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  • 21 Aug, 2019

  • By, Wikipedia

Template:Cleanup-rewrite

This template should be used on articles which need so much cleanup that rewriting them completely may be necessary to comply with Wikipedia's guidelines on style and content. It is strongly encouraged that the editor adding the tag discuss the issue on the article's talk page, especially if the writing appears superficially acceptable.

Usage

To provide a reason for the needed rewrite, use:

{{Cleanup rewrite|Reason for rewrite|article or section|date=December 2024}}


To mark a section for rewrite without a reason, use:

{{Cleanup rewrite|2=section|date=December 2024}}


To mark an article for rewrite without a reason, use:

{{Cleanup rewrite|date=December 2024}}


This template adds tagged articles to Category:Wikipedia articles needing rewrite.

Tracking categories

Aliases

See also

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Cleanup rewrite

Use this cleanup template to indicate that an article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Month and yeardate

The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically.

Example
January 2013
Auto value
{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}
Linesuggested
Reason1

The reason why the article may need to be rewritten

Example
it is mostly incomprehensible
Stringoptional
Section?section

Enter "yes" here to replace the word "article" with "section".

Example
yes
Auto value
yes
Lineoptional
Affected area2

Custom text to replace the word "article" in the template

Example
section
Lineoptional
Make template smallsmall

Enter "left" here to make the template box small and aligned to the left.

Example
left
Auto value
left
Lineoptional