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Revision as of 02:41, 23 May 2016 by blackwiki>Jytdog (thanks those were great changes. some further changes to ensure this covers the range of PR activities; should cover attack angles as well ; broaden to cover issues & non-profiit organizations (so much advertising for universities and nonprofits in WP!))
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When to use

Add this to articles that need help from other editors because they sound like advertisements. For example, they may tell users to buy the company's product, provide price lists, give links to online sellers, or use unencyclopedic or meaningless buzzwords.

The advert tag is for Wikipedia articles that in whole or part have been made into public relations documents, seeking to make readers see an issue, a product, an organization, or a person in a positive or negative light.

The issue this tag addresses, is the policy, WP:PROMO, which forbids content that reflects:

  • Advocacy, propaganda, or recruitment of any kind: commercial, political, scientific, religious, national, sports-related, or otherwise. An article can report objectively about such things, as long as an attempt is made to describe the topic from a neutral point of view.
  • Self-promotion.
  • Advertising, marketing or public relations. Information about people, organizations, issues, and products must be written in an objective and unbiased style, free of puffery.

If an article appears to be an advertisement, this tag is appropriate.

This template adds articles to Category:Articles with a promotional tone.

How to use

Articles

  • For articles needing major cleanup, place {{Advert|date=June 2026}} at the top of the article to alert readers.
  • You can adjust the default "article" text with something more specific, such as: {{Advert|article's "Controversy" section}}.

Sections

  • To mark specific sections instead of the whole article, place {{Advert section|date=June 2026}} at the top of the section.

Remarks

  • To replace the text "an advertisement", you may use {{Advert|article/section|yourtext}} or {{Advert|2=yourtext}} or {{Advert|type=yourtext}}

See also