Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup

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The following tags should be added to articles that need a cleanup. Unless otherwise noted, they should be placed at the top of the article. 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.

Note: Many cleanup templates listed below need their own minor cleanup. They add tagged pages to a category, as well as lists with examples. To disable this, replace:
...<includeonly>[[Category:etc.]]</includeonly>
with
...<includeonly>{{{category|[[Category:etc.]]}}}</includeonly>.

Cleanup

Remove the part about "and then they give in" regarding the girl's from Lynn

General cleanup

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

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{cleanup}} category links talk edit	This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please discuss this issue on the talk page or replace this tag with a more specific message. 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}} category links talk edit	To meet Wikipedia's quality standards, this section may require cleanup. Please discuss this issue on the talk page, and/or replace this tag with a more specific message. Editing help is available. Use this tag where a section in an article needs cleaning up.
{{cleanup-remainder}} category links talk edit	Template:Cleanup-remainder Use this tag where the remaining sections of an article need cleanup.
{{cleanup-rewrite}} category links talk edit	This may need a complete rewrite. Please discuss this issue on the talk page. Use this tag where the whole article needs cleanup.

Plain old editing

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

Style of writing

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

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{review}} category links talk edit	Template:Review
{{abbreviations}} category links talk edit	Template:Abbreviations
{{advert}} category links talk edit	Template:Advert
{{newsrelease}} category links talk edit	Template:Newsrelease
{{fansite|August 2010}} category links talk edit	Template:Fansite
{{buzzword}} category links talk edit	Template:Buzzword
{{proseline}} category links talk edit	This may contain proseline. Please help convert this timeline into prose or, if necessary, a list. (help)
{{essay-entry|article}} category links talk edit	This article reads like a personal reflection or essay and may require cleanup. Please improve this article by rewriting this article in an encyclopedic style. (documentation, talk)
{{essay-entry|section}} links talk edit	This section reads like a personal reflection or essay and may require cleanup. Please improve this article by rewriting this section in an encyclopedic style. (documentation, talk)
{{howto}} category links talk edit	Template:Howto
{{inappropriate person}} category links talk edit	Template:Inappropriate person
{{inappropriate tone}} category links talk edit	The tone or style of this may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. Specific concerns may be found on the talk page. See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions.
{{likeresume}} category links talk edit	Template:Likeresume
{{plot}} category links talk edit	Template:Plot
{{prophecy}} category links talk edit	Template:Prophecy
{{quotefarm}} category links talk edit	Template:Quotefarm
{{cleanup-gallery}} category links talk edit	Template:Cleanup-gallery
{{story}} category links talk edit	Template:Story
{{cleanup-tense}} category links talk edit	Template:Cleanup-tense
{{gameguide}} category links talk edit	Template:Gameguide
{{cleanup-jargon}} category links talk edit	Template:Cleanup-jargon
{{repetition}} category links talk edit	Template:Repetition
{{obit}} category links talk edit	Template:Obit

Structure and sections

Potentially unwanted content

Some things just don't belong.

Context and detail

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{context}} category links talk edit	The introduction to this provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help improve the introduction to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page.
{{generalize}} category links talk edit	Template:Generalize
{{technical}} category links talk edit	This article may be too technical for a general audience. Please help improve this article by providing more context and better explanations of technical details to make it more accessible, without removing technical details. Template:Check talk Contains Template:Check talk (edit talk links history), and should be placed on Talk pages. Please do not remove it from this page.

Off-topic

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

Expand and add

Expert needed

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{expert}} category links talk edit	This is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. Please help recruit one or improve this article yourself. See the talk page for details. Please consider using {{Expert-subject}} to associate this request with a WikiProject Use of this template is deprecated. Where possible, please use {{Expert-subject}} instead
{{expert-subject|PROJECTNAME}} category links talk edit	Template:Expert-subject
{{expert-verify|August 2010}} category links talk edit	Template:Expert-verify

Time-sensitive

Contradiction and confusion

Neutrality and factual accuracy

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

Message boxes

Inline with article text

Importance and notability

See also: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (importance conveyed by sources) and Wikipedia:Notability (coverage by sources).

