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The following template messages may be added to articles that need a cleanup. The purpose of such templates is to inform other editors and readers at a quick glance what potential problems are with article content and to spur improvement in the spirit of Wikipedia. In obscure articles with few editors, the templates can serve to attract attention to problems that have not been addressed. In articles that are heavily edited or discussed, templates can be used to indicate ongoing problems or disputes in order to attract outside help and caution readers that the content may be shortly subject to change. Unless otherwise noted, they should be placed at the top of the article—before other templates, images, or infoboxes (for the short notes placed at the top of an article before the primary topic, see WP:Hatnote#Placement). Please do not insert tags that are too similar or redundant with each other. For example, all articles that read like essays have an inappropriate tone, and in fact they end up in the same category, so it is unnecessary to tag with {{Inappropriate tone}} in addition to {{Essay-like}}. Similarly, if an article has many problems, please consider tagging only the most important problems. A very lengthy list is often less helpful than a shorter one. Remember that tags are not intended as a badge of shame.

Note that the date parameter will be added by a bot if it is left off. Some tags have alternative versions that apply to situations of greater specificity. Some editors may refer to these as flags or banners, as in "I flagged this article because . . ." or "I added a banner to the top of the article because . . ."

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[edit] Does the article meet inclusion requirements?

Before placing templates on a page it is worthwhile to cast a critical eye over the page to determine whether it should, in fact, be included in Wikipedia. Some articles can be tagged for speedy deletion or marked as an article for deletion.

[edit] Best practices in obscure or unpopular articles

On pages that have received little attention from editors or readers, cleanup templates can be used as a way to call attention to problems that need to be addressed by editors. Editors who want to help address these problems should look through the various cleanup categories such as maintenance and articles with content issues and try to address the problems so that the templates can be removed. Editors who do a lot of tagging of articles should take it upon themselves to also address the backlogs as well.

[edit] Best practices in heavily monitored articles

On pages that are being edited by a number of users, cleanup templates are used to inform readers and editors of ongoing discussions and attempts to fix the problems on the page. Such templates can be used to attract uninvolved users to discussions and cleanup efforts, and they can also serve as a warning to casual readers that the article may have problems and be subject to dramatic changes. In general, an editor who places a template message to indicate a problem like this should explain their rationale fully on the talkpage of the article. If the consensus of the other editors is that there is a problem or an editorial dispute that deserves such a clean-up template, then the editors should work to fix the problem as quickly and cleanly as possible so the template message can be removed. If the consensus is that there is no problem, then the message can be removed immediately. For heavily monitored articles, please do not add or remove template messages of this sort without using the talk page.

[edit] Use in sections

Many of these cleanup tags require you to place |article as the first parameter when you use the tag at the top of an article. When you want the template to refer to just one section, however, you replace |article with |section (where the | is a pipe key found on most keyboards as a shift-backslash (\). See the specific template below to determine if such "section use" is supported and appropriate.

[edit] Tag consolidation

If too many tags are put at the top of an article, the article can become eclipsed by the tags, especially with short or stub articles. Consider consolidating the tags into the {{article issues}} template.

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{{Article issues}}
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  • Use the article=y parameter if you use the template for the entire article, and section=y if it is used only for a particular section.
  • To tag a specific issue, set any string of text to the parameter, such as issue=y
  • To specify the month tagged for the categories that sort articles by month, type issue=November 2009 or issue=April 2007

[edit] Cleanup

[edit] General cleanup

Use one of these general tags when none of the more specific tags fit.

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{{cleanup}}
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  • This applies to general problems not addressed by other tags.
  • Please consider using specific cleanup tags first, as specific tags help other editors to easily identify problems in an article.
{{cleanup-section}}
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  • Use this tag where a section in an article needs cleaning up.
{{cleanup-remainder}}
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  • Use this tag where the remaining sections of an article need cleanup.
{{cleanup-reorganize}}
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{{cleanup-rewrite}}
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  • Use this tag where the whole article needs extensive revision.

[edit] Plain old editing

Some articles just need someone with a good grasp of editing technique to give them a once-over.

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{{copyedit}}
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{{copyedit-section}}
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{{capitalization}}
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[edit] Style of writing

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Wikipedia is not a dictionary, soapbox, how-to guide, blog, billboard, résumé, or crystal ball.

