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The following tags should be added to the articles needing cleanup, not to their talk pages. Unless otherwise noted, they should be placed at the tops of articles.

Shortcut:
WP:TC
WP:TM/CLEAN

Some tags have alternate versions that apply to situations of greater specificity.

Contents

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Cleanup — general

Tag Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{cleanup}}


(category)
To meet Wikipedia's quality standards, this article or 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.
  • This applies to general problems not addressed by other tags.
  • In the future, please use cleanup-date, below, instead.
{{cleanup-date|March 2006}}


(category)
To meet Wikipedia's quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup.
See rationale on the talk page, or replace this tag with a more specific message. Editing help is available.
This article has been tagged since March 2006.
  • This applies to general problems not addressed by other tags.
  • Please do not use this in combination with the more specific cleanup tags.
  • Please replace "March 2006" with the appropriate month and year. Note that there is a space between them.
{{cleanup-remainder|March 2006}}


(category)
To meet Wikipedia's quality standards, the remainder of this article 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.
This article has been tagged since March 2006.
  • Use this tag where the remaining sections of an article need cleanup.
  • Please replace "March 2006" with the appropriate month and year. Note the space between the month and the year.
{{cleanup-list}}


(category)
To meet Wikipedia's quality standards, this list may require cleanup.
This list is poorly defined, permanently incomplete, or has become unverifiable or an indiscriminate list or repository of loosely associated topics.
If you are familiar with it, please redefine the list, complete it, prune it, or discuss its parameters on the talk page.
  • Use this tag where a list needs cleanup.
{{cleanup-image}}


(category)
To meet Wikipedia's quality standards, this image may require cleanup.
Please see our picture tutorial and image use policy for further information. Image help is available.
  • This should be used for images that have artifacts, poor definition, poor lighting, or other visual flaws.
  • Many of these images may need to be replaced entirely. Try listing on Wikipedia:Image recreation requests.
{{disambig-cleanup}}


(category)
This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page.
Note: This page needs to be cleaned up to be brought into conformance with the Manual of Style. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation for more information
  • Use this for disambiguation pages not written in according to the style in MoS:DP.
  • Replace the normal {{disambig}} template at the bottom with this.
{{Redlinks}}


(category}
To meet Wikipedia's quality standards, this article may require removal of its excessive redlinks.
Please remove redlinks which are not suitable topics for articles by editing this page.
See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions.
  • Use this for articles which have excessive redlinks, which will require either creating the redlinked articles or removing the [[]] around the link. Note that you should only remove redlinks that refer to topics that would not make a good article; a large number of legitimate redlinks is acceptable.
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Cleanup — specific issues

Tag Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{abbreviations}}


(category)
To meet Wikipedia's quality standards and be more accessible to a general audience, this article or section may require cleanup.
This article or section uses abbreviations that may be confusing or ambiguous. Please edit it to disambiguate or clarify the abbreviations, or discuss changes on the talk page. See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions.
{{advert}}


(category)
To meet Wikipedia's quality standards and conform with our NPOV policy, this article or section may require cleanup.
The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. Please discuss this issue on the talk page. Editing help is available.
{{citation style}}


(category)
The references in this article would be clearer with a different style of citation, footnoting or external linking. Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page for further details.
{{confusing}}


(category)
To meet Wikipedia's quality standards and make it easier to understand, this article or section may require cleanup.
This article or section may be confusing for some readers, and should be edited to be clearer.
Please improve the article, or discuss the issue on the talk page.
{{context}}


(category)
To meet Wikipedia's quality standards and make it more accessible to a general audience, this article may require cleanup.
The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter.
Please help Wikipedia by improving the introduction according to the guidelines laid out at Wikipedia:Guide to layout. You can discuss the issue on the talk page.
{{contradict}}


(category)
This article appears to contradict itself.
Please improve the article or discuss the issue on the talk page.