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{importance}} category links talk edit	This article or section lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. Please help improve this article by providing context for a general audience, especially in the lead section. (help, talk)
{{notability}} category links talk edit	Template:Notability
{{bio-notability}} category links talk edit	Template:Bio-notability
{{music-importance}} category links talk edit	Template:Music-importance
{{company-importance}} category links talk edit	Template:Company-importance

Verifiability and sources

Message boxes

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{citation style}} category links talk edit	The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. Template:Check talk
{{citations missing}} links talk edit	This is missing citations and/or footnotes. This contains insufficiently sourced phrases. Using inline citations helps guard against copyright violations and factual inaccuracies. You may improve the article or discuss this issue on its talk page. Help on using footnotes is available.
{{citations broken}} links talk edit	Template:Citations broken
{{citecheck}} links talk edit	Template:Citecheck For quotes used out of context, references to unrelated material, and other misuse of citations.
{{not verified|article}} category links talk edit	Information in this article has not been verified against sources and may not be reliable. Please check for inaccuracies and modify as needed, citing the sources against which it was checked.
{{unreferenced|article}} links talk edit	This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. (help, get involved!) Any material not supported by sources may be challenged and removed at any time.
{{unreferencedsect}} links talk edit	Template:Unreferencedsect
{{indiscriminaterefs|article}} links talk edit	Template:Indiscriminaterefs
{{pagenumbers|article}} links talk edit	Template:Pagenumbers
{{primarysources|article}} links talk edit	This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are usually not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Please include more appropriate citations from reliable sources.
{{nofootnote|article}} links talk edit	This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. You can improve this article by introducing more precise citations.
{{originalresearch|article}} links talk edit	Template:Originalresearch
{{unreliable|article}} category links talk edit	Template:Unreliable

Inline with article text

Intro

Lists

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

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{cleanup-laundry}} category links talk edit	Template:Cleanup-laundry For use in non-list articles where too much of the content is composed of lists.
{{cleanup-laundryrack}} category links talk edit	Template:Cleanup-laundryrack For use where lists could be better presented as tables.
{{list to prose (section)}} links talk edit	Template:List to prose (section)
{{cleanup-list}} category links talk edit	This list may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please help improve this list. It may be poorly defined, unverified or indiscriminate. (talk, help, how to edit) Use this tag where a list needs cleanup.
{{create-list}} category links talk edit	Template:Create-list Use this tag where an article needs to be changed into list format.
{{examplefarm}} links talk edit	This seems to contain too many examples (or examples of poor quality) for an encyclopedia entry. Lists of examples in articles should be of limited size, not exhaustive lists, and should contain only pertinent examples. Since such lists tend to collect listcruft over time, they should be judiciously pruned. Please improve the article or discuss proposed changes on the talk page. You can edit the article to add more encyclopaedic text. See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for further suggestions. For use in non-list articles where too much of the content is composed of "examples", "references in popular culture", and the like.
{{listtable}} links talk edit	Template:Listtable Use this tag where a list needs to be changed into a table.
{{fictionlist}} links talk edit	Template:Fictionlist 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}} links talk edit	Template:Fictionrefs 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 the latest whatever online game is a horse.)
{{MOSLOW}} category links talk edit	Template:MOSLOW Use this tag where a list of works is in reverse-chronological order or otherwise contravenes the Wikipedia:Manual of Style (lists of works).

Images

Wiki tech

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

Infobox needed

Cleanup of specific subjects

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

Fiction

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{in-universe}} category links talk edit	Template:In-universe
{{fiction}} category links talk edit	This article or section may fail to make a clear distinction between fact and fiction. Please edit this article, according to the fiction guidelines, to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. (talk, help) This is not for factual or accuracy disputes.

Miscellaneous

Merging and splitting

Template:Wikipedia:Template messages/Merging and splitting

Moving

Template:Wikipedia:Template messages/Moving

Template:Wikipedia:Template messages/translation

See also

• Wikipedia:Template messages/Disputes
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Maintenance#Copyright violations
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Stubs
• Template:Expert-subjectde:Wikipedia:Bewertungsbausteine

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