විකිපීඩියා:Template index/Cleanup

"WP:TC" මෙතැනට යළියොමුවෙයි. WikiProject Tropical cyclones සඳහා, WP:WPTC බලන්න. the Wikipedia Triple Crown සඳහා, WP:CROWN බලන්න.

general help on tagging pages සඳහා, Wikipedia:Tagging pages for problems බලන්න

මෙම ලිපියේ අඩංගු කරුණු සැකෙවින්: Add template messages to inform readers and editors of specific problems with articles or sections. Do not use them as a badge of shame.

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 result in the problem being fixed, 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=අප්‍රේල් 2024.

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.

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=අප්‍රේල් 2024

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|article}} 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 to specify issues identified (it may be a link to comments on the talk page).
{{cleanup AfD}} category links talk edit	Use this tag where an AFD discussion closes with a consensus of "keep and cleanup."
{{cleanup-remainder}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Cleanup-remainder Use this tag where the remaining sections of an article need cleanup.
{{cleanup-rewrite|article}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Cleanup-rewrite 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|article}} category links talk edit
{{copy edit-section}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Copy edit-section

Cleanup of specific subjects

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

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

Fiction

මේවාත් බලන්න: WP:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)

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

Inline with article text

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

Style of writing

මේවාත් බලන්න: WP:Five pillars සහ WP:What Wikipedia is not

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

Structure, formatting and sections

මේවාත් බලන්න: Help:Section, WP:Manual of Style (headings), සහ WP:Manual of Style (layout)

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{cleanup-reorganize|article}} category links talk edit
{{condense|article}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Condense
{{duplication}} category links talk edit
{{importance-section}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Importance-section
{{section-diffuse}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Section-diffuse
{{sections}} category links talk edit
{{spacing}} links talk edit
{{too many see alsos}} category links talk edit
{{trivia}} links talk edit
{{very long}} links talk edit

Introduction

මේවාත් බලන්න: WP:Manual of Style (lead section)

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

Potentially unwanted content

මේවාත් බලන්න: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not

Message boxes

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

Context and detail

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{context|article}} category links talk edit
{{generalize}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Generalize
{{over detailed}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Over detailed
{{specific}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Specific
{{time-context|article|that may not be current but does not specify a time period.}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Time-context

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	Also takes "other article" parameter

Expand and add

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{biblio}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Biblio Place {{biblio|date=අප්‍රේල් 2024}} at the head of the relevant section(s).
{{cleanup-biography}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Cleanup-biography
{{expand section}} category links talk edit	First argument is added to description: {{expand-section|examples}} ? "...by expanding this section with examples"
{{expand further}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Expand further
{{formula missing descriptions}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Formula missing descriptions
{{ISBN|article}} category links talk edit	ISBN article  Place {{ISBN|date=අප්‍රේල් 2024}} 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	සැකිල්ල:Kmposts Place above road junction lists that do not contain kilometreposts.
{{mileposts}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Mileposts Place above road junction lists that do not contain mileposts.
{{Lacking overview}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Lacking overview
{{missing information|something}} category links talk edit	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.

Expert needed

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{expert-subject|PROJECTNAME|article}} links talk edit	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|PROJECTNAME1|PROJECTNAME2|PROJECTNAME3}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Expert-subject-multiple 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.

Time-sensitive

මේවාත් බලන්න: WP:Manual of Style (dates and numbers) සහ Category:Temporal templates

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{out of date|article}} category links talk edit
{{recently revised|article}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Recently revised
{{time-context|article|that may not be current but does not specify the time period.}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Time-context
{{update}} category links talk edit

Inline with article text

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{update after|2024|1|1}} 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 සැකිල්ල:Update inline
{{clarify timeframe}} links talk edit	For tagging WP:DATED problems සැකිල්ල:Clarify timeframe
{{who}} links talk edit	For something that needs an attribution
{{qn}} links talk edit	For something that needs a quotation

