Template:Thread retitled/doc

Purpose

Used at thread level to indicate that the thread was renamed. Appropriate usage is described at Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines § Section headings and at Wikipedia:Refactoring talk pages.

Parameters

Requires one unnamed parameter: the former title of the thread.

{{Thread retitled|former title}}

Usage

• {{Thread retitled|Old, long, overly complicated section title with mullatipel spæling errorz}} →

Thread retitled from Old, long, overly complicated section title with mullatipel spæling errorz.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Thread retitled

Use at thread level to indicate that the thread was renamed.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Former title	1	no description	String	required

Redirects

• {{Old heading}}

See also

• Template:Section renamed
• Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines

Inline talk templates

Template	P?	Example shortcut	Output	Notes
Thread level
{{Moved talk}}	Y	{{Moved talk|Dresden}}	Moved: was at Talk:Dresden	Used at the thread's current location
{{Moved talk to}}	Y	{{Moved talk to|Berlin}}	Moved to: Talk:Berlin	Used at the thread's former location
{{Thread retitled}}	Y	{{Thread retitled|Old title}}	Thread retitled from Old title.	Per Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines#Section headings
Opening
{{Summoned by bot}}	N	{{sbb}}	(Summoned by bot)	Can be used in requests for comment
{{Buttinsky}}	N	{{Buttinsky}}	(orange butt icon Buttinsky)	A variation of {{Talk page stalker}}
{{Edit conflict}}	File:Artículo bueno-blue.svg	{{ec}}	(edit conflict)	To indicate that you encountered an edit conflict
{{Interrupted}}	Y	{{Interrupted|User|01:22, 17 April 2026 (UTC)}}	— User 01:22, 17 April 2026 (UTC) — continues after insertion below	Used to identify the contributor of the upper fragment(s) of a comment that was broken up by a different contributor's insertion of text
{{Non-admin comment}}	File:Artículo bueno-blue.svg	{{nacmt}}	(Non-administrator comment)	Optional and only for own comments, see doc
{{Pinged}}	N	{{Pinged}}	(pinged)	Indicates a notification was received
{{Responding to ping}}	N	{{rtp}}	(responding to ping)	Similar to {{pinged}}
{{Talk page stalker}}	File:Artículo bueno-blue.svg	{{tps}}	(talk page stalker)	Cf. Wikipedia:Talk page stalker
{{Talk page watcher}}	File:Artículo bueno-blue.svg	{{tpw}}	(talk page watcher)	Ditto
Notifications	N
{{Hidden ping}}	Y	{{hp|Username}}	​	Invisible notification utilizing the zero-width space character
{{Ping group}}	Y	{{pinggroup|Example:|User 1|User 2|...}}	Example: (User 1—User 2—...)	Up to 10 usernames
{{Pong}}	Y	{{pong|Username}}	File:Pong ball in flight.svg Username:	In reply to a ping
{{Reply to}}	Y	{{re|Username}}/ {{ping|Username}}	@Username:	Sends a notification; up to 50 names
{{To}}	Y	{{To|Username}}	To editor Username:	Sends a notification
During
{{subst:Arbitrary break}}	N	{{subst: Arbitrarybreak}}	======(arbitrary break)======	Requires substitution
{{subst:Bump}}	N	{{subst:Bump}}	File:Pictogram voting wait.svg Bumping thread ~~~~	Requires subst. A wrapper for {{do not archive until}}
{{FBDB}}	N	{{FBDB}}		An initialism for Friendly Banter – Don't Block
{{KISS}}	N	{{KISS}}	KISS	References the KISS principle politely
{{No ping}}	Y	{{np|Username}}	Username	Works like {{U}} but without triggering a notification
{{No ping2}}	Y	{{np2|Username}}	Username (talk · contribs)	Works like {{User}} but without triggering a notification
{{Notelist-talk}}	File:Artículo bueno-blue.svg	{{tnote}}	[not shown here]	Creates a list of footnotes for a talk page discussion
{{Notelist-talk-collapsed}}	File:Artículo bueno-blue.svg	{{NLTC}}	[not shown here]	A convenience collapsed wrapper around {{Notelist-talk}} to save space
{{Outdent}}	File:Artículo bueno-blue.svg	{{od|:::::}}		For out-denting a reply when indention gets too deep
{{Outdent2}}	File:Artículo bueno-blue.svg	{{od2}}	(←)	Alternative out-denting
{{Reflist-talk}}	File:Artículo bueno-blue.svg	{{tref}}	[not shown here]	Creates a list of references for a talk page discussion
{{Relevant discussion}}	Y	{{reldis|Talk:Berlin}}	File:Nuvola apps edu languages.svg Relevant discussion at → Talk:Berlin	Creates links to related discussions in a visually unique way
{{Sock vote}}	Y	{{sock vote|Username}}	(Error creating thumbnail: File missing Blocked sockpuppet of Username)	To mark a vote/comment cast by sockpuppet. More parameters exist and can be viewed at the template documentation.
{{Sources-talk}}	File:Artículo bueno-blue.svg	{{Sources-talk}}	[not shown here]	A convenience collapsed wrapper around {{Reflist-talk}} to save space
{{Talkfact}}	File:Artículo bueno-blue.svg	"Example"{{talkfact}}	"Example"	Used to quickly ask an editor to back up their claims
{{Talk quote inline}}	Y	{{tq|"Example"}}	"Example"	To highlight a short excerpt of quoted material
{{Talk quote inline italic}}	Y	{{tqi|"Example"}}	"Example"	"
{{Not talk quote inline}}	Y	{{!tq|"Example"}}	"Example"	To highlight a short excerpt of quoted material someone didn't say but could have, or perhaps, should have
{{Not talk quote inline italic}}	Y	{{!tqi|"Example"}}	"Example"	"
{{Talk quote block}}	Y	{{tqb|"Example"}}	"Example"	To highlight a longer excerpt of quoted material
{{Talk quote block minimalist}}	Y	{{tqbm|Example}}	Example	A longer excerpt of quoted material, with less highlighting
End
{{Please sign inline}}	N	{{please}}	(Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.)
{{subst:Please ping}}	File:Artículo bueno-blue.svg	{{Please ping}}	(please Reply to icon mention me on reply)	Includes your username if substituted, but can be transcluded. Use {{Please ping|no}} to ask not to be pinged.
{{Not watching}}	N	{{nw}}	(I am not watching this page, so please ping me if you want my attention.)
{{subst:Notifyme}}	N	{{subst:pingme}}	If you reply here, please put {{reply|your username will show up here}} in front of your message so I get a notification. Thank you!	Requires substitution. Will automatically add your username by substituting {{REVISIONUSER}} when you save.
{{subst:Request ping}}	Y	{{subst:repi|Example}}	If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{u|Example}} to your message, and signing it.	Requires subst
{{Signote}}	File:Artículo bueno-blue.svg	{{sg}}	Please leave me a note if you reply
{{Watching}}	N	{{Watching}}	(I am watching this page, so please reply here.)
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