This template is invisible except under the conditions described below.

{{check talk}} may be incorporated into other templates that are intended to be used only on talk pages. If a template containing it is added to a page in any main namespace, then a warning message will be displayed encouraging people to use that template only on talk pages. The current text of the warning message is:

This template is misplaced. It belongs on the talk page: साँचा वार्ता:Check talk.

It also adds the pages to Category:Main pages with misplaced talk page templates for easier tracking and rectification.

Templates that incorporate the check talk template will be added to Category:Templates using check talk template.