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	සැකිල්ල:Contradict
{{contradict-other}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Contradict-other
{{contradict-other-multiple|example|illustration}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Contradict-other-multiple Use this for specific sentences which contradict themselves or a nearby sentence.
{{incoherent}} links talk edit
{{misleading}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Misleading Use this tag when the article is not factually wrong, but leads the reader to draw incorrect conclusions.
{{unclear date|අප්‍රේල් 2024}} category links talk edit

Inline with article text

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

මේවාත් බලන්න: WP:Neutral point of view, WP:Dispute resolution, සහ WP:Verifiability

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
{{lopsided}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Lopsided
{{or}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Or
{{POV-statement}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:POV-statement
{{undue-inline}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල: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...") සැකිල්ල:Whom?

Verifiability and sources

මේවාත් බලන්න: WP:Verifiability, WP:No original research, WP:Identifying reliable sources, සහ WP:Citing sources

Message boxes

• For quotations used out of context, references to unrelated material, and other misuse of citations.
• Message boxes may be used at the top of an article, or in a specific section of an article.
• Individual message boxes may be combined.

Individual message boxes: Biographies of living persons

Tag	Individual message boxes, text that will be shown, and usage notes. (Boxes for both the top of an article, or a specific section of an article)
{{BLP IMDb refimprove}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:BLP IMDb refimprove
{{BLP primary sources}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:BLP primary sources
{{BLP self-published}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:BLP self-published
{{BLP sources}} category links talk edit
{{BLP sources section}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:BLP sources section
{{BLP unsourced}} category links talk edit
{{BLP unsourced section}} category links talk edit

Individual message boxes: Issues with citations and sources

Tag	Individual message boxes, text that will be shown, and usage notes. (Boxes for both the top of an article, or a specific section of an article)
{{cite check|article}} category links talk edit
{{cite check section|section}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Cite check section
{{excessive citations|article}} category links talk edit
{{media IMDb refimprove}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Media IMDb refimprove
{{more citations needed|article}} category links talk edit
{{more citations needed section}} category links talk edit
{{More medical citations needed}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:More medical citations needed
{{more science citations needed}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:More science citations needed
{{old news|article}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Old news
{{one source|article}} category links talk edit
{{original research|article}} category links talk edit
{{primary sources|article}} category links talk edit
{{refexample}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Refexample
{{religious text primary|article}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Religious text primary
{{self-published|article}} category links talk edit
{{speculation}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Speculation
{{third-party|article}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Third-party
{{unreferenced category}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Unreferenced category
{{unreferenced|article}} category links talk edit
{{unreferenced section}} category links talk edit
{{unreliable sources|article}} category links talk edit
{{user-generated|article}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:User-generated

Individual message boxes: Issues with style or format

Tag	Individual message boxes, text that will be shown, and usage notes. (Boxes for both the top of an article, or a specific section of an article)
{{Citation style|article}} category links talk edit
{{Citations broken|article}} category links talk edit
{{Citations broken from PEIS limit|article}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Citations broken from PEIS limit
{{Cleanup bare URLs|article}} category links talk edit
{{Duplicated citations|article}} category links talk edit
{{Format footnotes|article}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Format footnotes
{{Full citations needed|article}} category links talk edit
{{Ibid|article}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Ibid
{{More footnotes needed|article}} category links talk edit
{{No footnotes|article}} category links talk edit
{{Page numbers improve|article}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Page numbers improve
{{Page numbers needed|article}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Page numbers needed

