diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Added experimental dnsmasq support.
 - Check for formal correct IP and MAC addresses for command line options and
   when reading in the configurations
+- Added template to create genders database
 
 ## [4.4.0] 2023-01-18
 
diff --git a/etc/examples/genders.ww b/etc/examples/genders.ww
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..6866c108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/examples/genders.ww
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# This file is autogenerated by warewulf
+# Host:   {{.BuildHost}}
+# Time:   {{.BuildTime}}
+# Source: {{.BuildSource}}
+{{- range $node := $.AllNodes}}                  {{/* for each node */}}
+{{ $node.Id.Get }} {{ range $i,$profile := $node.Profiles.GetSlice }}
+{{- if $i }},{{end}}
+{{- $profile }}{{ end }}
+{{- range $key,$value := $node.Tags }},{{$value.Get}}{{ end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/userdocs/contents/example-templates.rst b/userdocs/contents/example-templates.rst
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/userdocs/contents/example-templates.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+================
+Useful templates
+================
+
+The examples directory contains some useful examples for day to day cluster admninstration.
+
+Genders
+=======
+
+The file `genders.ww` can be placed as `/etc/genders.ww` which will create a genders database which containts all nodes with their profile as key. Also for every user defined 'key' the 'tah' will be added. 
+
+.. Note: 
+
+A arbitrary tag with a key can be added to a node with
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+   wwctl node set --tagadd key=value n01
+   wwctl node set --tagadd key2='foo=baar' n01
+
+will result in genders file with following line
+
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+   n01: value,foo=baar
+