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Template messages may be added to articles needing a cleanup. Their purposes are to foster improvement of the encyclopedia by alerting editors to changes that need to be made. Cleanup tags are meant to be temporary notices that lead to an effort to fix the problem, not a permanent badge of shame to show that you disagree with the article or a method of warning the readers against the article.
Unless otherwise noted, the cleanup messages, or tags, should be placed at the top—before other templates, images, or infoboxes, but after hatnotes (see Template:Section link). Certain tags can be placed at the top of an individual section, and others can be placed within the text itself (inline).
- Avoid tagging articles if you can easily and confidently fix the problem.
- The goal is an improved article, not a tagged article.
- Avoid "drive-by" tagging
- Tags should be accompanied by a comment on the article's talk page explaining the problem and beginning a discussion on how to fix it, or, for simpler problems, a remark using the reason parameter as shown below; tagging editors must be willing to follow-through with substantive discussion
- Don’t insert tags that are similar or redundant.
- For example, most articles that read like essays have an inappropriate tone, and in fact they end up being automatically grouped in the same category, so it is unnecessary to tag with both {{tone}} and {{essay-like}}.
- If an article has many problems, tag only the highest priority issues.
- A lengthy list is often less helpful than a shorter one. (See also: tag bombing and over-tagging)
- Don't add tags for trivial or minor problems, especially if an article needs a lot of work.
- For example, there is little point in polishing the grammar of a section that needs to be dramatically re-written to comply with content policies. Focus on the biggest one, two, or three problems.
A date parameter is added by a bot, or you can add it yourself with |date=April 2024
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Does the article meet inclusion requirements?[edit source]
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 nominated for a deletion discussion at article for deletion.
Best practices in obscure or unpopular articles[edit source]
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 also address the backlogs.
Best practices in heavily monitored articles[edit source]
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.
Use in sections[edit source]
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
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is a pipe key found on most keyboards as a shift-backslash (\
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Tag consolidation[edit source]
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 {{multiple issues}} template.
Cleanup[edit source]
Overarching copyright issues[edit source]
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Combined message boxes[edit source]
Do not use this as the only message box on the article or section; it should be used with at least two other message boxes sandwiched inside it.
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General cleanup[edit source]
Use one of these general tags when none of the more specific tags fits.
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Copy editing[edit source]
Some articles just need someone with a good grasp of editing technique to give them a once-over.
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Cleanup of specific subjects[edit source]
These templates are all "general cleanup" templates, but tie into a specific subject matter or WikiProjects.
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Fiction[edit source]
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Inline with article text[edit source]
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Style of writing[edit source]
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Structure, formatting and sections[edit source]
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Introduction[edit source]
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Potentially unwanted content[edit source]
Message boxes[edit source]
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Inline with article text[edit source]
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Context and detail[edit source]
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Off-topic[edit source]
Articles occasionally contain content which is otherwise valid, but appears unrelated to the nominal topic of the article.
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Expand and add[edit source]
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Expert needed[edit source]
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Time-sensitive[edit source]
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Inline with article text[edit source]
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Contradiction and confusion[edit source]
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- Note: Articles that are confusing or hard to understand due specifically to translation issues can be found at Wp/kha/Wikipedia:Template messages/Translation.
Inline with article text[edit source]
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Content forks[edit source]
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Importance and notability[edit source]
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Neutrality and factual accuracy[edit source]
Message boxes[edit source]
Inline with article text[edit source]
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Verifiability and sources[edit source]
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Categories[edit source]
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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.
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Images and other media[edit source]
For tips on requesting images see: WP:Requested pictures. Template:See also
- For template messages related to the clean up of images, see: WP:Template messages/File namespace#Format and quality.
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Lists[edit source]
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Wiki tech[edit source]
Most of these issues are covered in the main Manual of Style.
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Infobox needed[edit source]
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Infobox cleanup needed[edit source]
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Other article tags[edit source]
There are also tags available for:
- merging articles;
- moving articles;
- splitting articles; and
- translation of articles.
Open tasks[edit source]
Template:Divhide Wikipedia:Backlog lists tasks that should be done to improve Wikipedia (assuming the cleanup templates were placed correctly). Helping reduce backlogs is an important issue, so please feel free to help out. Template:Backlog status Template:Divhide
See also[edit source]
- Wikipedia:Responsible tagging
- Wikipedia:Tagging pages for problems
- Wikipedia:Twinkle
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types
Template:Inline cleanup tags
Template:Wikipedia template messages