{{copyedit}}


(category)
This article needs copy editing (checking for proper spelling, grammar, usage, tone, style, and voice).
You can help by editing it now. A guide is available, as is general editing help.
{{diagram needed}}


(category)
A diagram is needed here.


Place this notice in the article at each point where a diagram should be inserted. Preferred usage is to include a description of the needed diagram. For example, including {{diagram needed|to illustrate the operation of a steam engine}} produces the following.


A diagram is needed here to illustrate the operation of a steam engine.

See the template talk page for a description of other alternate usages.
{{fiction}}


(category)
To meet Wikipedia's quality standards and to make a clear distinction between fact and fiction, this article may require cleanup.
Please edit it according to the guidelines regarding fiction, and discuss this issue on the talk page. Editing help is available.
  • This does not cover factual or accuracy disputes.
{{globalize}}


(category)
The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view.
Please improve the article or discuss the issue on the talk page.
{{importance}}


(category)
This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter.
If you are familiar with it, please expand the article, or discuss its significance on the talk page.
{{inappropriate person}}


(category)
To meet Wikipedia's quality standards, this article may require cleanup.
This article may be excessively, unnecessarily, or inappropriately using first or second grammatical persons, violating the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. Please improve the article or discuss proposed changes on the talk page. See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions.
{{inappropriate tone}}


(category)
To meet Wikipedia's quality standards, this article may require cleanup.
This article may not be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. Please improve the article or discuss proposed changes on the talk page. See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions.
{{intro length}}


(category)
To meet Wikipedia's quality standards, this article may require cleanup.
The introduction to this article is too long. Please help Wikipedia by improving the introduction according to the guidelines at Wikipedia:Guide to layout, moving some material from the introduction into the body of the article.
{{music-importance}}


(category)
This article about a musical group, band, singer, musician, album, or song does not make it clear whether the subject meets the WikiProject Music criteria for importance. For guidelines see the Wikipedia music notability guidelines.
If you have the relevant information, please expand the article to include it, or cite sources on the article's talk page.
{{not verified}}


(category)
This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. If you are familiar with the subject matter, please check for inaccuracies and modify as needed, citing sources.
{{off-topic}}


(category)
To meet Wikipedia's quality standards, this section may require cleanup.
The following section may stray from the article's topic.
Please improve the section, or see the relevant discussion on the talk page.
{{Expert}}


(category)
This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.
Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself if you can.
{{Update}}


(category)
This article needs to be updated.
Parts of this article have been identified as no longer being up to date. Please update the article to reflect recent events, and remove this template when finished.
{{cleanup-rewrite}}


(category)
This article needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page.
{{cleanup-english}}


(category)
This article needs copy editing (checking for proper spelling, grammar, usage, tone, style, and voice).
You can help by editing it now. A guide is available, as is general editing help.
{{PotentialVanity}}


(category)
This page may be a user page mistakenly created as an article.
Because Wikipedia is an effort to create an encyclopedia, its content is restricted to materials that are appropriate for an encyclopedia, in which case this page may qualify for deletion as a vanity page. If the creator of this page is a new user, and would like to keep this information posted on Wikipedia, the information in this article can be transferred to the User page of their account. If you feel the page is notable, please discuss the matter on its talk page.
{{technical}}


(category)
To meet Wikipedia's quality standards and make it more accessible, this article needs a better explanation of technical details or more context regarding applications or importance to make it more accessible to a general audience, or at least to technical readers outside this specialty. Please help expand it without removing the technical details. Additional rationale may be on this talk page.
This template is misplaced. It belongs on the talk page: Wikipedia talk:Template messages/Cleanup.