Note list

Tags inline with article text

Tag	Background info from Wikipedia namespace
{{according to whom}} links talk edit
{{additional citation needed}} links talk edit
{{attribution needed}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Attribution needed
{{better source needed}} links talk edit
{{better source needed example}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Better source needed example Links to self-sourcing examples
{{by whom}} links talk edit
{{chronology citation needed}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Chronology citation needed
{{circular reference}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Circular reference When the sources copy Wikipedia material directly
{{circular reporting}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Circular reporting For the subtler case when you suspect the sources are based on facts first published at Wikipedia, but they didn't copy it directly
{{citation needed}} links talk edit
{{citation needed span|The sun is hot.}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Citation needed span
{{clarify}} links talk edit
{{copyvio link}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Copyvio link
{{dead link}} links talk edit
{{disambiguation needed}} links talk edit
{{disputed inline}} links talk edit
{{dubious}} links talk edit
{{episode needed}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Episode needed
{{example needed}} links talk edit
{{example needed span|This is a claim that needs one or more examples.}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Example needed span
{{excessive citations inline}} category links talk edit	For abuse of citations, per Wikipedia:Citation overkill. සැකිල්ල:Excessive citations inline
{{explain}} links talk edit
{{failed verification}} links talk edit
{{full citation needed}} links talk edit
{{how}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:How
{{medical citation needed}} links talk edit
{{medical citation needed span|This is an uncited biomedical claim.}} links talk edit	This is an uncited biomedical claim.
{{nonspecific}} links talk edit
{{not verified in body}} links talk edit
{{original research inline}} links talk edit
{{page needed}} links talk edit
{{primary source inline}} links talk edit
{{quantify}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Quantify
{{quote without source}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Quote without source
{{registration required}} links talk edit	ASDAQ:INTC) increased 1.9% on news the business may form a foundry relationship with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL).Sprint Nextel Corp (NYSE:S) fell 2.1% when Stifel Nicolaus Co.In nearby Arachova and Livadi there's plenty of nightlife with numerous lively bars and restaurants.The UNESCO World Heritage site of Delphi is probably 30 minutes drive from Elatos. It ranks being among the most significant archaeological sites belonging to the ancient world. That it was home to the oracle a vey important oracle in the classical Greek world a
{{request quotation}} links talk edit
{{season needed}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Season needed
{{self-published inline}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Self-published inline
{{self-published source}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Self-published source
{{specify}} category links talk edit
{{synthesis inline}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Synthesis inline
{{third-party inline}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Third-party inline
{{unreliable medical source}} links talk edit
{{unreliable source?}} links talk edit
{{update after|2000|01|01}} links talk edit
{{user-generated inline}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:User-generated inline
{{user-generated source}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:User-generated source
{{vague|optional message}} links talk edit
{{verify quote}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Verify quote
{{verify source}} links talk edit
{{volume needed}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Volume needed
{{when}} links talk edit
{{where}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Where
{{which}} links talk edit
{{who}} links talk edit
{{whose quote}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Whose quote
{{why}} links talk edit
{{year missing}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Year missing Use when the year of publication of a source is needed
{{year needed}} links talk edit	Use when the date of an event is needed

Links for search

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{find sources|example}} links talk edit	තොරතුරු ප්‍රභව: ගූගල් (පොත් • පුවත් • scholar • නිදහස් රූප • WP refs) • FENS • JSTOR • NYT • TWL
{{search}} links talk edit

Categories

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{cat improve|article}} category links talk edit
{{category relevant?|Name of category}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Category relevant? Use if the content does not support the category at all.
{{category unsourced|Name of category}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Category unsourced Use if the content supports the category but provides no sources.
{{Disputed-category}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Disputed-category
{{Check category}} category links talk edit
{{recategorize}} category links talk edit
{{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	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.

