their question as an inappropriate use for the {{Help me}} template.{{Help me-ns}}– A message that can be used when a user used the {{Help me}} template but is looking for an answer from a specific editor.
For those who want to know how many are asking:
{{Wikipedians looking for help}}– displays a small boxed banner indicating the category count and linking to it