వికీపీడియా:Template messages/Cleanup

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The following 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 a possible hatnote (see WP:Hatnote#Placement). 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 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
• 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=ఏప్రిల్ 2025.

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 nominated for a deletion discussion at article for deletion.

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 also address the backlogs.

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.

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.

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 {{multiple issues}} template.

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{multiple issues}} links talk edit	Include only those parameters directly relevant to the issues of the particular article or section. Also, do not use this template without any parameters. Use |section=y if placing the template in a particular section. To specify the month tagged for the categories that sort articles by month, type |issue=ఏప్రిల్ 2025

Cleanup

General cleanup

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

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{cleanup}} category links talk edit	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. Use the reason parameter: cleanup|reason= to specify issues identified (it may be a link to comments on the talk page).
{{cleanup AfD}} category links talk edit	మూస:Cleanup AfD Use this tag where an AFD discussion closes with a consensus of "keep and cleanup."
{{cleanup-remainder}} category links talk edit	మూస:Cleanup-remainder Use this tag where the remaining sections of an article need cleanup.
{{cleanup-rewrite}} category links talk edit	Use this tag where the whole article needs extensive revision.

Copy editing

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

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{copy edit}} category links talk edit
{{copy edit-section}} category links talk edit

Cleanup of specific subjects

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

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{CIA}} category links talk edit	మూస:CIA
{{cleanup Congress Bio}} category links talk edit	మూస:Cleanup Congress Bio
{{cleanup-book}} category links talk edit	మూస:Cleanup-book
{{cleanup-film}} category links talk edit	మూస:Cleanup-film
{{cleanup-school}} category links talk edit	మూస:Cleanup-school
{{cleanup-university}} category links talk edit	మూస:Cleanup-university
{{game guide}} category links talk edit	మూస:Game guide
{{local}} category links talk edit	మూస:Local
{{metricate}} category links talk edit
{{USRD-wrongdir}} category links talk edit	మూస:USRD-wrongdir

Fiction

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{all plot}} category links talk edit
{{fiction}} category links talk edit	This is not for factual or accuracy disputes.
{{in-universe}} category links talk edit	See template documentation for list of topic-specific sub-templates.
{{plot}} category links talk edit

Inline with article text

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{need-IPA}} category links talk edit	మూస:Need-IPA

Style of writing

See also: WP:Five pillars and WP:What Wikipedia is not

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{abbreviations}} category links talk edit
{{advert}} category links talk edit
{{peacock}} category links talk edit
{{buzzword}} category links talk edit	మూస:Buzzword
{{cleanup-tense}} category links talk edit	మూస:Cleanup-tense
{{crystal}} category links talk edit
{{debate}} category links talk edit
{{editorial}} category links talk edit
{{essay-like}} category links talk edit
{{howto}} category links talk edit	మూస:Howto
{{inappropriate person}} category links talk edit	మూస:Inappropriate person
{{like resume}} category links talk edit
{{news release}} category links talk edit	మూస:News release
{{news release section}} category links talk edit	మూస:News release section
{{obituary}} category links talk edit	మూస:Obituary
{{pro and con list}} category links talk edit	మూస:Pro and con list
{{repetition}} category links talk edit	మూస:Repetition
{{review}} category links talk edit	మూస:Review
{{story}} category links talk edit
{{technical}} category links talk edit
{{tone}} category links talk edit
{{travel guide}} category links talk edit
{{over-quotation}} category links talk edit	మూస:Over-quotation

Structure, formatting, and sections

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{cleanup-reorganize}} category links talk edit
{{condense}} category links talk edit
{{duplication}} category links talk edit	మూస:Duplication
{{importance-section}} category links talk edit	మూస:Importance-section
{{overcoloured}} category links talk edit	మూస:Overcoloured Add "|US=yes" to adjust spelling for United States English articles
{{sections}} category links talk edit
{{spacing}} links talk edit	మూస:Spacing
{{too many see alsos}} category links talk edit	మూస:Too many see alsos
{{trivia}} links talk edit
{{very long}} links talk edit

Introduction

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{inadequate lead}} category links talk edit
{{lead missing}} category links talk edit
{{lead rewrite}} category links talk edit
{{lead too long}} category links talk edit
{{lead too short}} category links talk edit
{{POV-lead}} category links talk edit

Potentially unwanted content

See also: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not

Message boxes

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{cleanup-spam}} category links talk edit	మూస:Cleanup-spam
{{cleanup red links}} category links talk edit
{{cleanup-list}} category links talk edit	మూస:Cleanup-list For use in articles or sections where potentially unwanted lists need to be salvaged before being deleted
{{close paraphrasing}} category links talk edit
{{copypaste}} category links talk edit
{{criticism section}} category links talk edit	మూస:Criticism section
{{external links}} category links talk edit
{{further reading cleanup}} category links talk edit	మూస:Further reading cleanup
{{in popular culture}} category links talk edit	మూస:In popular culture
{{MOS}} category links talk edit	మూస:MOS
{{non-free}} category links talk edit
{{overlinked}} category links talk edit	మూస:Overlinked
{{schedule}} category links talk edit	మూస:Schedule
{{trivia}} category links talk edit

Inline with article text

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{spam link}} category links talk edit	మూస:Spam link
{{peacock-inline}} links talk edit	For a peacock term in an article మూస:Peacock-inline
{{weasel-inline}} links talk edit	For weasel words మూస:Weasel-inline

Context and detail

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{context}} category links talk edit
{{generalize}} category links talk edit	మూస:Generalize
{{over detailed}} category links talk edit	మూస:Over detailed
{{specific}} category links talk edit	మూస:Specific
{{time-context}} category links talk edit

Off-topic

Articles occasionally contain content which is otherwise valid, but appears unrelated to the nominal topic of the article. However, such stray may be subject of interpretation and must not lead to common understanding.

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{off-topic}} category links talk edit	మూస:Off-topic Also takes "other article" parameter

Expand and add

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{biblio}} category links talk edit	మూస:Biblio Place {{biblio|date=ఏప్రిల్ 2025}} at the head of the relevant section(s).
{{cleanup-biography}} category links talk edit	మూస:Cleanup-biography
{{expand section}} category links talk edit	When calling this template, you may pass it a parameter. A template call like {{expand section|examples and additional citations}} generates: "This section requires expansion with: examples and additional citations."
{{formula missing descriptions}} category links talk edit	మూస:Formula missing descriptions
{{ISBN}} category links talk edit	ISBN article Place {{ISBN|date=ఏప్రిల్ 2025}} at the head of the relevant section(s). Remember that books published before 1974 may not have ISBNs (though more recent editions should).
{{kmposts}} category links talk edit	మూస:Kmposts Place above road junction lists that do not contain kilometreposts.
{{mileposts}} category links talk edit	మూస:Mileposts Place above road junction lists that do not contain mileposts.
{{Lacking overview}} category links talk edit	మూస:Lacking overview
{{Missing information}} category links talk edit	When calling this template, you must pass it a parameter. A template call like {{Missing information|why bananas are yellow}} generates "This article is missing information about why bananas are yellow."

Expert needed

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{expert-subject}} category links talk edit	Before adding this template, start a section on the article discussion page describing what you wish the expert to address, and put the section name in the |talk= parameter. {{Expert-talk}} may be used on the talk page for this purpose.

Time-sensitive

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{recently revised}} category links talk edit	మూస:Recently revised
{{time-context}} category links talk edit
{{update}} category links talk edit
{{update|inaccurate=y}} category

Inline with article text

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{update after}} category links talk edit	For facts that need updating now or at a specific future date
{{update inline}} links talk edit	For facts that need updating మూస:Update inline
{{clarify timeframe}} links talk edit	For tagging WP:DATED problems
{{who}} links talk edit	For something that needs an attribution
{{qn}} links talk edit	For something that needs a quotation మూస:Qn

Contradiction and confusion

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{confusing}} category links talk edit	Use this tag in articles that need broad cleanup to eliminate confusion and discrepancies.
{{contradict}} links talk edit
{{contradict-other}} links talk edit
{{contradict-other-multiple}} links talk edit	మూస:Contradict-other-multiple Use this for specific sentences which contradict themselves or a nearby sentence.
{{incoherent}} links talk edit
{{misleading}} category links talk edit	మూస:Misleading Use this tag when the article is not factually wrong, but leads the reader to draw incorrect conclusions.
{{unclear date}} category links talk edit	మూస:Unclear date

Inline with article text

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{contradiction-inline}} category links talk edit	మూస:Contradiction-inline Use this for specific sentences which contradict themselves or a nearby sentence.
{{expand acronym}} links talk edit	మూస:Expand acronym Use this to mark acronyms and abbreviations that are not written in full at first occurrence.
{{inconsistent}} category links talk edit	మూస:Inconsistent Use this to mark statements that are inconsistent with other parts of the article.
{{vague}} category links talk edit	Use this for specific sentences needing clarification.

Content forks

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{bad summary}} category links talk edit	మూస:Bad summary

Importance and notability

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

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{notability}} category links talk edit	An optional parameter can be added to specify the applicable guideline; e.g.: {{notability|biographies}}, {{notability|fiction}}. See the template documentation for a list of supported values.

Neutrality and factual accuracy

See also: WP:Neutral point of view and WP:Verifiability

Message boxes

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{autobiography}} category links talk edit
{{cherry picked}} category links talk edit	మూస:Cherry picked
{{coat rack}} category links talk edit	మూస:Coat rack
{{COI}} category links talk edit	మూస:COI
{{disputed}} category links talk edit
{{disputed-section}} category links talk edit
{{excessive advocacy}} category links talk edit	మూస:Excessive advocacy
{{geographical imbalance}} links talk edit	మూస:Geographical imbalance
{{globalize}} category links talk edit
{{peacock}} category links talk edit
{{POV}} category links talk edit
{{POV-check}} category links talk edit
{{POV-lead}} category links talk edit
{{POV-section}} category links talk edit
{{POV-title}} category links talk edit
{{recentism}} category links talk edit
{{unbalanced}} category links talk edit
{{undue}} category links talk edit
{{weasel}} category links talk edit

Inline with article text

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{clarify}} links talk edit
{{dubious}} links talk edit
{{editorializing}} links talk edit	మూస:Editorializing
{{lopsided}} links talk edit
{{or}} links talk edit
{{POV-statement}} links talk edit
{{undue-inline}} links talk edit	మూస:Undue-inline
{{when}} links talk edit	For ambiguous or vague time references of various kinds.
{{who}} links talk edit	For weasel words ("Many say..." Some people think...")
{{whom?}} links talk edit	For weasel words ("It was said..." It was thought...") మూస:Whom?

