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Revision as of 15:41, 29 June 2011
This template is a self-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.
Purpose
This inline template should be used in articles where words are used in a way where their intended meaning is ambiguous.
Example
{{Definition|date=May 2024}}
This produces:[when defined as?]
This template will add the article tagged to Category:Wikipedia articles needing clarification or a monthly subcategory thereof.
See also
- {{Definition needed}} – when a statement or a term completely lacks definition
- {{Disambiguation needed}} – for the special case where the term needing clarification is wikilinked to a disambiguation page, and you are unable to find a suitable replacement link.
- {{Ambiguous}} – for ambiguous statements
- {{Clarify}} – for other text that is difficult to understand
- {{Non sequitur}} – for when someone or something has been mentioned for reasons unclear to the reader
- {{Which one}} for text which could refer to one of numerous people or items but which is not linked to a disambiguation page.
Use {{Definition}} in the body of an article as a request for other editors to add further explanation to text that assumes a particular meaning of a word.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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Reason | 1 reason | A brief reason for the tag. Because it may not be immediately apparent to other editors what about the tagged passage is in need of further explanation, a brief reason is generally helpful. The reason parameter displays when the mouse cursor is placed over the text the template inserts.
| String | suggested |
Date | date | An optional date parameter that records when the tag was added. If this template is added without the date parameter, the date parameter will be added soon after by a [[WP:BOT|bot]].
| Date | required |