  • This template contains the {{Check talk}} template, and should be placed on Talk pages. Please do not remove it from this page.
{{uncategorized}}


(category)
This article belongs in one or more categories. Please categorize this article to list it with similar topics.
  • Place this at the bottom of an uncategorized article, but only if you are unsure of which categories apply.
{{wikify}}


(category)
This article or section needs to be wikified. Please format this article according to the guidelines laid out at Wikipedia:Guide to layout. Please remove this template after wikifying.
  • If the article needs reformatting to be more readable
  • If the article needs HTML changed into wikitext
  • If important words need to be linked to appropriate Wikipedia articles
{{Sections}}


(category)
This article needs sections.
Please format the article according to the guidelines laid out at
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings).
{{citecheck}}


(category)
This article or section contains inappropriate citations. References cited may not support the claims of the text. Please improve the article or discuss the issue on the talk page.
  • For quotes used out of context, references to unrelated material, and other misuse of citations.
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Cleanup — miscellaneous

Tag Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{CIA}}


(category)
To meet Wikipedia's quality standards, this article may require rewriting and/or reformatting.
The current version of the article was imported from the CIA World Factbook. Please discuss this issue on the talk page. Editing help is available.
{{Cleanup Congress Bio}}


(category)
To meet Wikipedia's quality standards, this article may require rewriting and/or reformatting.
The current version of the article was imported in part or in full from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Please discuss this issue on the talk page. Editing help is available.
{{cleanup-school}}


(category)

This article is related to the WikiProject Schools, an attempt to write quality articles about schools around the world. You can discuss the project at its talk page.

 This article needs more information. See guidelines for school articles for suggestions. If you have the relevant information, please include it in the article. At a minimum, the article should provide context about the school's location and school system (if it has one). Also consider merging it into another related article.


{{RRevised}}


(category)
This article or section recently underwent a major revision or rewrite and needs further review. You can help!
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Controversy

See Wikipedia:Template messages/Disputes.

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Copyright violations

See Wikipedia:Template messages/Maintenance#Copyright violations and Wikipedia:Boilerplate request for permission.

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Merging and splitting

The following tags should be placed atop the articles or sections to which they refer.

Tag Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{split}}


(category)
Image:Split-arrows.gif It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. (Discuss)
  • Place this at the top of an article for which a split into two or more new articles is proposed.
{{splitsection}} or {{splitsection|NEW TITLE}}


(category)
It has been suggested that this section be split into a new article. (Discuss)

It has been suggested that this section be split into a new article entitled NEW TITLE. (Discuss)
  • Place this at the top of a section for which a split into a new article is proposed.
  • Optionally, you may include a suggested title for the new article as a parameter: {{splitsection|NEW TITLE}}
{{merge|OTHER ITEM}}


(category)
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with OTHER ITEM. (Discuss)
  • Place this at the top of both articles or sections that are to be merged. Use the other item's name as the parameter. A link will be generated automatically.
  • If it is known which article or section is to receive the merged material, use the tags {{mergeto|DEST ITEM}} and {{mergefrom|SOURCE ITEM}} (or one of the sectional variants) instead.
{{mergeto|DEST ITEM}}


(category)
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into DEST ITEM. (Discuss)
  • Place this at the top of the article or section that is to have its content transferred to another page.
  • If the proposed source is an entire article, place the tag {{mergefrom|SOURCE ARTICLE}} at the top of the article or section that is to receive the merged material.
  • If the proposed source is one specific section of article, place the tag {{mergesection||SOURCE ARTICLE|SOURCE SECTION}} at the top of the article or section that is to receive the merged material.
  • If proposing that multiple sections of a single article (but not the entire article) be merged into another article, place the tag {{mergesections|SOURCE ARTICLE}} at the top of the article or section that is to receive the merged material.
  • Consider adding new material to the article or section that is the parameter of this tag (i.e. DEST ITEM), instead of the article or section that contains this template message.
  • If it is not known which article or section is to receive the merged material, use the tag {{merge|OTHER ITEM}} instead.
{{mergefrom|SOURCE ARTICLE}}


