This template should be used when the article appears to have been written with personal comments on the subject of the article, or having some connection with the subject. It is used when the article is not necessarily representing a blatant opinion or opinion piece, but is still overly judgemental in tone.

Contents 1 Usage 2 Notes 3 Redirects 4 See also

Usage

Place at the top of the article and/or sections to alert editors.

articles

• For articles needing major clean-up, place {{Essay-like|article}} at the top of the main page to alert readers.
• For articles needing minor clean-up, place {{Essay-like|article}} at the top of the talk page to alert editors.

sections

• To mark specific sections instead of the whole article, place {{Essay-like|section}} at the top of the section.

remarks

• To replace the text "a personal reflection or essay", you may use {{Essay-like|article/section|yourtext}} or {{essay-like|2=yourtext}}
• You may use the optional date parameter, e.g. {{Essay-like|date=December 2009}}. This helps with the categorization of articles requiring attention.

• Articles tagged with this template without this parameter will be given the parameter by a bot.

• The simplest way to add this template to an article is to copy and paste {{essay-like|date=December 2009}} at the top of the article or talk page.
• Add a new item to the talk page explaining the problem so editors will know what to address, and when to remove this tag.
• This template adds articles to Category:Wikipedia articles needing style editing

Notes

• This template will add tagged articles to Category:Wikipedia articles needing style editing.
• This template is a self-reference.
• Please do not subst: this template.

Redirects

• {{essay-entry}}

See also

• Wikipedia:Cleanup process
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup