Template:Cleanup tense
Revision as of 16:33, 3 November 2010 by 78.35.214.158 (talk) (the template should be linking to the guideline with its explanations, not to the mainspace article)
This article uses an unsuitable grammatical tense for an encyclopedia. Please consider copy editing to past tense if historic, present tense if not time-based (e.g. fiction), or future tense if upcoming. |
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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
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