(category)
It has been suggested that SOURCE ARTICLE be merged into this article or section. (Discuss)
  • If the proposed source is an entire article, place this at the top of the article or section that is to receive the merged material.
  • Place the tag {{mergeto|DEST ITEM}} at the top of the source article or section.
  • If a merger of multiple articles into a single page is being proposed, include a list of all source articles (formatted as links) as the parameter, but omit the opening square brackets of the first article and the closing square brackets of the last article, so that the result is formatted as a proper list of links.
  • If it is not known which article or section is to receive the merged material, use the tag {{merge|OTHER ITEM}} instead.
{{mergesection|SOURCE ARTICLE|SOURCE SECTION}}


(category)
It has been suggested that the section SOURCE SECTION from the article SOURCE ARTICLE be merged into this article or section. (Discuss)
  • If the proposed source is one specific section of an article, place this at the top of the article or section that is to receive the merged material.
  • Place the tag {{mergeto|DEST ITEM}} at the top of the source article or section.
  • If it is not known which article or section is to receive the merged material, use the tag {{merge|OTHER ITEM}} instead.
{{mergesections|SOURCE ARTICLE}}


(category)
It has been suggested that multiple sections of SOURCE ARTICLE be merged into this article or section. (Discuss)
  • If proposing that multiple sections of a single article (but not the entire article) be merged into another article, place this at the top of the article or section that is to receive the merged material.
  • Place the tag {{mergeto|DEST ITEM}} at the top of the each source section.
  • If it is not known which article or section is to receive the merged material, use the tag {{merge|OTHER ITEM}} instead.
{{mergesectionto|DEST ITEM}}


(category)
It has been suggested that this section be merged into DEST ITEM. (Discuss)
  • Use this tag at the top of the source section.
  • Place the tag {{mergefrom|SOURCE ARTICLE}} at the top of the destination article (use article#section for the source article, to specify the section).
{{merging|DEST ITEM}}


(category)
Image:Merge-arrow.gif This article is in the process of being merged into DEST ITEM, and may be outdated.

If necessary, please edit only the article mentioned above, as this article's content may be turned into a redirect.

Please see the relevant discussion on this article's talk page and/or the destination article's talk page.
  • Place this at the top of a source article for which a merger has begun (but has not yet been completed).
{{mergedisputed|OTHER ITEM}}


(category)
Image:Mergedisputed.gif It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with OTHER ITEM, but this suggestion is disputed. (Discuss)
  • Use this template if there is a dispute as to whether or not two articles should be merged.
  • Place this at the top of both articles or sections that are to be merged. Use the other item's name as the parameter. A link will be generated automatically.
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Moving

The following tags are to be used for, during, and after proposing a move on WP:RM.

Tag Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{move|NEW TITLE}} or {{moveoptions}}


(category)

It has been proposed below that Template messages/Cleanup be renamed and moved to NEW TITLE.

The proposed move has been noted at Wikipedia:Requested moves. If a clear consensus for the page move has been reached, please move the article and remove this notice, or request further assistance (if necessary).
Maintenance Use Only: {{subst:WP:RM|Template messages/Cleanup|NEW TITLE|}} -- ~~~~ {{moveoptions}}

This template is misplaced. It belongs on the talk page: Wikipedia talk:Template messages/Cleanup.


It has been proposed that Template messages/Cleanup be renamed and moved somewhere else, with the name being decided below.
The discussion has been noted at Wikipedia:Requested moves – when there is a clear consensus please move the article and remove the notice, or request further assistance there if necessary.
Maintenance Use Only: {{subst:WP:RM|Template messages/Cleanup|?|}} -- ~~~~ {{move|?}}

This template is misplaced. It belongs on the talk page: Wikipedia talk:Template messages/Cleanup.
  • Place these at the top of a Talk page of an article that has a proposed move. Do not remove them from this page.
  • Optionally, you may include a suggested title for the new article as a parameter: {{move|NEW TITLE}}
{{subst:moved}} This article has been renamed as the result of a move request.
{{subst:moved-n||OLD PAGE|NEW PAGE}} This article has been renamed from OLD PAGE to NEW PAGE as the result of a move request.
{{subst:WP:RM||OLD PAGE|NEW PAGE|REASON}}
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 put four tildes (~~~~) after it.
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Moving to other projects

The following templates should be placed atop articles.

