Template:Tone/doc

If an article is not written in an encyclopedia-like style, add the {{tone}} template at the top. This template creates a banner stating the problem at the top of the article's page, and also adds its tagged articles to one of Wikipedia's administrative categories: Category:Wikipedia articles with style issues (shortcut to that category: CAT:STYLE).

For more about the way an encyclopedia's article is written, see Wikipedia's Manual of Style or Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup § Style of writing.

Note: This template is a self-reference, and should not be substituted.

Note 2: {{Magazine}} redirects here. You may be looking for {{Cite magazine}} or {{Infobox magazine}}

Usage

{{Tone}} or {{Tone|{{subst:DATE}}}}

Specific area

To make the banner apply to a more specific area, add |section, or |article:

{{Tone|section}}, or to include the date (recommended), {{Tone|section|{{subst:DATE}}}}

{{Tone|article}}, or to include the date (recommended), {{Tone|article|{{subst:DATE}}}}

Linking to a section on the talk page

To link to a relevant discussion on the article's Talk page, add the |talk= parameter. The argument (the part after the equals sign) can be either a section title on the article's own talk page, or the name of another page where discussion appears (with or without a specific section):

{{Tone|talk=Discussion of tone issues}}

{{Tone|talk=Talk:Another Article#Relevant discussion section}}

Notes

This template will add tagged articles to dated subcategories of Category:Wikipedia articles with style issues by month and to Category:All articles with style issues.

Redirects

The following templates are redirects to this template and will display the same message:

• {{Cleanup tone}}
• {{Cleanup-tone}}
• {{Formal}}
• {{Formal tone}}
• {{Inappropriate tone}}
• {{Inappropriatetone}}
• {{Unencyclopædic tone}}
• {{Unencyclopedic tone}}

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Tone in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Tone

Use this template to indicate that an article is not written in an encyclopedia-like style.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Month and year	date	Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13' Example January 2013 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	String	suggested
Affected area	1	Text to replace the word "article", usually "section" Example section Auto value section	String	optional
Section name on talk page	talk	Section name on talk page where further information or discussion can be found	String	optional

See also

• Wikipedia:Responsible tagging
• Wikipedia:Tagging pages for problems
• Wikipedia:Twinkle

Lists of related article templates

• Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup
• Wikipedia:Template index/Sources of articles

Lists of other types of article templates

There are also messaging and tagging templates available for:

• merging articles;
• moving articles;
• splitting articles; and
• translating articles.

Templates that might be a better fit than this one

• Template:Promotional for articles on notable topics that sound too much 'like an advertisement'
• Template:Cleanup list
• Template:Cleanup rewrite
• Template:Confusing
• Template:Context for articles that need to provide more context and general information in the lead
• Template:Copy edit for multiple problems with grammar, style, cohesion, tone or spelling; least specific template, and so least helpful in identifying problem
• Template:Fiction for articles that confuse fact and fiction
• Template:Inappropriate person for articles using "I", "we", or "you"
• Template:Notability for articles that are probably not notable. ({{Importance}} is now repurposed and should not be used in this context.)
• Template:Self-contradictory
• Template:Technical for articles or sections with excessive jargon or not enough explanation for the readers outside that article's specialty
• Template:Tone inline to tag specific statements within an article
• Template:Unreferenced for articles with zero references (use {{More citations needed}} for articles with insufficient or weak references)

Wikipedia's tagged articles: backlog by template's category

Wikipedia:Backlog lists tasks that should be done to improve Wikipedia (assuming the cleanup templates were placed correctly). Helping reduce backlogs is an important issue, so please feel free to help out.

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Click any linked number for that category's articles prioritized by their number of incoming links.

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