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Revision as of 01:47, 8 October 2018
| This is a documentation subpage for Template:Definition. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
This template is a self-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.
Usage
This inline template should be used in articles where words is used in a way where its intended meaning is ambiguous, or it has no consensus definition or meaning. This requests that a definition be provided, so that the meaning of the sentence can be ascertained.
{{Definition|date=April 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.