Tag Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{Move to Wiktionary}}


(category)

This page is a candidate to be copied to Wiktionary using the Transwiki process.
The information in this article appears to be more suited for a dictionary rather than an encyclopedia. Wikipedia is not a dictionary, but Wiktionary is. Please verify that this article meets the Wiktionary criteria for inclusion. If this article can be modified to be more than a dictionary entry, please do so and remove this message.
{{Move to Wikiquote}}


(category)

This page is a candidate to be copied to Wikiquote.
If the page can be expanded into an encyclopedic article, rather than a list of quotes, please do so and remove this message. Otherwise, you can help by formatting it per the Wikiquote guidelines in preparation for the move.
{{Move to Wikisource}}


(category)

This page is a candidate to be copied to Wikisource.
If the page can be edited into an encyclopedic article, rather than merely a copy of the source text, please do so and remove this message. Otherwise, you can help by formatting it per the Wikisource guidelines in preparation for the move.
{{Move to Wikibooks}}


(category)

This page is a candidate to be copied to Wikibooks.
If the page can be re-written into an encyclopedic article, please do so and remove this message.

Before you move this content to Wikibooks, verify that it conforms to Wikibooks policies of acceptable content at What is Wikibooks?. Often content unacceptable to Wikipedia may not be acceptable on Wikibooks as well.

You should also follow Transwiki guidelines when transfering content and move the article into the transwiki namespace on Wikibooks, entering a log entry at wikibooks:Wikibooks:Transwiki log to let the people at Wikibooks know that you have new content on Wikibooks. Failure to follow these guidelines may result in the content transfered to Wikibooks to simply be deleted as vandalism and spam.
{{Move to Wikibooks Cookbook}}


(category)

This page is a candidate to be copied to the Wikibooks Cookbook.
If the page can be edited into an encyclopedic article, rather than simply a recipe, please do so and remove this message. Otherwise, you can help by formatting it per the Wikibooks guidelines in preparation for the move.
{{Move to Wikimedia Commons}}


(category)

This page is a candidate to be moved to the Wikimedia Commons.
Wikipedia is not a collection of photographs or media files with no text to go with the articles. If you are interested in presenting a picture, please provide an encyclopedic context. You may also want to consider changing this page's title to better suit an encyclopedia entry.
{{NowCommons|SAMPLE NAME}}


(category)
Commons
 This picture/multimedia file is now available on Wikimedia Commons as SAMPLE NAME.
Note: if the file on the Commons has the same name use {{NowCommonsThis}} or {{NCT}}


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Stubs

See Wikipedia:Stub.

Unlike cleanup tags, stub tags should be added at the bottom of the article.

It is possible to use {{stub}}, but if you have time to find the correct topical stub tag instead, please do so.

Topical stub tags are listed on Wikipedia:Template messages/Stubs and shown in the stub categories.

Example:

 This computer-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
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Translations and pronunciations

Tag Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{notenglish}}


(category)
This article needs translation.
Please see its entry on Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English for discussion. If the article is not rewritten in English within the next two weeks, it will be listed for deletion.
If you have just labeled this page as needing translation, please add a link to it on Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English.
{{cleanup-translation}}


(category)
This article has been translated, and needs attention from someone approaching dual fluency.
Please see its entry on Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English for discussion.
If you have just labeled this page as needing such attention, please add a link to it on Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English.
  • 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|LANGUAGE}}


(category)
This article is a rough translation of an article in LANGUAGE.
It may have been generated by a computer or by a translator with limited proficiency in English or the original language. Feel free to enhance the translation. For reference, the original article may appear under "LANGUAGE" in the "other languages" list.
{{cleanup-ipa}}


(category)
ə This article contains nonstandard pronunciation information which should be rewritten using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Please see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (pronunciation) for help.


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