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{{Review}}
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{{Abbreviations}}
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{{Advert}}
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{{Newsrelease}}
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{{News release section}}
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{{Buzzword}}
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{{Essay-like}}
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{{Howto}}
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{{Travel guide}}
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{{Inappropriate person}}
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{{Inappropriate tone}}
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{{Like resume}}
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{{Plot}}
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{{All plot}}
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{{Quotefarm}}
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{{Cleanup-images}}
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{{Cleanup-gallery}}
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{{Story}}
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{{Cleanup-tense}}
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{{Cleanup-jargon}}
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{{Repetition}}
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{{Obituary}}
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{{Crystal}}
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{{Debate}}
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[edit] Structure and sections

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{{importance-sect}}
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{{cleanup-combine}}
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{{restructure}}
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{{Condense}}
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{{sections}}
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{{section-diffuse}}
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{{spacing}}
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{{Very long}}
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{{Very long section}}
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{{Duplication}}
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{{trivia}}
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{{Too many see alsos}}
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[edit] Introduction

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{{intro-toolong}}
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{{intro-tooshort}}
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{{intro-rewrite}}
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{{intro-missing}}
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{{POV-intro}}
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[edit] Potentially unwanted content

Some things just don't belong.

[edit] Message boxes

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{{External links}}
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{{cleanup-spam}}
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{{non-free}}
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{{copypaste}}
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{{Close paraphrase}}
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{{schedule}}
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{{trivia}}
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{{in popular culture}}
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{{criticism-section}}
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{{Unencyclopedic}}
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{{fancruft}}
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{{Remove-section}}
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{{Further reading cleanup}}
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[edit] Inline with article text

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{{Linkspam}}
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[linkspam?]
{{contact info}}
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Contact information deleted (see Wikipedia's guidelines on inappropriate promotion).

[edit] Context and detail

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{{whereisit}}
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{{time-context}}
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{{context}}
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{{generalize}}
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{{gen-section}}
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{{technical}}
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  • Should only be used on talk pages.

[edit] Off-topic

Articles occasionally contain content which is otherwise valid, but is unrelated to the nominal topic of the article.

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{{off-topic}}
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{{Off-topic-other}}
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[edit] Expand and add

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{{Expand}}
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  • First argument is inserted after 'improve this': {{expand|article with examples}} ? "...improve this article with examples"
{{Expand section}}
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  • First argument is added to description: {{expand-section|examples}} ? "...by expanding this section with examples"
{{Missing information}}
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  • First argument is added to description "{{{1}}}" appears: {{Missing information|foo, bar, baz and quux.}} ? "...information about: foo, bar, baz and quux." This template is for when the article needs to be expanded even to be accurate.
{{Cleanup-biography}}
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{{reqdiagram}}
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  • Place this notice on the talkpage.
{{reqphoto}}
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  • Place this notice on the talkpage. Please add one or more subject categories in the template.
{{ISBN}}
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  • Place {{ISBN|date=November 2009}} at the head of the relevant section(s). Remember that books published before 1974 do not have ISBNs (through more recent editions should).
{{Formula missing descriptions}}
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{{Biblio}}
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  • Place {{Biblio|date=November 2009}} at the head of the relevant section(s).

[edit] Expert needed

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{{Expert-verify}}
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  • After adding this template, start a section on the article discussion page describing what you wish the expert to address. {{Expert-talk}} may be used for this purpose.
{{Expert-subject}}
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  • After adding this template, start a section on the article discussion page describing what you wish the expert to address. {{Expert-talk}} may be used for this purpose.
{{Expert-subject-multiple}}
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  • Add one to five WikiProjects and they will be displayed in the list
  • After adding this template, start a section on the article discussion page describing what you wish the expert to address. {{Expert-talk}} may be used for this purpose.

[edit] Time-sensitive

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{{Update}}
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{{Recently revised}}
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{{Time-context}}
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{{Out of date}}
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[edit] Inline with article text

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{{Update after}}
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For facts that need updating now or at a specific future date
[dated info]
{{Citation needed}}
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For something that needs a cite
[citation needed]
{{Who}}
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For something that needs an attribution
[who?]

[edit] Contradiction and confusion

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{{contradict}}
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{{contradict-other}}
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{{contradiction-inline}}
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[contradiction]
  • Use this for specific sentences which contradict themselves or a nearby sentence.
{{cleanup-confusing}}
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  • Use this tag in articles that need broad cleanup to eliminate confusion and discrepancies.
{{incoherent}}
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{{incoherent-topic}}
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{{uncleardate}}
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{{misleading}}
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  • Use this tag when the article is not factually wrong but leads the reader to draw incorrect conclusions.
{{vague}}
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[vague]
  • Use this for specific sentences needing clarification.

