This template adds the page to Category:Wikipedia essays or to Category:User essays, depending on namespace.

Please do not subst this template.

  • {{essay|WP:SHORTCUT1|WP:SHORTCUT2}} becomes:
  • {{essay|WP:SHORTCUT1|WP:SHORTCUT2|interprets=the [[Wikipedia:Consensus|Consensus]] and [[Wikipedia:Ignore all rules|Ignore all rules]] policies}} becomes:
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  • {{supplement}}, to tag a well-established essay that adds something to a policy or guideline, especially to make up for a deficiency
  • {{tone}} designed for main namespace not Wikipedia: namespace; use if an article reads like an essay