Template:Cleanup list/doc

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This template is used to say that lists need cleanup.

Usage

This template will categorise tagged articles into Category:CAPipedialist cleanup.
This template is a self-reference.
Please do not subst: this template.
For use in sections, use {{Cleanup list|section}}

{{Cleanup list}} is for poorly trimmed lists, while {{Example farm}} is for poorly trimmed articles, including prose.

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

TemplateData for Cleanup list

<templatedata> {

    "description": "Banner to indicate that cleanup is needed for is for poorly trimmed lists.",
    "params": {
         "1": {
              "label": "Article or section?",
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Set to 'section' to specify that you are referring to the section",
              "default": "article"
         },
         "date": {
              "label": "Date",
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Date when it was added or verified",
              "autovalue": "January 2024",
              "example": "November 2018"
         }
    },
    "paramOrder": ["1","date"]

} </templatedata>

Wikipedia:Embedded lists, style guideline
{{List missing criteria}} for stand-alone lists
{{Prose}}, to indicate lists that should be converted to prose
{{Expand list}} – for use where a list is too short/incomplete
{{List to table}} – for use where a table would be better than a list
{{Create list}} – for when a list is needed instead of prose

Other trivia-related templates

General trivia: {{Trivia}} – Suggests relocation of the relevant details in a trivia section, to another section (or article).; {{Trivia section}} – Same as above, but goes at the top of the trivia section, rather than the top of the article.
Relevance and importance: {{Off topic}} – For a section that has wandered from the topic of the article; {{Content}} – For an article or section containing information whose relevance is disputed.; {{Importance section}} – For a section with information that is simply off-topic for the article, and needs removal or relocation to another article.; {{Importance inline}} – For a particular item that is off-topic needs removal or relocation to another article.; {{Refexample}} – For an article or section with poorly cited examples.; {{Better source example}} – For a particular instance of a poorly cited example.; {{Relevance inline}} – For a particular item that doesn't seem to belong in the context at all.; {{Non sequitur}} – For a namedropping of someone or something the relevance of which may not be clear to the reader.
Excessive detail: {{Overly detailed}} – For excessive focus on minute details not of interest to our general readership.; {{Summarize section}} – For sections that are too detailed and need to be summarized.; {{Example farm}} – For excessive use of examples.; {{Too many see alsos}} – For an indiscriminate "See also" section, most of which should be pruned or integrated into the prose.
Topical trivia: {{In popular culture}} – For excessive "popular culture" and "media references" sorts of material.; {{Fiction trivia}} (or {{In-universe}}) – For too many trivial fictional references (or too much "in-universe" detail).; {{Long plot}}, {{All plot}} – For excessively detailed plot summaries.; {{Cleanup book}}, {{Cleanup film}} – For excessive detail about particular types of works (other than plot and fictional or in-universe issues).; {{Game trivia}} – For too much gaming-related trivia.; {{MOSLOW}} – For list that does not follow the Manual of Style for lists of works, e.g. not in chronological order; {{Cleanup university}}, {{Cleanup school}} – For excessive detail about an educational institution.; {{Famous}} – For an indiscriminate list of "famous" people associated in some way with a topic.; {{Localist}} – For local-interest trivia that is unverifiable or otherwise unencyclopedic.
List cleanup: {{Prose}} – Suggests converting into prose a section that consists of a list.; {{Cleanup list}} – For indiscriminate lists that need reduction.; {{List to table}} – For use where a table would be better than a list.

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