[edit] Content forks

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{{bad summary}}
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[edit] Importance and notability

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{{notability}}
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{{puffery}}
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[edit] Neutrality and factual accuracy

All articles should maintain a Neutral point of view. Sometimes, editors dispute the truth of statements. See also: Wikipedia:Verifiability.

[edit] Message boxes

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{{POV}}
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{{POV-section}}
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{{POV-intro}}
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{{POV-title}}
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{{POV-check}}
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{{coatrack}}
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{{weasel}}
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{{cherrypicked}}
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{{COI}}
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{{peacock}}
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{{unbalanced}}
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{{Geographical imbalance}}
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{{recentism}}
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{{Disputed}}
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{{Disputed-section}}
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{{BLP dispute}}
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[edit] Inline with article text

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{{Clarify}}
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[clarification needed]
{{POV-statement}}
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[neutrality disputed]
{{Lopsided}}
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[opinion needs balancing]
{{POV assertion}}
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[Neutrality disputed — See talk page]
{{or}}
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[original research?]
{{Dubious}}
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[dubious ]
{{When}}
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For ambiguous or vague time references of various kinds.
[when?]
{{Who?}}
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For weasel words ("Many say..." Some people think...")
[who?]

[edit] Verifiability and sources

[edit] Message boxes

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{{unreferenced}}
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{{Unreferenced section}}
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{{refimprove}}
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{{BLPunsourced}}
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{{BLP sources}}
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{{original research}}
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{{unreliable sources}}
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{{primarysources}}
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{{self-published}}
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{{onesource}}
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{{citecheck}}
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  • For quotes used out of context, references to unrelated material, and other misuse of citations.
{{citation style}}
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{{no footnotes}}
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{{morefootnotes}}
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{{citations missing}}
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{{cleanup-link rot}}
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{{citations broken}}
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{{Ibid}}
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{{pagenumbers}}
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[edit] Inline with article text

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{{Attribution needed}}
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[attribution needed]
{{Whom?}}
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[according to whom?]
{{By whom}}
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[by whom?]
{{Citequote}}
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[cite this quote]
{{Citation broken}}
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[broken citation]
{{Citation needed}}
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[citation needed]
{{Clarify}}
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[clarification needed]
{{Dn}}
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[disambiguation needed]
{{Full}}
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[Full citation needed]
{{Failed verification}}
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[not in citation given]
{{Nonspecific}}
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[not specific enough to verify]
{{Or}}
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[original research?]
{{Primary source claim}}
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[this primary source citation needs verification]
{{Request quotation}}
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[Need quotation on talk to verify]
{{Season needed}}
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[season & episode needed]
{{Specify}}
category links talk edit
[specify]
{{Syn}}
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[improper synthesis?]
{{Vague}}
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[vague]
{{Verify credibility}}
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[unreliable source?]
{{Verify source}}
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[verification needed]
{{Volume needed}}
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[volume & issue needed]
{{When}}
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[when?]
{{Where}}
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[where?]
{{Who}}
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[who?]
{{Why}}
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[why?]
{{Year}}
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[year needed]

[edit] Lists

Lists serve useful purposes, but sometimes need cleanup, too.

Tag Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{cleanup-laundry}}
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  • For use in non-list articles where too much of the content is composed of lists.
{{listtable}}
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  • For use where lists could be better presented as tables.
{{Prose}}
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  • Use this tag where a list needs cleanup.
{{create-list}}
category links talk edit
  • Use this tag where an article needs to be changed into list format.
{{example farm}}
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  • For use in non-list articles where too much of the content is composed of "examples", "references in popular culture", and the like.
{{fictionlist}}
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  • For use when a nonfiction article has become overcrowded with too many references to fiction or other pop culture. (Ex.: Article on horses having a long section of TV shows, movies, video games, etc. that have horse in the name or feature horses in some way.)
{{fictionrefs}}
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  • For use in fiction-specific articles that have way too many trivial examples. (Ex.: For an article specifically about famous fictional horses that mentions that fact that Sesame Street once told kids how to spell horse, or that one of the animals you can kill in an online game is a horse.)
{{MOSLOW}}
category links talk edit
{{Disputed-list}}
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  • To identify a list on Wikipedia that has content whose truth, factual nature, and/or relevance to the topic is in dispute.

[edit] Images

For tips on requesting images see Wikipedia:Requested pictures.

