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| issue = This {{{1|article}}} '''does not follow Wikipedia's [[WP:Writing better articles#Tense|guidelines on the use of different tenses]]'''. | | issue = This {{{1|article}}} '''does not follow Wikipedia's [[WP:Writing better articles#Tense|guidelines on the use of different tenses]]'''. | ||
| fix = Please consider [[Wikipedia:Basic copyediting |copy editing]] to {{{tense|past tense if historic, present tense if not time-based (e.g. [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)|fiction]]), or future tense if upcoming}}}. {{#if:{{{date|}}}|<small>''({{{date}}})''</small>}} | | fix = Please consider [[Wikipedia:Basic copyediting |copy editing]] to {{{tense|past tense if historic, present tense if not time-based (e.g. [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)|fiction]]), or future tense if upcoming}}}. {{#if:{{{date|}}}|<small>''({{{date}}})''</small>}} | ||
| − | }}<includeonly>{{#ifeq:{{lc:{{{category|}}}}}|no||{{{category| | + | }}<includeonly>{{#ifeq:{{lc:{{{category|}}}}}|no||{{DMCA|{{{category|Wikipedia articles with incorrect tenses}}}}}}}</includeonly><!--{{Cleanup-tense}} end--><noinclude> |
{{Documentation}} | {{Documentation}} | ||
</noinclude> | </noinclude> | ||
Revision as of 01:13, 13 July 2012
This article does not follow Wikipedia's guidelines on the use of different tenses. |
| If you plan to make breaking changes to this template, move it, or nominate it for deletion, please notify Twinkle's users and maintainers at Wikipedia talk:Twinkle as a courtesy, as this template is used in the standard installation of Twinkle. Thank you! |
This template will categorise tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia articles with incorrect tenses.
- This template is a self-reference.
- You can also place this tag at the start of the concerned section and adjust its text accordingly, such as:
{{Cleanup tense|section}}
- It takes the optional parameter tense which can be used to explain what specific tense needs to be used, e.g. tense=past. The default value is past tense if historic, present tense if not time-based (e.g. fiction), or future tense if upcoming.
- It takes the optional parameter date, with the format date=month year, such as:
{{Cleanup tense|date=January 2026}}
- Please do not subst: this template.
See also
| The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Cleanup tense/doc. (edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages. Please add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template. |