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 | This page in a nutshell: If you come across a maintenance template, you can help Wikipedia! If you understand the problem flagged by the template and have reasonably fixed it, you can remove the template manually; it will not be removed automatically. |
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Many Wikipedia pages display maintenance templates that identify problems. You may have arrived at this help page after clicking a link on a maintenance template saying "Learn how and when to remove this message".
Maintenance templates are added and removed by volunteers. This help page explains the process for examining and removing such templates.