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{{Documentation subpage}} So sorry this id not to your standards, but the mistake is in the following topic:
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{{Documentation subpage}}
  
Dark flow
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Use this template in the body of an article as a request for other editors to clarify text that is difficult to understand. When the problem is not with the wording, but the sourcing, one may use {{tl|specify}} instead. For dealing with dubious information, please use one of the following: {{tl|citation needed}}, {{tl|verify source}}, {{tl|dubious}} or {{tl|disputed-inline}}. This [[Wikipedia:Template|template]] is a [[Wikipedia:Avoid self-references|self-reference]] and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.
  
Physical cosmology
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== Usage ==
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This is an [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Inline Templates|in-line template]], place the template immediately after the material in question, as one would do with a footnote. For example:
  
This article is about the physics subject. For other uses, see Cosmology.
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:<code>This sentence needs clarification.{{Tlx|Clarify|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}</code>
  
The typographical error is in the 4th Paragraph, and refers to the particle horizon at a distance of about 46 billion (4.6×10 10 ) light years. The decimal point in "46 billion" is not present, it should state "4.6 billion".
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The above text will cause the tag {{Clarify}} to appear inline. The tag links to [[Wikipedia:Please clarify]] for further information.  
  
The authors, Alexander Kashlinsky, F. Atrio-Barandela, D. Kocevski and H. Ebeling, suggest that the motion may be a remnant of the influence of no-longer-visible regions of the universe prior to inflation. Telescopes cannot see events earlier than about 380,000 years after the Big Bang, when the universe became transparent (the Cosmic Microwave Background); this corresponds to the particle horizon at a distance of about 46 billion (4.6×10 10 ) light years. Since the matter causing the net motion in this proposal is outside this range, it would in a certain sense be outside our visible universe; however, it would still be in our past light cone.
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=== Categorisation ===
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Adding this template to an article will automatically place the article into [[:Category:Wikipedia articles needing clarification]], or a dated subcategory thereof.
  
([[Special:Contributions/98.23.93.49|98.23.93.49]] ([[User talk:98.23.93.49|talk]]) 08:35, 17 June 2012 (UTC))
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=== Parameters ===
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;{{Para|date}}:
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This template allows an optional date parameter that records when the tag was added. If this template is added without the date parameter, the date parameter will be added soon after by a [[WP:BOT|bot]]. Alternatively, you may add the date automatically (without requiring bot intervention) by [[WP:SUBST|substituting]] the template. That is, {{tlxs|clarify}} is equivalent to {{tlx|clarify|2=date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}. This technique also works if other parameters - {{para|reason}} {{para|pre-text}} {{para|post-text}} - are given.
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;{{Para|reason}}:
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Because it may not be immediately apparent to other editors what about the tagged passage is in need of clarification, it is generally helpful to add a brief reason for the tag: <code><nowiki>{{Clarify|reason=</nowiki><var>what the problem is</var><nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> (this is preferable to using an HTML <code>&lt;!-- comment --&gt;</code> after the tag, as it is more tidy to keep all of the {{Tlx|Clarify}}-related code inside the template). If the explanation would be lengthy, use the article's talk page.
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As well as being visible in the source code for editors' benefit, the <code>reason</code> parameter is, if provided, displayed when the mouse is hovered over the "clarification needed" link in the article. For technical reasons, this mouseover feature does not work if the reason text contains double quotes. Use single quotes instead, or use the code <code>&amp;quot;</code> if it is essential to include a double quote.
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;Other:
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One can specify additional text to appear before and or after the "clarify" tag. For example
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:<code><nowiki>{{Clarify|pre-text=?}}</nowiki></code>
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will cause a question mark to appear before "clarify" like this{{Clarify|pre-text=?}}, and
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:<code><nowiki>{{Clarify|post-text=(complicated jargon)}}</nowiki></code>
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will cause text to appear after "clarify" like this{{Clarify|post-text=(complicated jargon)}}. You can use this feature to link to a discussion on the article's talk page:
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:<code><nowiki>{{Clarify|post-text=(see [[Talk:Example#Clarification needed|talk]])}}</nowiki></code>
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== Redirects ==
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* {{Tl|Wtf?}}
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* {{Tl|Huh}}
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* {{Tl|What}}
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* {{Tl|How?}}
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* {{Tl|Clarify me}}
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* {{Tl|Clarifyme}}
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== See also ==
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* {{Tl|Clarify span}}, an equivalent which highlights the text needing clarification
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* {{Tl|Confusing}}, an equivalent for sections or whole articles
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* [[Template:Ambiguous]]
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* {{Tl|Confusing}}, a message box which highlights a confusing (or unclear) article or section
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* [[Template:Define?]]
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* [[Template:Definition]]
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* [[Template:Elucidate]]
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* [[Wikipedia:Citing sources]]
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* [[Wikipedia:Explain jargon]]
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* [[Wikipedia:Please clarify]]
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{{Inline tags}}
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<includeonly>
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<!-- ADD CATEGORIES BELOW THIS LINE -->
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[[Category:Coherency templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]
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[[Category:Inline cleanup templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]
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[[ar:قالب:توضيح مرجع]]
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[[fr:Modèle:Pas clair]]
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[[fi:Malline:Selvennä]]
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[[he:תבנית:דרושה הבהרה]]
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[[id:Templat:Clarify me]]
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[[it:Template:Chiarire]]
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[[no:Mal:Klargjør]]
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[[pt:Predefinição:Esclarecer]]
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[[ru:Шаблон:Прояснить]]
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[[sl:Predloga:Pojasni]]
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[[sr:Шаблон:Clarify]]
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[[sv:Mall:Förtydliga här]]
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[[ur:سانچہ:Clarify]]
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Revision as of 12:37, 17 June 2012

Use this template in the body of an article as a request for other editors to clarify text that is difficult to understand. When the problem is not with the wording, but the sourcing, one may use {{specify}} instead. For dealing with dubious information, please use one of the following: {{citation needed}}, {{verify source}}, {{dubious}} or {{disputed-inline}}. This template is a self-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.

Usage

This is an in-line template, place the template immediately after the material in question, as one would do with a footnote. For example:

This sentence needs clarification.{{Clarify|date=January 2026}}

The above text will cause the tag[clarification needed] to appear inline. The tag links to Wikipedia:Please clarify for further information.

Categorisation

Adding this template to an article will automatically place the article into Category:Wikipedia articles needing clarification, or a dated subcategory thereof.

Parameters

|date=

This template allows an optional date parameter that records when the tag was added. If this template is added without the date parameter, the date parameter will be added soon after by a bot. Alternatively, you may add the date automatically (without requiring bot intervention) by substituting the template. That is, {{subst:clarify}} is equivalent to {{clarify|date=January 2026}}. This technique also works if other parameters - |reason= |pre-text= |post-text= - are given.

|reason=

Because it may not be immediately apparent to other editors what about the tagged passage is in need of clarification, it is generally helpful to add a brief reason for the tag: {{Clarify|reason=what the problem is}} (this is preferable to using an HTML <!-- comment --> after the tag, as it is more tidy to keep all of the {{Clarify}}-related code inside the template). If the explanation would be lengthy, use the article's talk page.

As well as being visible in the source code for editors' benefit, the reason parameter is, if provided, displayed when the mouse is hovered over the "clarification needed" link in the article. For technical reasons, this mouseover feature does not work if the reason text contains double quotes. Use single quotes instead, or use the code &quot; if it is essential to include a double quote.

Other

One can specify additional text to appear before and or after the "clarify" tag. For example

{{Clarify|pre-text=?}}

will cause a question mark to appear before "clarify" like this[? clarification needed], and

{{Clarify|post-text=(complicated jargon)}}

will cause text to appear after "clarify" like this[clarification needed (complicated jargon)]. You can use this feature to link to a discussion on the article's talk page:

{{Clarify|post-text=(see [[Talk:Example#Clarification needed|talk]])}}

Redirects

See also