Template:Cleanup list

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This template is used to say that lists need cleanup.

Usage

• This template will categorise tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia list cleanup.
• This template is a self-reference.
• Please do not subst: this template.
• For use in sections, use {{Cleanup list|section}}

{{Cleanup list}} is for poorly trimmed lists, while {{Example farm}} is for poorly trimmed articles, including prose.

Redirects

1. {{Cleanup list}}
2. {{Cleanuplist}}
3. {{Cleanup-list}}
4. {{CleanupList}}
5. {{List-cleanup}}
6. {{Cleanup-laundry}}
7. {{Inclusion}}

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Cleanup list in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Cleanup list

Banner to indicate that cleanup is needed for is for poorly trimmed lists.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Article or section?	1	Set to 'section' to specify that you are referring to the section Default article	String	optional
Date	date	Date when it was added or verified Example November 2018 Auto value {{SUBST:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{SUBST:CURRENTYEAR}}	String	optional

See also

• Wikipedia:Embedded lists, style guideline
• {{List missing criteria}} for stand-alone lists
• {{Prose}}, to indicate lists that should be converted to prose
• {{Expand list}} – for use where a list is too short/incomplete
• {{List to table}} – for use where a table would be better than a list
• {{Create list}} – for when a list is needed instead of prose

Other trivia-related templates

General trivia

{{Trivia}} – Suggests relocation of the relevant details in a trivia section, to another section (or article).

{{Trivia section}} – Same as above, but goes at the top of the trivia section, rather than the top of the article.

{{Unfocused}} – for an article which lacks focus or has no particular topic.

Relevance and importance

{{Off topic}} – For a section that has wandered from the topic of the article

{{Content}} – For an article or section containing information whose relevance is disputed.

{{Importance section}} – For a section with information that is simply off-topic for the article, and needs removal or relocation to another article.

{{Importance inline}} – For a particular item that is off-topic needs removal or relocation to another article.

{{Better source example}} – For a particular instance of a poorly cited example.

{{Relevance inline}} – For a particular item that doesn't seem to belong in the context at all.

{{Non sequitur}} – For a namedropping of someone or something the relevance of which may not be clear to the reader.

Excessive detail

{{Overly detailed}} – For excessive focus on minute details not of interest to our general readership.

{{Summarize section}} – For sections that are too detailed and need to be summarized.

{{Example farm}} – For excessive use of examples.

{{Too many see alsos}} – For an indiscriminate "See also" section, most of which should be pruned or integrated into the prose.

Topical trivia

{{Self-sourcing examples}} – For an article or section with poorly cited popular culture examples.

{{In popular culture}} – For excessive "popular culture" and "media references" sorts of material.

{{Fiction trivia}} (or {{In-universe}}) – For too many trivial fictional references (or too much "in-universe" detail).

{{Long plot}}, {{All plot}} – For excessively detailed plot summaries.

{{Cleanup book}}, {{Cleanup film}} – For excessive detail about particular types of works (other than plot and fictional or in-universe issues).

{{Game trivia}} – For too much gaming-related trivia.

{{MOSLOW}} – For list that does not follow the Manual of Style for lists of works, e.g. not in chronological order

{{Cleanup university}}, {{Cleanup school}} – For excessive detail about an educational institution.

{{Famous}} – For an indiscriminate list of "famous" people associated in some way with a topic.

{{Localist}} – For local-interest trivia that is unverifiable or otherwise unencyclopedic.

List cleanup

{{Prose}} – Suggests converting into prose a section that consists of a list.

{{Cleanup list}} – For indiscriminate lists that need reduction.

{{List to table}} – For use where a table would be better than a list.

• Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles