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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|[[Category:Wikipedia articles with incorrect tenses]]}}}}}</includeonly><!--{{Cleanup-tense}} end--><noinclude>
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}}<includeonly>{{#ifeq:{{lc:{{{category|}}}}}|no||{{DMCA|{{{category|Wikipedia articles with incorrect tenses}}}}}}}</includeonly><!--{{Cleanup-tense}} end--><noinclude>
  
 
{{Documentation}}
 
{{Documentation}}
  
 
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Revision as of 01:13, 13 July 2012

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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