Tag Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{reqphoto}}
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  • This template should be used on talk pages. Please add one or more subject category in the template.
  • Use of= to add detailed information on the request.
  • Use in= to define locations.
{{reqscreenshot}}
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  • This template should be used on talk pages.
{{reqmap}}
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  • This template should be used on talk pages.
{{reqdiagram}}
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  • This template should be used on talk pages.
{{Too many photos}}
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[edit] Categories

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{{Catimprove}}
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{{Too many categories}}
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{{uncategorized}}
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  • Place this at the bottom of an uncategorized article/category if you are unsure of which categories apply.
{{Uncategorized stub}}
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  • Place this at the bottom of an article if it is only categorized into a stub category and you are unsure of which categories apply.
{{Category relevant?}}
category links talk edit
  • Use if the content supports the category but provides no sources.
{{Category unsourced}}
category links talk edit
  • Use if the content does not support the category at all.

[edit] Wiki tech

Most of these issues are covered in the main Wikipedia:Manual of Style.

Tag Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{wikify}}
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  • If the article needs reformatting to be more readable
  • If the article needs HTML changed into wiki-markup
  • If the article needs text markup for mathematical formulae per WP:MATH
  • If important words need to be linked to appropriate Wikipedia articles
{{disambig-cleanup}}
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{{uncategorized}}
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  • Place this at the bottom of an uncategorized article/category if you are unsure of which categories apply.
{{orphan}}
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  • Use this for articles that aren't linked to from more than one or two other pages.
{{deadend}}
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  • Use this to mark articles or sections that lack internal links but are otherwise wikified.
{{Incoming links}}
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  • Use this to mark disambiguation pages with a large amount of incoming links.

[edit] Infobox needed

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{{newinfobox}}
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  • This template should be used on talk pages.
{{single infobox request}}
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  • This template should be used on talk pages.
{{ship infobox request}}
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  • This template should be used on talk pages.
{{Reqinfobox}}
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  • This template should be used on talk pages.
  • Also has functionality to indicate that only a section in a page needs one. See the template page for more info.

[edit] Infobox cleanup needed

Tag Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{Cleanup-infobox}}
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  • This template should be used on talk pages.

[edit] Cleanup of specific subjects

These templates are all "general cleanup" templates, but tie into a specific subject matter or WikiProject.

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{{CIA}}
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{{Cleanup Congress Bio}}
category links talk edit
{{cleanup-book}}
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{{cleanup-comics}}
category links talk edit
{{cleanup-school}}
category links talk edit
{{cleanup-university}}
category links talk edit
{{local}}
category links talk edit
{{ToLCleanup}}
category links talk edit
{{gamecleanup}}
category links talk edit
{{gameguide}}
category links talk edit
{{Hadith authenticity}}
category links talk edit

[edit] Fiction

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{{In-universe}}
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{{In-universe/Anime and manga}}
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{{Fiction}}
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  • This is not for factual or accuracy disputes.
{{Book-fiction}}
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  • This is not for factual or accuracy disputes.

[edit] Miscellaneous

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{{metricate}}
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{{bad unit conversions}}
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{{dubious conversion}}
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[dubious conversion]
  • Use this inline tag to highlight individual instances of unit conversions quoted to excessive precision.
{{globalize}}
category links talk edit
{{cleanup-afd}}
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  • Use this tag where an AFD discussion closes with a consensus of "keep and cleanup."
{{examplefarm}}
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{{cleanup-ipa}}
category links talk edit
{{cleanup-chartable}}
category links talk edit

[edit] Merging

The following tags should be placed on top the pages or sections which require merging.


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{{merge}}
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  • Place this at the top of both pages or sections that are to be merged. Use the other page's name as the parameter. A link will be generated automatically. Separate additional pages with a vertical pipe; up to 20 pages can be listed.
  • By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, discuss can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
  • If it is known which page or section is to receive the merged material, use the tags {{mergeto}} or {{mergefrom}} instead.
  • Add the date parameter |date=November 2009 to place articles in Category:Articles to be merged from November 2009
{{mergeto}}
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  • Place the tag {{mergeto|Dest page}} at the top of the page or section that is to have its content transferred to another page.
  • If the proposed source is an entire page, place the tag {{mergefrom|Source page}} at the top of the page or section that is to receive the merged material.
  • If the proposed source is one specific section of page, place the tag {{mergesection|Source page#Source section}} at the top of the page or section that is to receive the merged material.
{{mergefrom}}
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  • If the proposed source is an entire page, place this at the top of the page or section that is to receive the merged material.
  • Place the tag {{mergeto|Dest page}} at the top of the source page or section.
  • If a merger of multiple pages into a single page is being proposed, use {{mergefrom|Source 1|Source 2|Source 3}}.
  • By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, the discuss parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
  • If it is not known which page or section is to receive the merged material, use the tag {{merge|Other page}} instead.
{{merging}}
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  • Place this at the top of a source page for which a merger has begun (but has not yet been completed).
{{merged-from}}
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This template should only be used on talk pages.
{{merged-to}}
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This template should only be used on talk pages.
{{convert template}}
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  • add to a template that should be converted to one of the standardized templates (like 'fix', or 'infobox')

[edit] Splitting

These templates are used for splitting articles.

