Help:Cleanup

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Articles may develop a variety of problems which require cleanup in order to get the article to a higher level of quality. Problems can include typographical errors and poor grammar and spelling, poor wording, articles written in the first person, and other problems.

Cleanup templates

These templates may be inserted into an article to mark various issues with the article and list it as an article needing cleanup.

Header templates

These templates are placed at the very top of the article to mark that the problem is a general problem with the article.

{{cleanup}}

Used to mark articles in need of cleanup to conform to a sufficient level of quality.

{{pov}}

Used to mark articles which do not follow the point of view guideline.

{{wip}}

Use this to tell other editors you are currently editing the article.

{{DISPLAYTITLE|title}}

Not really a template. Used to fix the title of articles misnamed by MediaWiki, and to give translated articles localised names.

{{DISPLAYTITLE|func_detail}}

{{Split-apart}}

For suggesting an article has become too long or is covering too broad a subject

{{Shortcut}}

Used to put a little box to the right, displaying a shortcut title to a redirect page to that article.

{{Stub}}

Used to mark and categorize a stub article.

{{delete}}

For suggesting a candidate for speedy deletion, no reason given.

{{deletebecause}}

For suggesting a candidate for speedy deletion, reason given.

{{deleteagain}}

For suggesting reposted content that has been removed before but brought back.

{{nonsense}}

For suggesting a candidate for speedy deletion because article is patent nonsense.

Body templates

These templates mark a specific problem in the body of the article.

{{clarify}}

Inserts supertext indicating clarification is needed. Example: Causes NPCs to act busy^[Clarify].

{{How?}}

Inserts supertext indicating explanation of how to do something is needed. Example: To use it, just set it upTemplate:How?.