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If an article is not written in an encyclopedia-like style, add the {{tone}} template at the top. This template creates a banner stating the problem at the top of the article's page, and also adds its tagged articles to one of Wikipedia's administrative categories: Category:Wikipedia articles with style issues (shortcut to that category: CAT:STYLE).
For more about the way an encyclopedia's article is written, see Wikipedia's Manual of Style or Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup § Style of writing.
Note: This template is a self-reference, and should not be substituted.
Note 2: {{Magazine}} redirects here. You may be looking for {{Cite magazine}} or {{Infobox magazine}}
{{Tone}}
or {{Tone|{{subst:DATE}}}}
To make the banner apply to a more specific area, add |section
, or |article
:
{{Tone|section}}
, or to include the date (recommended), {{Tone|section|{{subst:DATE}}}}
{{Tone|article}}
, or to include the date (recommended), {{Tone|article|{{subst:DATE}}}}
To link to a relevant discussion on the article's Talk page, add the |talk=
parameter. The argument (the part after the equals sign) can be either a section title on the article's own talk page, or the name of another page where discussion appears (with or without a specific section):
{{Tone|talk=Discussion of tone issues}}
{{Tone|talk=Talk:Another Article#Relevant discussion section}}
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.
The following templates are redirects to this template and will display the same message:
TemplateData for Tone
Use this template to indicate that an article is not written in an encyclopedia-like style.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Month and year | date | Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'
| String | suggested |
Affected area | 1 | Text to replace the word "article", usually "section"
| String | optional |
Section name on talk page | talk | Section name on talk page where further information or discussion can be found | String | optional |
There are also messaging and tagging templates available for:
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