Wiki143:Template index/Cleanup

Template messages (maintenance tags, cleanup tags, cleanup messages) may be added to articles needing 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 lead to an effort to fix the problem, not a permanent badge of shame to show that you disagree with an article, or a method of warning readers about an article.

Unless otherwise noted, cleanup messages should be placed at the top of the page, before other templates, images, or infoboxes, but after hatnotes (see Template:Section link). Cleanup messages should be placed directly on the article or file, not on its talk page. Certain tags can be placed at the beginning of an individual section, and others can be placed within the text itself (inline).

A date parameter is added by a bot, or you can add it yourself with |date=May 2026.

What to remember

Before you tag an article, please remember the following:

Don't tag an article if you can easily and confidently fix the problem.

The goal is an improved article, not a tagged article.

Do some research to attempt to solve the problem before tagging.

Don't put the burden of doing so on another editor if you are capable of fixing the problem yourself with a simple search or consulting a reference work.

Don't perform "drive-by" tagging.

Tags must be accompanied by either a comment on the article's talk page explaining the problem and beginning a discussion on how to fix it or, for simpler and more obvious problems, a remark using the reason parameter (available in all templates, regardless of whether it appears in the documentation) as shown below. At the very least, tagging editors must be willing to follow through with substantive discussion.

Don't perform "drive-by" de-tagging.

Likewise, please provide a similar rationale for removing a template, unless your preceding edits have clearly fixed the announced problem. See also when not to remove a template.

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 Template:Tl and Template:Tl.

If an article has many problems, tag only the highest priority issues.

A lengthy list is often less helpful than a shorter one. Template:Crossreference

If multiple tags are necessary, consider using the Template:Tl template.

This will help to avoid cluttering the article with tags and eclipsing the article's content.

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 noting grammatical problems for a section that needs to be completely re-written to comply with content policies. Focus on the biggest one, two, or three problems.

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 indeed it should be included in Wikipedia. Some articles can be tagged for speedy deletion or nominated for a deletion discussion at Wikipedia:Articles 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 frequently tag articles should also address the backlogs.

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 noticeable changes. In general, an editor who places a template message to indicate a problem like this should explain their rationale fully on the talk page 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.

Overarching copyright issues

Templates in this section identify possible violations of Wikipedia's licensing requirements, as defined in the Wikimedia Terms of use.

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Close paraphrasing
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Unattributed translation

Combined message boxes

Do not use this as the Template:Em message box on the article or section; it should be used with at least two other message boxes sandwiched inside it.

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
Template:Tlp
Template:Tlp

Cleanup

Use one of these general tags when none of the more specific tags fits.

General

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	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: cleanup|reason= to specify issues identified (it may be a link to comments on the talk page).
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Use this tag where an AFD discussion closes with a consensus of "keep and cleanup."
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Cleanup MOS
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Use this tag where an article or section needs extensive revision.

Following a merge or split

Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Cleanup split

Copy editing

Some articles just need someone with a good grasp of editing technique to give them a once-over.

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Inline with article text

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Copy edit inline This template tags a statement for basic copyediting, and should be placed after the statement.
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Specific subjects

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

Semi-general

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Imported from elsewhere

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Based on external content

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Plot summaries

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:More plot
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:No plot

Fiction

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	This is not for factual or accuracy disputes.
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	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.)
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	See template documentation for list of topic-specific sub-templates.
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template: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.)

Other

Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Cleanup taxon
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Further reading cleanup
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Kayfabe
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:USRD-wrongdir

Inline with article text

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Template:Needs IPA

Style of writing

Overall article or section

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Dictionary definition
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Directory
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Research paper
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Specific content

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Academic booster
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Pro and con list
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Grammar

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Neutrality, readability, and tone

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Inline with article text

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	See also: WP:PEACOCK
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Structure, formatting, and sections

OrganiTemplate:Szation

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Too many sections
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Naming

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Rename section
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Television incorrect naming style

Lead section

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Lead extra info
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Length

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Summarize section
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Duplication

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Duplication
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Overview section

SummariTemplate:Szation

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Bad summary
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Template:Engvar

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Dark mode problems
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Overcoloured

Potentially unwanted content

Message boxes

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:AI-generated
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Inline with article text

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Context, statistics, and detail

Excessive content

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Excessive citations
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Game trivia
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Too many charts
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Over-focus

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Human-centric
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Context

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Cleanup film
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Off-topic

Articles occasionally contain content which is otherwise valid, but appears unrelated to the nominal topic of the article.

