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{{Template shortcut|Ad|Advertising|Advertisement|Promotion|Promo}}
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{{Spam-nav}}
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{{Twinkle standard installation}}
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=== When to use ===
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Add this to articles that need help from other editors because in whole or part they are [[Wikipedia:Spam#Advertisements_masquerading_as_articles|advertisements masquerading as articles]]. For example, they may tell users to buy the company's product, provide price lists, give links to online sellers, or use unencyclopedic or meaningless [[buzzword]]s.
  
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The advert tag is for Wikipedia articles that in whole or part have been made into [[public relations]] documents or [[WP:BROCHURE|brochures]], with content that ''portrays an issue, a product, an organization, or a person in a positive or negative light''.
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The issue this tag addresses is the policy [[WP:PROMO]], which forbids content that reflects:
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* '''Advocacy, [[propaganda]], or recruitment''' of any kind: commercial, political, scientific, religious, national, sports-related, or otherwise. An article can report objectively ''about'' such things, as long as an attempt is made to describe the topic from a [[Wikipedia:neutral point of view|neutral point of view]].
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* '''Self-promotion.'''
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* '''Advertising, marketing or public relations.''' Information about people, organizations, issues, and products must be written in an [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|objective and unbiased style]], free of [[Wikipedia:Avoid peacock terms#Puffery|puffery]].
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If an article appears to be any of the above, this tag is appropriate.
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This template adds articles to [[:Category:Articles with a promotional tone]].
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=== How to use ===
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==== Articles ====
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* Place {{Tlc|Advert|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}} at the top of the article.
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* You can adjust the default "article" text with something more specific, such as: {{Tlc|Advert|article's "Controversy" section}}.
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==== Sections ====
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* To mark specific sections instead of the whole article, place {{Tlx|Advert section|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}} at the top of the section.
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==== Remarks ====
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* To replace the text "an advertisement", you may use {{Tlc|Advert|article/section|yourtext}} or {{Tlc|Advert|2&#61;yourtext}} or {{Tlc|Advert|type&#61;yourtext}}
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=== See also ===
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* {{Tl|Advert inline}} – For marking specific promotional language
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* {{Tl|Advert section}} – For tagging specific promotional sections
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* {{Tl|Essay}} – For opinion pieces
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* {{Tl|External links}} – For marking sections with inappropriate use of external links
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* {{Tl|Fanpov}}
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* {{Tl|Like resume}}  – For marking biographical articles that promote the subject
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* {{Tl|List spam}} – For marking lists that contain spammy entries
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* {{Tl|News release}}
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* {{Tl|Peacock}}
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* {{Tl|Promotion inline}} – For tagging non-advertising promotional material
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* {{Tl|Promotional source}} – For tagging promotional sources that have been cited in an article
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* {{Tl|Spam}} – For warning spammers on their talk pages
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* {{Tl|Travel guide}}
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* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam]]
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* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject External links]]
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* [[Wikipedia:Cleanup process]]
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* [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup]]
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== TemplateData ==
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{{TemplateData header}}
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<templatedata>
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{
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    "params": {
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        "1": {
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            "label": "Scope (e.g. section)",
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            "description": "This parameter allows an editor to replace the default word \"article\" with another word, usually \"section\"",
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            "type": "content",
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            "default": "article"
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        },
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        "type": {
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            "autovalue": "",
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            "aliases": [
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                "2"
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            ],
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            "label": "Type",
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            "description": "To replace the text \"an advertisement\" with another phrase",
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            "type": "content",
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            "default": "an advertisement"
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        },
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        "date": {
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            "label": "Month and year",
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            "description": "Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'",
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            "type": "string",
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            "autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}",
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            "suggested": true
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        }
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    },
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    "format": "inline",
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    "description": "Template for tagging advertisements masquerading as articles"
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}
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</templatedata>
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<includeonly>{{sandbox other||
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[[Category:Neutrality templates]]
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[[Category:Cleanup templates]]
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}}</includeonly>

Latest revision as of 10:32, 18 October 2020

Template:Spam-nav

When to use

Add this to articles that need help from other editors because in whole or part they are advertisements masquerading as articles. For example, they may tell users to buy the company's product, provide price lists, give links to online sellers, or use unencyclopedic or meaningless buzzwords.

The advert tag is for Wikipedia articles that in whole or part have been made into public relations documents or brochures, with content that portrays an issue, a product, an organization, or a person in a positive or negative light.

The issue this tag addresses is the policy WP:PROMO, which forbids content that reflects:

  • Advocacy, propaganda, or recruitment of any kind: commercial, political, scientific, religious, national, sports-related, or otherwise. An article can report objectively about such things, as long as an attempt is made to describe the topic from a neutral point of view.
  • Self-promotion.
  • Advertising, marketing or public relations. Information about people, organizations, issues, and products must be written in an objective and unbiased style, free of puffery.

If an article appears to be any of the above, this tag is appropriate.

This template adds articles to Category:Articles with a promotional tone.

How to use

Articles

  • Place {{Advert|date=December 2025}} at the top of the article.
  • You can adjust the default "article" text with something more specific, such as: {{Advert|article's "Controversy" section}}.

Sections

  • To mark specific sections instead of the whole article, place {{Advert section|date=December 2025}} at the top of the section.

Remarks

  • To replace the text "an advertisement", you may use {{Advert|article/section|yourtext}} or {{Advert|2=yourtext}} or {{Advert|type=yourtext}}

See also

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

TemplateData for Advert

Template for tagging advertisements masquerading as articles

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Scope (e.g. section)1

This parameter allows an editor to replace the default word "article" with another word, usually "section"

Default
article
Contentoptional
Typetype 2

To replace the text "an advertisement" with another phrase

Default
an advertisement
Auto value
Contentoptional
Month and yeardate

Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'

Auto value
{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}
Stringsuggested