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Commons has 3 kinds of top of page messages that can be used to convey information or announcements to readers and editors:

An extensive and configurable watchlist notice system
The "Sitenotice", found at MediaWiki:Sitenotice, is displayed at the top of all pages for all logged-in users, and for anonymous users if MediaWiki:Anonnotice is empty; this latter message can be used to display information only to users who are not logged in. Alternatively, by 'blanking' the anonnotice and replacing it with <p></p>, the sitenotice can be used as a "logged-in-notice" to display information only to users who are logged in. MediaWiki:Sitenotice-translation provides localised sitenotices via {{LangSwitch}}, using MediaWiki:Sitenotice for en. MediaWiki:Sitenotice can contain any markup but must contain a <p>-tag. The contents of this <p>-tag are then replaced by MediaWiki:Sitenotice-translation, loaded by a script in MediaWiki:Common.js
There is also the CentralNotice, found at meta:Special:CentralNotice, an extension which can display banners at the top of a select group of Wikimedia sites simultaneously.

New messages must increment the id, or the message will not always appear for users who hid the previous message. Read the template reference or use the Wizard when creating new messages.

New watchlist message

{{Edit request}} Please add the following watchlist message:

{{WatchlistNotice
 |id = 1772465419290
 |text = {{LangSwitch
   | en = Participate in the '''[[c:Commons:Wiki Loves Ramadan 2026|Wiki Loves Ramadan 2026 photography competition]]''' on Wikimedia Commons or join the '''[[w:en:Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Ramadan 2026|Wiki Loves Ramadan article contest]]''' on Wikipedia. Upload your photos, improve content, score points, and win awards!
   | bn = [[উইকিমিডিয়া কমন্স]]-এর '''[[c:Commons:Wiki Loves Ramadan 2026|উইকি লাভস রমাদান ২০২৬ আলোকচিত্র প্রতিযোগিতায়]]'' অংশগ্রহণ করুন অথবা [[উইকিপিডিয়া|উইকিপিডিয়াতে]] '''[[w:bn::উইকিপিডিয়া:রমজান এডিটাথন ২০২৬|উইকি লাভস রমাদান ২০২৬ নিবন্ধ প্রতিযোগিতা]]'''-এ যোগ দিন। আপনার তোলা ছবি আপলোড করুন, বিষয়বস্তু উন্নত করুন, পয়েন্ট অর্জন করুন এবং পুরস্কার জিতুন!
 }}
 |type = policy_new
 |from = 2026-03-02 00:00:00
 |until = 2026-03-28 23:59:59
}}

Regards, ZI Jony ^(Talk) 15:30, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Done, but I changed the |type= to other_media_contests as it seems more appropriate – if policy_new was intentional, please explain why ^^ --Lucas Werkmeister (talk) 21:12, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks Lucas Werkmeister. Was not sure about that, that's why! Regards, ZI Jony ^(Talk) 22:37, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

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