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Also takes "other article" parameter

Expand and add

Missing content

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Cleanup ICHD
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Exit list
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Kmposts Place above road junction lists that do not contain kilometreposts.
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Place Template:Tlx at the head of the relevant section(s). Remember that books published before 1974 may not have ISBNs (though more recent editions should).
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Lacking overview
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Place above road junction lists that do not contain mileposts.
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Missing information When calling this template, you must pass it a parameter. A template call like Template:Tlx generates "This article is missing information about why bananas are yellow."

Expansion

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:AthAbbr needed
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Cleanup lang
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Expand language Typically used as one of 170 language-specific templates such as Template:Tlx
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	When calling this template, you may pass it a parameter. A template call like Template:Tlx generates: "This section requires expansion with: examples and additional citations."
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Formula missing descriptions
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Legend needed section
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:No alt text

Expert needed

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Before adding this template, start a section on the article discussion page describing what you wish the expert to address, and put the section name in the |talk= parameter. Template:Tl may be used on the talk page for this purpose.

Time-sensitive

Message boxes

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tlx category

Inline with article text

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	since {{{1}}}Template:Dated maintenance category (articles) Used within prose to attribute a specific time to information that may quickly become dated, such as population statistics.
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Clarify timeframe For tagging WP:DATED problems
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	For facts that likely will need updating at a specific future date
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Update inline For facts that need updating now

Major edits

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Contradiction and confusion

Note: Templates relevant for when articles are confusing or hard to understand due specifically to translation issues can be found at Wikipedia:Template index/Translation.

Message boxes

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Use this tag in articles that need broad cleanup to eliminate confusion and discrepancies.
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Contradicts others Use these tags in articles that appear to contradict themselves or each other.
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Use this tag when the article is not factually wrong, but leads the reader to draw incorrect conclusions.
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Use this tag when the writing is clear, but the article as a whole doesn't concentrate on a single theme.

Inline with article text

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Use this for specific sentences which contradict themselves or a nearby sentence.
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Expand acronym Use this to mark acronyms and abbreviations that are not written in full at first occurrence.
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Category handler Use this to mark statements that are inconsistent with other parts of the article.
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Use this for specific sentences needing clarification.

Importance, relevance, and notability

Message boxes

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	An optional parameter can be added to specify the applicable guideline; e.g.: Template:Tlp, Template:Tlp. See the template documentation for a list of supported values.

Inline with article text

Template:Tl Template:Lts/

Template:Importance inline Inline version of Template:Tlp

Accuracy, weighting, and neutrality

Truthfulness and factual accuracy

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Disputed map
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Focus and weighting

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Fringe theories
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Neutrality

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Political POV
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Undisclosed paid

Inline with article text

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	For weasel words ("It was said..." It was thought...") Template:According to whom
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Do not use without first taking some steps to research the apparent problem
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Contentious label inline
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Editorialising
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Editorializing
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	For abuse of citations, per Wikipedia:Citation overkill. Template:Excessive citations inline
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Undue weight inline
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	For ambiguous or vague time references of various kinds.
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	For weasel words ("Many say..." Some people think...")

Sources, references, and citations

Biographies of living persons

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:BLP IMDb refimprove
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:BLP IMDb-only refimprove
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:BLP living dead
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:BLP more footnotes needed
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:BLP no footnotes
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:BLP one source
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:BLP primary sources
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:BLP self-published
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:BLP unreferenced

Add, improve, remove

General

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Circular
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:No reliable sources
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:No significant coverage
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Old news
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Only primary sources
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Self-sourcing examples
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Sources exist
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Spam references
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Tertiary sources
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Third-party
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Template other
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:User-generated
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Verify sources

Specific

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Media IMDb refimprove
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:More science citations needed
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:No significant coverage (sports)
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:NRIS only
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Unreferenced medical section