Verifiability and sources

See also: WP:Verifiability, WP:No original research, WP:Identifying reliable sources, and WP:Citing sources

Categories

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{cat improve}} category links talk edit	మూస:Cat improve
{{category unsourced}} category links talk edit	మూస:Category unsourced
{{Disputed-category}} category links talk edit
{{Check category}} category links talk edit	మూస:Check category
{{recategorize}} category links talk edit	మూస:Recategorize
{{uncategorized}} category links talk edit	Place this at the bottom of an uncategorized article/category if you are unsure of which categories apply.
{{uncategorized stub}} category links talk edit	మూస:Uncategorized stub 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.

Images

For tips on requesting images see: WP:Requested pictures.

See also: Help:Files and WP:Image use policy

• For template messages related to the clean up of images, see: Wikipedia:Template messages/File namespace#Image format and quality.

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{cleanup-gallery}} links talk edit
{{cleanup-images}} category links talk edit
{{image requested}} links talk edit	మూస:Image requested This template should be used on talk pages. Please add one or more subject categories into the template. Use of= to add detailed information on the request. Use in= to define locations.
{{reqdiagram}} links talk edit	మూస:Reqdiagram This template should be used on talk pages.
{{reqmap}} links talk edit	మూస:Reqmap This template should be used on talk pages.
{{too many photos}} category links talk edit

Lists

See also: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{cleanup-list}} category links talk edit	మూస:Cleanup-list For use in non-list articles or sections where potentially unwanted lists need to be salvaged before being deleted
{{cleanup-laundry}} category links talk edit	మూస:Cleanup-laundry For use in non-list articles where too much of the content is composed of lists.
{{create-list}} category links talk edit	మూస:Create-list Use this tag where an article needs to be changed into list format.
{{disputed-list}} category links talk edit	మూస:Disputed-list To identify a list on Wikipedia that has content whose truth, factual nature, and/or relevance to the topic is in dispute.
{{example farm}} category links talk edit	మూస:Example farm For use in non-list articles where too much of the content is composed of "examples", "references in popular culture", and the like.
{{famous}} category links talk edit	మూస:Famous For use in articles with unclear criteria for a list of "famous" or "notable" persons.
{{famous players}} category links talk edit	మూస:Famous players For use in articles with unclear criteria for a list of "famous" or "notable" sports persons.
{{fictionrefs}} category links talk edit	మూస: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 the 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.)
{{in popular culture}} category links talk edit	మూస:In popular culture 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.)
{{list to table}} category links talk edit	మూస:List to table For use where lists could be better presented as tables.
{{MOSLOW}} category links talk edit	మూస:MOSLOW Use this tag where a list of works is in reverse-chronological order or otherwise contravenes the WP:Manual of Style (lists of works).
{{prose}} category links talk edit	Use this tag where a list needs cleanup.

Wiki tech

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

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{cleanup-HTML}} category links talk edit	మూస:Cleanup-HTML If the article needs HTML changed into wiki-markup
{{cleanup-lang}} category links talk edit	If the article has non-English text but lacks {{Lang}} template(s)
{{dead end}} category links talk edit	Use this to mark articles or sections that completely lack internal links.
{{underlinked}} category links talk edit	Use this to mark articles or sections with too few internal links.
{{disambiguation cleanup}} category links talk edit	మూస:Disambiguation cleanup Use this for disambiguation pages not written according to the style in WP:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages). Replace {{disambiguation}} with this.
{{incoming links}} category links talk edit	మూస:Incoming links Use this to mark disambiguation pages with a large amount of incoming links.
{{more-specific-links}} links talk edit	మూస:More-specific-links Use this on a page with general links that should be more specific.
{{orphan}} category links talk edit	Use this for articles that aren't linked to from any other pages.
{{uncategorized}} category links talk edit	Place this at the bottom of an uncategorized article/category if you are unsure of which categories apply.

Infobox needed

See also: Category:Infobox templates

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{infobox requested}} category links talk edit	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.
{{newinfobox}} category links talk edit	మూస:Newinfobox This template should be used on talk pages.
{{single infobox request}} category links talk edit	మూస:Single infobox request This template should be used on talk pages.

Infobox cleanup needed

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{cleanup-infobox}} category links talk edit

Other article tags

There are also tags available for:

• merging articles;
• moving articles;
• splitting articles; and
• translation of articles.

See also

• Wikipedia:Responsible tagging
• Wikipedia:Tagging pages for problems
• Wikipedia:Twinkle
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types

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