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	{{Definition\|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}		{{Definition\|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}

	This template will add the article tagged to [[:Category:Wikipedia articles needing clarification]] or a monthly subcategory thereof.

	==See also==
	* {{Tl\|Definition needed}} – when a statement or a term completely lacks definition
	* {{Tl\|Disambiguation needed}} – for the special case where the term needing clarification is [[Wikipedia:Wikilinks\|wikilinked]] to a [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation page\|disambiguation page]], and you are unable to find a suitable replacement link.
	* {{Tl\|Ambiguous}} – for ambiguous ''statements''
	* {{Tl\|Clarify}} – for other text that is difficult to understand
	* {{Tl\|Non sequitur}} – for when someone or something has been mentioned for reasons unclear to the reader
	* {{tl\|Which one}} for text which could refer to one of numerous people or items but which is not linked to a disambiguation page.

	{{Inline tags}}
	<includeonly>{{Sandbox other\|\|
	<!-- CATEGORIES AND INTERWIKIS HERE, THANKS -->
	[[Category:Coherency templates\|{{PAGENAME}}]]
	[[Category:Inline cleanup templates\|{{PAGENAME}}]]
	}}</includeonly>
	<templatedata>
	{
	"params": {
	"1": {
	"aliases": [
	"reason"
	],
	"label": "Reason",
	"description": "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.",
	"type": "string",
	"default": "The preceding text may be too imprecise or indirect for Wikipedia's standards.",
	"autovalue": "",
	"suggested": true
	},
	"date": {
	"label": "Date",
	"type": "date",
	"description": "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]].",
	"autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}",
	"required": true
	}
	},
	"description": "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.",
	"paramOrder": [
	"1",
	"date"
	]
	}
	</templatedata>

wikipedia>Vanisaac: /* See also */clean up per WP:CAT#T and WP:AWBREQ add template:Sandbox other

2020-04-24T23:11:03Z

See also: clean up per WP:CAT and WP:AWBREQ add template:Sandbox other

New page

{{Documentation subpage}}


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 is used in a way where [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch#Expressions that lack precision|its intended meaning is ambiguous]].
==Example==
{{Tlx|Definition|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}

This produces:

{{Definition|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}

This template will add the article tagged to [[:Category:Wikipedia articles needing clarification]] or a monthly subcategory thereof.

==See also==
* {{Tl|Definition needed}} – when a statement or a term completely lacks definition
* {{Tl|Disambiguation needed}} – for the special case where the term needing clarification is [[Wikipedia:Wikilinks|wikilinked]] to a [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation page|disambiguation page]], and you are unable to find a suitable replacement link.
* {{Tl|Ambiguous}} – for ambiguous ''statements''
* {{Tl|Clarify}} – for other text that is difficult to understand
* {{Tl|Non sequitur}} – for when someone or something has been mentioned for reasons unclear to the reader
* {{tl|Which one}} for text which could refer to one of numerous people or items but which is not linked to a disambiguation page.

{{Inline tags}}
<includeonly>{{Sandbox other||

[[Category:Coherency templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Inline cleanup templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]
}}</includeonly>
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"1": {
"aliases": [
"reason"
],
"label": "Reason",
"description": "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.",
"type": "string",
"default": "The preceding text may be too imprecise or indirect for Wikipedia's standards.",
"autovalue": "",
"suggested": true
},
"date": {
"label": "Date",
"type": "date",
"description": "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]].",
"autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}",
"required": true
}
},
"description": "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.",
"paramOrder": [
"1",
"date"
]
}
</templatedata>