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== Usage, placement, and parameters ==
{{Tlx|Human-centric|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}

According to [[MOS:LAYOUT]], maintenance templates such as this one ought be placed after [[WP:HATNOTE|hatnotes]], at the start of the article page. That placement is supported by consensus obtained in an [[WP:RfC|RfC]] at {{section link|Template talk:Refimprove|RfC: Location of Tag}}.

A {{para|talk}} parameter is allowed; setting this to any value (for example, <nowiki>{{Human-centric|talk=xyz}}</nowiki> will result in the message "See talk page for details" being included in the tag, with a blue link on the words "talk page" that will link directly to the associated talk page. If the value is a valid [[WP:ANCHOR|anchor]] on the talk page (''e.g.'', the title of a section or subsection heading, or, ideally, an actual "anchor"), then the talk page link will go directly to that section/ anchor; if not, it will simply to go the top of the talk page.  This parameter should be used if the user placing it also intends to create or knows of a section of the talk page in which this issue is discussed.  The user should be certain that the talk page includes an example of '''at least one specific animal''' that shares the attribute with humans.

The template also takes {{para|sect}} parameter allowing the template to be used on a section of an article rather than the entire article.  When this is done, the template might appear like this: <nowiki>{{Human-centric|section}}</nowiki> which will result in 
{{Human-centric|section}}

== When to use ==

This template should be placed at the beginning of articles that are written as though its subject matter only or almost only applies to humans when in fact many other animals also have attributes/features/behavior relevant to the subject matter of the articles.

==When to remove/replace==

This template should be removed once the article or section no longer reads as though its content only applies to humans, and mentions at least one other animal.  It may be removed by the user who placed it, the article creator, or anyone else who decides this requirement has been met.  It should also be removed, of course, if the subject of the article/section does in fact only relate to humans or the template was applied erroneously in contravention of cases where the template should not be used.

The template should  be replaced with some form of [[wp:hatnote|hatnote]] if an article eventually becomes written or is discovered which discusses the term in a non-human biological context.  The hatnote should point either to a general disambiguation page (if it exists) or to the article directly.

== When not to use ==
*'''Do not''' place this template on articles which do not have a biological theme
*'''Do not''' place this template on any page other than an English language Wikipedia article page; it does not belong on talk pages, userpages, help pages, etc.
*'''Do not''' place this template on articles for which the user cannot actually identify any other specific animal species that also has this attribute/ feature/ behavior— at least one such animal should be mentioned somewhere on the talk page
*'''Do not''' place this template on articles for which an analogous article on at least one other kind of animal actually already exists— for example, do not place this tag on the article [[Tibia]], which only discusses the human leg bone, when there are already other articles called [[Tibia (gastropod)]] and [[Arthropod leg]] which also discuss "tibias" (because in this case, a [[wp:hatnote|hatnote]] already exists on the article [[Tibia]] pointing readers to the [[Tibia (disambiguation)]] page which lists these other biological instances)
*'''Do not''' place this template when the ''other'' contexts of the term have nothing to do with biology or are only etymologically connected to the title of the article; again, a hatnote is more appropriate in such a case

==Also note==

*This template is a [[WP:self-reference|self-reference]]

*This template should not be [[WP:Subst|substituted]]

== See also ==
* [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup]]

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