Expansion and cleanup

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:AI citations
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Duplicated citations
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Format footnotes
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Full citations needed
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Page numbers improve
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Parenthetical referencing
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Shallow references
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Text-source

Inline with article text

Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:According to whom
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Additional citation needed
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Better source needed
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Better source needed example Links to self-sourcing examples
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Circular reference When the sources copy Wikipedia material directly
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template: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
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Citation needed span
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Category handler
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Example needed span
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Excessive citations inline For abuse of citations, per Wikipedia:Citation overkill.
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Explain
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:How
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Medical citation needed
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Medical citation needed span
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Not verified in body
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Primary source inline
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Quote without source
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Registration required
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Season needed
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Self-published inline
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Self-published source
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Third-party inline
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Unreliable medical source
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:User-generated inline
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:User-generated source
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Verify quote
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Volume needed
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Whose quote
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Why
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Year missing Use when the year of publication of a source is needed
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Use when the date of an event is needed

Links for search

Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Find general sources
Template:Tl Template:Lts/

Categories

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Improve categories
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Place this at the bottom of an uncategoriTemplate:Szed article/category if you are unsure of which categories apply.
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Unreferenced category

Images and other media

For tips on requesting images see: Wikipedia:Requested pictures.

• For template messages related to the clean up of images, see: Wikipedia:Template index/File namespace#Format and quality.

Expand and add

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Improve images

Cleanup

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Cleanup image captions
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Excess

Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Cleanup gallery anatomy
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Factual accuracy

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

no

AI

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Template:Upscaled images

Talk pages

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Category handler
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template: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.
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Category handler

Lists

Create

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Use this tag where an article needs to be changed into list format.

Add and expand

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Template:List years

Cleanup

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	For use in non-list articles or sections where potentially unwanted lists need to be salvaged before being deleted
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Convert to Episode list
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:List scope To identify a list on Wikipedia that has entries that may be out of scope.
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Unsorted list Use this tag where a list of works is in reverse-chronological order or otherwise contravenes the Wikipedia:Manual of Style (lists of works).

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	For use in articles with unclear criteria for a list of "famous" or "notable" persons.
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:List missing criteria

Transform

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	For use where lists could be better presented as tables.
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Use this tag where a list needs cleanup.
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Proseline section
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Too many list sections

Disputes

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	To identify a list on Wikipedia that has content whose truth, factual nature, and/or relevance to the topic is in dispute.
Template:Tl Template:Lts/

Specific lists

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Template:Alumni

Inline with article text

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Template:List entry too long For use when a list item is excessively large due to indiscriminate trivia or a need to merge or split

Tables

Create

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Needs table

Cleanup

Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Convert to Episode table
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Convert to Series overview
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Rank order
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Table accessibility cleanup

Wiki tech

Most of these issues are covered in the main Manual of Style.

Links

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Cleanup red links
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Use this to mark articles or sections that completely lack internal links.
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Underlinked Use this to mark articles or sections with too few internal links.

Disambiguation pages

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Dablinks Use this on a page that links to a large number of disambiguation pages. This template is sometimes placed automatically by Template:Noping. Use this for disambiguation pages not written according to the style in Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages). Replace Template:Tl with this.
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Use this on a page with general links that should be more specific.

Infoboxes

General

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Infobox too large
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Category handler 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.
Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Category handler This template should be used on talk pages.
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Category handler This template should be used on talk pages.

Specific

Template:Tl Template:Lts/
Template:Tl Template:Lts/

Templates

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Template:Citations broken from PEIS limit
Template:Tl Template:Lts/	Template:Malformed template

Bottom of page

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Use this for articles that aren't linked to from any other pages.
Template:Tl category Template:Lts/	Place this at the bottom of an uncategoriTemplate:Szed article/category if you are unsure of which categories apply.

Other

Template:Tl category Template:Lts/

Template:Cleanup HTML If the article needs HTML changed into wiki-markup Use this if the article has non-English text but lacks Template:Tl, Template:Tl, or other multilingual support templates.

Other article tags

There are also tags available for:

• merging articles;
• moving articles;
• splitting articles; and
• translation of articles.

Open tasks

Wikipedia backlog by 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. Template:Backlog status

See also

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