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== Usage ==
This template tags an article for [[Wikipedia:Basic copyediting|copy editing]] and should be added at the top of the article page, as follows:
:{{tnull|Copy edit|for=|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}

This template will auto-categorize tagged articles into [[:Category:Wikipedia articles needing copy edit]], or a dated subcategory thereof.

Do not <code>[[Wikipedia:Substitution|subst:]]</code> this template. This [[Wikipedia:Template messages|template]] is a [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Self-references to avoid|self-reference]].

Do not add this template to drafts.

=== Optional parameters ===
* This template takes an optional parameter that replaces the word "article" in the displayed message with arbitrary text. For example, {{tnull|Copy edit|section}} displays "This section needs [[Wikipedia:Basic copyediting|copy editing]]."
* This template takes the optional parameter {{para|for}} (a.k.a. {{para|reason}}) which can be used to explain what issues need to be addressed, e.g. {{para|for|consistent spelling}}. The default value is "grammar, style, cohesion, tone, or spelling".
* This template takes the optional parameter {{para|date}}, with the format {{para|date|{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}. A bot will automatically fill the parameter if it is initially left empty.

== TemplateData ==
{{TemplateData header}}
<templatedata>
{
    "description": "Use this cleanup template to tag an article for copy editing, such as for grammar, style, cohesion, tone or spelling.",
	"format": "inline",
	"params": {
		"date": {
			"label": "Month and year",
			"description": "The month and year that the template was placed (in full). \"{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}\" inserts the current month and year automatically.",
			"type": "line",
			"autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}",
			"example": "January 2013",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"1": {
			"label": "Affected area",
			"description": "Text to replace the word \"article\", usually \"section\"",
			"type": "line",
			"autovalue": "section",
			"example": "section"
		},
		"for": {
			"aliases": ["reason"],
			"label": "Reason",
			"description": "Text to replace \"grammar, style, cohesion, tone, or spelling\" in the template",
			"type": "string"
		}
	},
	"paramOrder": [
		"date",
		"1",
		"for"
	]
}
</templatedata>

== Tracking categories ==
* {{clc|All articles needing copy edit}}

== Other templates that add pages to {{cl|Wikipedia articles needing copy edit}} ==
* {{Tl|Copy edit inline}}
* {{Tl|Copy edit section}}
* {{tl|Inappropriate person}}

== Redirects ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
#{{Tl|Ced}}
#{{Tl|Cleanup-copyedit}}
#{{Tl|Cleanup-english}}
#{{Tl|Copy-edit}}
#{{tl|Copyedit}}
#{{Tl|Copyediting}}
#{{Tl|Gcheck}}
#{{Tl|Grammar}}
#{{tl|Grammar check}}
#{{Tl|Spacing}}
#{{tl|Spelling}}
#{{tl|Repetition}}
#{{tl|Verbosity}}
}}

== See also ==
* {{Tl|Tone}}
* {{Tl|Verify spelling}}
* [[Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors]]

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