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==When to use==
==When to use==
Use this tag to identify '''personal essays'''. Personal essays describe the author's own emotional [[feeling]]s about a topic. Although Wikipedia is supposed to compile human knowledge, it is [[WP:What Wikipedia is not#PUBLISHER|not a vehicle to publish users' personal opinions]].
Use this tag to identify '''personal essays'''. Personal essays describe the author's own emotional [[feeling]]s about a topic. Although CAPipediais supposed to compile human knowledge, it is [[WP:What CAPipediais not#PUBLISHER|not a vehicle to publish users' personal opinions]].


This template should be used when the article contains the editor's own personal, emotional comments on the subject. Use it when the article does not necessarily represent a blatant opinion or opinion piece, but is still overly [[wikt:judgementalist|judgementalist]] in tone.
This template should be used when the article contains the editor's own personal, emotional comments on the subject. Use it when the article does not necessarily represent a blatant opinion or opinion piece, but is still overly [[wikt:judgementalist|judgementalist]] in tone.
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===Notes===
===Notes===
*This template will add tagged articles to dated subcategories of [[:Category:Wikipedia articles with style issues by month]] and to [[:Category:All articles with style issues]].
*This template will add tagged articles to dated subcategories of [[:Category:CAPipediaarticles with style issues by month]] and to [[:Category:All articles with style issues]].
*This [[WP:Templates|template]] is a [[WP:Manual of Style/Self-references to avoid|self-reference]].
*This [[WP:Templates|template]] is a [[WP:Manual of Style/Self-references to avoid|self-reference]].
*Please do not [[WP:Substitution|subst:]] this template.
*Please do not [[WP:Substitution|subst:]] this template.
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<templatedata>
<templatedata>
{
{
     "description": "Use this cleanup template to indicate that an article is written like a personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic.",
     "description": "Use this cleanup template to indicate that an article is written like a personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay that states a CAPipediaeditor's personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic.",
     "format": "inline",
     "format": "inline",
     "params": {
     "params": {
"date": {
"date": {
"label": "Month and year",
"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.",
"description": "The month and year that the template was placed (in full). \"January 2024\" inserts the current month and year automatically.",
"type": "line",
"type": "line",
"autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}",
"autovalue": "January 2024",
"example": "January 2013",
"example": "January 2013",
"suggested": true
"suggested": true

Latest revision as of 16:00, 23 January 2024

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When to use

Use this tag to identify personal essays. Personal essays describe the author's own emotional feelings about a topic. Although CAPipediais supposed to compile human knowledge, it is not a vehicle to publish users' personal opinions.

This template should be used when the article contains the editor's own personal, emotional comments on the subject. Use it when the article does not necessarily represent a blatant opinion or opinion piece, but is still overly judgementalist in tone.

When not to use

Do not use this template to tag fact-oriented pages that sound like they might have been written as research papers for school (called "essays" in some parts of the world). Instead, if those pages need a different writing style or tone, use {{Research paper}}, or general templates like {{Tone}} or {{Copy edit}}.

If the article is biased, but without expressing the editor's emotions or value-based judgments, use tags like {{unbalanced}} or {{POV}}.

How to use

Place this:

{{Essay-like|date=July 2024}}

at the top of the article to alert editors to the inappropriate presence of editors' personal reflections throughout the article.

Sections
  • To mark specific sections instead of the whole article, place {{Essay-like|section}} at the top of the section.
Options
  • To replace the text "a personal reflection or essay", you may use {{Essay-like|article or section|yourtext}} or {{Essay-like|2=yourtext}}
  • Articles tagged without the optional date parameter will be given the parameter by a bot.
  • Add a new item to the talk page explaining the problem so editors will know what to address, and when to remove this tag.

Notes

See also

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Essay-like in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Essay-like

<templatedata> {

   "description": "Use this cleanup template to indicate that an article is written like a personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay that states a CAPipediaeditor's personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic.",
   "format": "inline",
   "params": {

"date": { "label": "Month and year", "description": "The month and year that the template was placed (in full). \"January 2024\" inserts the current month and year automatically.", "type": "line", "autovalue": "January 2024", "example": "January 2013", "suggested": true },

       "2": {
           "label": "Custom text",
           "description": "Text to replace \"a personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay\" in the template",
           "type": "string",

"example": "a forum post"

       },

"1": { "label": "Affected area", "description": "Text to replace the word \"article\", usually \"section\"", "type": "line", "autovalue": "section", "example": "section" }, "small": { "label": "Make template small", "description": "Enter \"left\" here to make the template box small and aligned to the left.", "type": "line", "autovalue": "left", "example": "left" }

   },

"paramOrder": [ "date", "2", "1", "small" ] } </templatedata>