මේවාත් බලන්න: WP:Images, WP:Picture tutorial, Help:Files, WP:Uploading images, WP:Image use policy, සහ WP:File copyright tags

• 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|article}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Cleanup-gallery
{{cleanup-images|article}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Cleanup-images
{{image requested}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල: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	This template should be used on talk pages.
{{reqmap}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Reqmap This template should be used on talk pages.
{{too many photos}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Too many photos

Lists

මේවාත් බලන්න: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{cleanup-list|article or section}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Cleanup-list For use in non-list articles or sections where potentially unwanted lists need to be salvaged before being deleted
{{cleanup-laundry|article}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Cleanup-laundry For use in non-list articles where too much of the content is composed of lists.
{{create-list}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Create-list Use this tag where an article needs to be changed into list format.
{{disputed-list}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Disputed-list To identify a list on Wikipedia that has content whose truth, factual nature, and/or relevance to the topic is in dispute. There is also an inline version, {{list fact}}.
{{example farm|article}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල: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	සැකිල්ල:Famous For use in articles with unclear criteria for a list of "famous" or "notable" persons.
{{famous players}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Famous players For use in articles with unclear criteria for a list of "famous" or "notable" sports persons.
{{fictionrefs}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල: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|article}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල: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	සැකිල්ල:List to table For use where lists could be better presented as tables.
{{MOSLOW}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල: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|article}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Prose 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	සැකිල්ල:Cleanup-HTML If the article needs HTML changed into wiki-markup
{{cleanup-lang}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Cleanup-lang If the article has non-English text but lacks {{Lang}} template(s)
{{dead end|article}} category links talk edit	Use this to mark articles or sections that completely lack internal links.
{{underlinked|article}} category links talk edit	Use this to mark articles or sections with too few internal links.
{{disambiguation cleanup}} category links talk edit	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	Use this to mark disambiguation pages with a large amount of incoming links.
{{more-specific-links}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල: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 more than one or two 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

මේවාත් බලන්න: Help:Infobox සහ Category:Infobox templates

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

Merging

වැඩිදුර තොරතුරු: Wikipedia:Merging

මේවාත් බලන්න: ප්‍රවර්ගය:Merge templates.

මේවාත් බලන්න: Wikipedia:Template messages/Splitting

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

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{Afd-merge from}} links talk edit	Place this on the article's talk page
{{Afd-merge to|New|Old|23 අප්‍රේල් 2024}} links talk edit
{{merge|Other page}} category links talk edit	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, see example of discuss usage. If it is known which page or section is to receive the merged material, use the tags {{merge from}} or {{merge to}} instead. Add the date parameter |date=අප්‍රේල් 2024 to place articles into Category:Articles to be merged from අප්‍රේල් 2024
{{merge from|Source|Talk page}} category links talk edit	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 {{merge to|Destination page}} at the top of the source page or section. If a merger of multiple pages into a single page is being proposed, use {{merge from|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, see example of discuss usage. If it is not known which page or section is to receive the merged material, use the tag {{merge|Other page}} instead. Add the date parameter |date=අප්‍රේල් 2024 to place articles into Category:Articles to be merged from අප්‍රේල් 2024
{{merge to|Destination page|Talk page}} category links talk edit	Place the tag {{merge to|Destination 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 {{merge from|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 {{merge from|Source page#Source section}} at the top of the page or section that is to receive the merged material. Add the date parameter |date=අප්‍රේල් 2024 to place articles into Category:Articles to be merged from අප්‍රේල් 2024
{{merged-from|Source page}} links talk edit
{{merged-to|Destination page}} links talk edit	This template should only be used on talk pages.
{{merging|Other page}} category links talk edit	Place this at the top of a source page for which a merger has begun (but has not yet been completed). Add the date parameter |date=අප්‍රේල් 2024 to place articles into Category:Articles to be merged from අප්‍රේල් 2024
{{Split portions|Destination page|Talk page}} category links talk edit

Moving

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

After (potentially) controversial move requests are closed

Talk page tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{Old move}} links talk edit
{{Requested move/end}} links talk edit

Requesting technical moves

සැකිල්ල:Tlrowp

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{db-move|page to be moved here|reason for move}} links talk edit
{{subst:RMassist|old name|requested name|reason = reason for move}} links talk edit	old name → Requested name (move) – reason for move Example (talk) 14:55, 23 අප්‍රේල් 2024 (UTC) Do not sign this template—this tag is auto-signed when substituted. Be sure to use the subst: and use this tag only on Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests. A bullet is automatically inserted. No edits to the article's talk page are required.