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{{Split}}
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  • Place this at the top of a page for which a split into two or more new pages is proposed.
  • By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, a "discuss" parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
  • Add the date parameter |date=November 2009 to place articles in Category:Articles to be split from November 2009
{{Split}}
category links talk edit
{{Split-apart}}
category links talk edit
  • Place this at the top of a page for which a split into two or more new pages is proposed, and where they are distinct enough that a disambiguation page is not appropriate.
  • By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, a "discuss" parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
  • Add the date parameter |date=November 2009 to place articles in Category:Articles to be split from November 2009
{{Split-apart}}
category links talk edit
{{Split section}}
category links talk edit
  • Place this at the top of one or more sections for which a split into a new page is proposed.
  • By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, a "discuss" parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
  • Add the date parameter |date=November 2009 to place articles in Category:Articles to be split from November 2009
{{Split section}}
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{{Split sections}}
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  • Place this at the top of a page for which a split of multiple sections into a new page is proposed.
  • By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, a "discuss" parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
  • If possible, instead use {{splitsection}} or {{splitsection|new title}} in each of the sections that should be split into the new page.
  • Add the date parameter |date=November 2009 to place articles in Category:Articles to be split from November 2009
{{Sub-sections}}
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  • Place this at the top of one or more sections for which a split into a new section on the same page.
  • By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, a "discuss" parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
{{Split dab}}
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  • This template is used for splitting disambiguation pages.


[edit] Moving

The following cleanup tags are to be used for, during, and after proposing a move on Wikipedia:Requested moves.

Tag Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{ subst:RMlink|old|new|why }}
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This template already includes the bullet, and it's for use only on Wikipedia:Requested moves (aka WP:RM, hence the name). Be sure to use the subst: and always sign it (four tildes ~~~~) after it.

{{ subst:RMlink?|old|why }}
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This template is an alternative to RMlink. It already includes the bullet, and it's for use only on Wikipedia:Requested moves (aka WP:RM, hence the name). Be sure to use the subst: and always sign it (four tildes ~~~~) after it. The newname part has been replaced with ?.

{{ subst:move|new|why }}
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oldnew why ~~~~
Be sure to use the subst: and always sign it (four tildes ~~~~) after it.
{{moveoptions}}
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Use {{subst:move|?}} instead.
  • Place either of these 2 templates at the top of a Talk page of an article that has a proposed move. Do not remove them from this page.
{{Cleanup-articletitle}}
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{{ subst:Afd-mergeto|New|Old|8 November 2009 }}
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[edit] Copying to other projects

The following templates should be placed atop articles desired to be moved to other Wiki foundation web site projects:

Tag Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{Copy to Wiktionary}}
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{{Copy to Wikiquote}}
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{{Copy to Wikisource}}
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{{Copy to Wikibooks}}
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{{Copy to Wikibooks Cookbook}}
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{{Copy to Wikiversity}}
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{{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}}
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{{Convert to SVG and copy to Wikimedia Commons}}
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This template should only be used on image pages.
{{NowCommons}}
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This template should only be used on file (image) pages.
{{ShadowsCommons}}
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This template should only be used on image pages.
{{Copy to Meta}}
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{{Copy to gaming wiki}}
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The following related cleanup templates are also available:

Tag Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{TWCleanup}}
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{{TWCleanup2}}
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[edit] Translation

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{{Not English}}
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{{TranslatePassage}}
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{{cleanup-translation}}
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  • This always should be supplemented by a note on Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English.
  • This should be used for articles that still have translation issues, but have enough English-language content that they are not subject to deletion for that reason.
{{RoughTranslation}}
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{{Translation WIP}}
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  1. Foreign article name
  2. Foreign article's language
  3. Foreign article's language code
  • Please see the Template Page for full usage notes and other information.
{{Expand Spanish}}
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For requesting translations, there is a tag for each language. See Category:Expand by language Wikipedia templates to choose the appropriate expand tag.

[edit] See also




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