Template:Missing information/doc
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Purpose
This template should be used when certain necessary information is absent from the article. Please open a corresponding discussion detailing the missing information on the article's discussion page before placing the tag. This may assist in avoiding edit-warring by making a good faith attempt to achieve consensus before putting a particular piece of information in an article, especially if it's controversial information. If a consensus is reached that the information should be included, or no one contested the proposal, the information is inserted in the article and the tag is removed.
Caveats
This template:
- sorts articles into Category:Articles to be expanded
|nocat=truecan be used to subdue categorization if necessary
- is a self-reference
- cannot be substituted
Syntax
{{Missing information|description|date=December 2024}} produces:
 | This article is missing information about description. (December 2024) |
{{Missing information|section|description|date=December 2024}} produces:
| This section is missing information about description. (December 2024) |
{{Missing information|description|talksection=talksection|date=December 2024}} produces:
| This article is missing information about description. (December 2024) |
The parameter to indicate what information is missing can also be explicitly named as |about=, |on=, or |reason=.
See also
- {{Explain}} (inline)
- {{Incomplete list}}
- {{Expand section}}
- {{Refideas}}
- List of dispute templates
TemplateData
TemplateData for Missing information
<templatedata> { "params": { "1": { "label": "(overloaded)", "description": "Specify \"section\" to indicate this template applies to a section. Defaults to whole article", "type": "line", "autovalue": "", "suggested": true }, "2": { "label": "Info missing", "description": "The information missing from the article, if not supplied by (overloaded)", "example": "a succinct statement of the theorem", "type": "line", "suggested": true }, "talksection": { "type": "string", "autovalue": "", "label": "Talk page section", "description": "Name of a valid anchor in the article talk page noting this issue. All headings are automatically valid anchors.", "example": "Cultural impact missing" }, "date": { "type": "date", "autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}", "suggested": true } }, "description": "This template should be used when certain necessary information is absent from the article. Please open a corresponding discussion detailing the missing information on the article's discussion page before placing the tag. This may assist in avoiding edit-warring by making a good faith attempt to achieve consensus before putting a particular piece of information in an article, especially if it's controversial information. If a consensus is reached that the information should be included, or no one contested the proposal, the information is inserted in the article and the tag is removed. " } </templatedata>