Category renaming

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{subst:Cfr-speedy|Proposed name}} links talk edit
{{Cfr}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Cfr

Article cleanup

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{Split portions}} links talk edit
{{Move to userspace}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Move to userspace

Copying to other projects

The following templates should be placed atop articles desired to be copied to other Wikimedia sister projects:

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{convert to SVG and copy to Wikimedia Commons}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Convert to SVG and copy to Wikimedia Commons
{{copy to Wikibooks}} category links talk edit
{{copy to Wikibooks Cookbook}} category links talk edit
{{copy to Wikimedia Commons}} category links talk edit	මෙම පිටුව විකිපීඩියා කොමන්ස් වෙත පිටපත් කිරීමට නියමිතය. Appropriately licensed media are more accessible to other Wikimedia projects if placed on Commons. Any user may perform this move—please see කොමන්ස් වෙතට පින්තූර ගෙනයාම for more information. කරුණාකර කොමන්ස් වෙතට පිටපත් කළ පසුව මෙම ටැගය ඉවත් කරන්න. → මෙම පින්තූරය කොමන්ස් වෙතට පිටපත් කලේ නම් මෙම ටැගය {{db-nowcommons|1=කොමන්හි පින්තූර නාමය}} යන්නෙන් ප්‍රතිස්ථාපනය කරන්න. කොමන්ස් හෙල්පර් භාවිතයෙන් කොමන්ස් වෙත පිටපත් කරන්න.
{{copy to Wikiquote}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Copy to Wikiquote
{{copy to Wikisource}} category links talk edit
{{copy to Wikiversity}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Copy to Wikiversity
{{copy to Wikivoyage}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Copy to Wikivoyage
{{now Commons|sample.png}} category links talk edit	මෙම ගොනුව විකිපීඩියා කොමන්ස්හි මෙලෙස sample.png ඇත. Files that have been tagged with this template may be deleted after satisfying conditions of CSD F8. Administrators: If the file has been properly moved, delete it. If not, change the {{NowCommons}} tag to {{NotMovedToCommons|sample.png|reason=reason why the image could not be moved}}. This template should only be used on file (image) pages.
{{shadowsCommons}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:ShadowsCommons

Splitting

වැඩිදුර තොරතුරු: Wikipedia:Splitting

මේවාත් බලන්න: ප්‍රවර්ගය:Split maintenance templates.

මේවාත් බලන්න: Wikipedia:Template messages/Merging

These templates are used for splitting articles by using ({{Split}}, {{Split section}}, etc.

For use on main page

Content split

When two or more topics are being dealt with on the same page which share the same or similar title and a disambiguation page seems appropriate use {{Split}}:

• Place the template at the top of the page for which the split is proposed.
• By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, |discuss= can be added to direct the discussion to another page. Example: {{split|discuss=Talk:Foobar#Split proposal}}, produces:

• Optionally, you can include suggested titles for between 2 and 20 new pages as parameters. Example: {{split|New title 1|New title 2}}, produces:

• Add the date parameter |date=අප්‍රේල් 2024 to place articles in Category:Articles to be split from අප්‍රේල් 2024

Size split

When an article is too long, and it is uncertain how the article should be split, use {{Very long}}:

• When there is a suggested new article name for some content use {{Split}} with |New article name=:

• When an article series is proposed, use {{Split}} with multiple titles:

When a disambiguation page needs splitting use {{Split dab}}:

For sections, use:

• {{Split section}}

• {{Splitsections}} - can specify multiple destination articles

• {{Move portions}} - for migrating portions of a section

• {{Move section portions}} - for a less disruptive tag:

