There are several meta-templates in the mbox family:
- {{ambox}} – For article message boxes.
- {{cmbox}} – For category message boxes.
- {{imbox}} – For file (image) page message boxes.
- {{mbox}} – Has namespace detection, for message boxes that are used on several types of pages and thus need to change style depending on what page they are used on.
- {{ombox}} – For other pages message boxes.
- {{tmbox}} – For talk page message boxes.
Closely related meta-templates:
- {{asbox}} – For article stub message boxes.
- {{dmbox}} – For disambiguation and set index message boxes.
- {{fmbox}} – For header and footer message boxes.
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Template documentation
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