Template:Essay-like
This template should be used when the article contains the editor's own personal, emotional comments on the subject. Use it when the article does not necessarily represent a blatant opinion or opinion piece, but is still overly judgmental in tone.
When not to use
Do not use this template to tag fact-oriented pages that sound like they might have been written as research papers for school (called "essays" in some parts of the world). Instead, if those pages need a different writing style or tone, use {{Research paper}}, or general templates like {{Tone}} or {{Copy edit}}.
If the article is biased, but without expressing the editor's emotions or value-based judgments, use tags like {{unbalanced}} or {{POV}}.
How to use
Place this:
{{Essay-like|date=June 2024}}
at the top of the article to alert editors to the inappropriate presence of editors' personal reflections throughout the article.
- Sections
- To mark specific sections instead of the whole article, place
{{Essay-like|section}}
at the top of the section.
- Options
- To replace the text "a personal reflection or essay", you may use
{{Essay-like|article or section|yourtext}}
or{{Essay-like|2=yourtext}}
- Articles tagged without the optional date parameter will be given the parameter by a bot.
- Add a new item to the talk page explaining the problem so editors will know what to address, and when to remove this tag.