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| − | | subst = <includeonly>{{subst: | + | | subst = <includeonly>{{subst:substcheck}}</includeonly> |
| − | | link | + | | link = Wikipedia:Manual of Style |
| − | | text | + | | text = when defined as? |
| − | | title = You can help -- {{{1|}}} | + | | title = You can help -- {{{1|}}} |
| − | | date | + | | date = {{{date|}}} |
| − | | cat-date = Category:Wikipedia articles needing clarification | + | | cat-date = Category:Wikipedia articles needing clarification |
| − | }} | + | }} |
}}<noinclude> | }}<noinclude> | ||
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| + | <!-- Categories go on the /doc subpage, and interwikis go on Wikidata. --> | ||
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Revision as of 05:24, 11 May 2017
This template is a self-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.
Purpose
This inline template should be used in articles where words are used in a way where their intended meaning is ambiguous.
Example
{{Definition|date=June 2026}}
This produces:
This template will add the article tagged to Category:Wikipedia articles needing clarification or a monthly subcategory thereof.
See also
- {{Definition needed}} – when a statement or a term completely lacks definition
- {{Disambiguation needed}} – for the special case where the term needing clarification is wikilinked to a disambiguation page, and you are unable to find a suitable replacement link.
- {{Ambiguous}} – for ambiguous statements
- {{Clarify}} – for other text that is difficult to understand
- {{Non sequitur}} – for when someone or something has been mentioned for reasons unclear to the reader
- {{Which one}} for text which could refer to one of numerous people or items but which is not linked to a disambiguation page.
Use {{Definition}} in the body of an article as a request for other editors to add further explanation to text that assumes a particular meaning of a word.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reason | 1 reason | A brief reason for the tag. Because it may not be immediately apparent to other editors what about the tagged passage is in need of further explanation, a brief reason is generally helpful. The reason parameter displays when the mouse cursor is placed over the text the template inserts.
| String | suggested |
| Date | date | 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]].
| Date | required |
| The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Definition/doc. (edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (create) pages. Please add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template. |