For use on talk page

• {{Copied}} (for both source & destination) - {{Copied|from=|from_oldid=|to=|to_diff=|to_oldid=}}

• {{Split article}} (supporting multiple splits from the same page) - {{Split article|from=|from_oldid=|to=|diff=|date=}}

After splitting

• {{Cleanup split}} - {{Cleanup split|Destination}}

Templates

Listed alphabetically:

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{cleanup split|other page}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Cleanup split Place this at the top of the section that has grown too large and has been split.
{{split}} 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=අප්‍රේල් 2024 to place articles in Category:Articles to be split from අප්‍රේල් 2024
{{split|New title 1|New title 2}} links talk edit	Optionally, you can include suggested titles for between 1 and 20 new pages as parameters. Add the date parameter |date=අප්‍රේල් 2024 to place articles in Category:Articles to be split from අප්‍රේල් 2024
{{split dab}} links talk edit	This template is used for splitting disambiguation pages.
{{split section}} 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=අප්‍රේල් 2024 to place articles in Category:Articles to be split from අප්‍රේල් 2024
{{split section|New title}} links talk edit	Optionally, you can include a suggested title for the new page as a parameter. Add the date parameter |date=අප්‍රේල් 2024 to place articles in Category:Articles to be split from අප්‍රේල් 2024
{{split sections|New title}} links talk edit	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 {{split section}} or {{split section|new title}} in each of the sections that should be split into the new page. Add the date parameter |date=අප්‍රේල් 2024 to place articles in Category:Articles to be split from අප්‍රේල් 2024
{{sub-sections}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Sub-sections 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.

Translation

Use these templates on articles with translation-related cleanup issues.

For articles with merely bad English or non-idiomatic phrases, where the issue isn't necessarily related to translation specifically, please consider a more general cleanup template as an alternative, such as {{copy edit}}:

Templates

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{cleanup-translation|<Language>}} category links talk edit	For articles that have translation issues, but have enough acceptable English-language content that they are not subject to deletion for that reason.
{{no-rough}} links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:No-rough For user talk pages: similar to a uw-1 level advisory.
{{expand Spanish|source article}} category links talk edit	For articles in English that can potentially be extended with translated text from the corresponding article in other Wikipedia editions. This is an example for Spanish. There is a tag for each language.
{{hidden translation|<Language1>|<version-no>|section}} category links talk edit	[[Category:Wikipedia articles needing cleanup after translation from <Language1>]] For translated articles that may have factual errors, but where subsequent edits have polished the English without addressing translation accuracy.
{{සිංහල නොවේ|french|article}} category links talk edit	For articles that are completely or almost completely in a foreign language. Note that if the issue isn't dealt with in two weeks, the article goes to Articles for deletion. For articles that are fully translated but that might need proofreading.
{{rough translation|<Language1>|<Language2>|article}} category links talk edit	[[ප්‍රවර්ගය:<Language1> බස සිට පරිවර්තනයට පසුව ශුද්ධ පවිත්‍රණය අවැසි විකිපීඩියා ලිපි]] For articles that have been translated into English, but poorly so.
{{translated page}} links talk edit	Place this on the talk page when text from another language Wikipedia is translated and included on a page in the English Wikipedia. It serves as attribution under the licence requirements. Example: {{translated page|source language code|source page title|version=123456789|insertversion=987654321|section=name}}
{{translatePassage|<Language>}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:TranslatePassage For articles that are mostly in English, but have a considerable sized passage in a foreign language. Consider using {{not English-inline}} instead if the passage is small.
{{translation WIP|XX|Foo}} category links talk edit	සැකිල්ල:Translation WIP For articles currently undergoing translation work.

Inline with article text

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{not English-inline}} category links talk edit	[needs translation] An inline version of {{සිංහල නොවේ}}, to use after a single phrase or passage.
{{whose translation}} category links talk edit	For quoted passages that have been translated into English in external sources, but lack a reference indicating who the translator was.

See also

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