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.
Article templates
Infobox
Each dog breed article should use {{Infobox dog breed}}, which looks like the example to the right:
See the template for its specific documentation.
Other infoboxes
{{Taxobox}} – 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).
{{Infobox animal}} – 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)
{{Infobox sport}} – for dog sports, as with any other
For dog-related stubs, add {{dog-stub}} 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
{{The Canine Barnstar|put your message here ~~~~}}—an award placed at another users talk page for improving canidae related-articles.
The Canine Barnstar
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Article talk page templates
WikiProject tagging
All talk pages of articles within Wikipedia:WikiProject Dogs should have the {{WikiProject Dogs}} 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 {{WikiProject Dogs}}.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Dogs, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to Canidae and commonly referred to as "dogs" and of which the domestic dog is but one of its many members, on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.
To add a request for a photo to an article's talk page, use {{image requested|dog breeds}} You can optionally include a special request, for example such as asking for a picture of a border collie herding sheep etc., {{image requested|dog breeds|of=your_request_goes_here}}. For dogs native to a particular region, add an "in=" parameter, e.g. {{image requested|dog breeds}}