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This template is used on approximately 932,000 pages, or roughly 2% of all pages.
To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This meta-template can be used to create in-line tags with clean up messages which can be used to tag article issues on a line-by-line basis. Many templates are based upon it, like ((Citation needed)).

It should not be used directly on articles by itself — instead, use one of the pre-existing derivatives if at all possible. Should there be no suitable derivative already, new ones can be created using the syntax that follows, but please discuss the need for any new template at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Inline Templates first. Otherwise, the sub-template in question is likely to end up at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion, as it is better for Wikipedia to have a finite and well-tested set of in-line tags than to allow for endless variation.

Usage

((Fix
| subst     = <includeonly>((subst:substcheck))</includeonly>
| link      = <!-- Page which text should link to, without brackets --> (default = Wikipedia:Cleanup)
| text      = <!-- Text to be displayed for the link -->
| pre-text  = <!-- Optional text to print before the linked text -->
| post-text = <!-- Optional text to print after the linked text -->
| class     = <!-- Class(es) to set text to --> (in addition to the default ones, "noprint" and "Inline-Template")
| title     = <!-- Tool-tip text to display when mouse is hovered over link -->
| special   = <!-- Optional replacement for text, link, title, pre-text, and post-text - allowing user to define a non-standard format -->
| date      = <!-- Optional date parameter to be displayed at end of 'title' and/or in cat-date -->
| cat       = [[<!-- Category name to include page in -->]]
| cat-date  = <!-- First part of category name to include page in; there is an optional date parameter -->
))

Categories are ignored if the template is used on a talk page or on any other non-article page.

The value specified via |cat= must be in wikicode, including square brackets.

The value specified via |cat-date= is used as part of a category name. It must be specified without square brackets, but with a "Category:" prefix. The full category name is obtained from the cat-date value, the word "from", and the date value.

For example, given |cat-date=Category:Articles with dead external links |date=March 2024, the article will be placed in Category:Articles with dead external links from March 2024.

The |date= parameter is not normally pre-filled by any template using ((Fix)) or ((Fix-span)) as a meta-template; rather, it is coded in those derived templates as |date=(({date|))} so that an editor provided date is passed through (or null, otherwise).

((By how much)) ((Definition)) ((Definition needed)) ((Example needed)) ((Example needed span)) ((Explain)) ((How)) ((How often)) ((Misquoted)) ((Quantify)) ((Specify)) ((Vague)) ((When)) ((Where)) ((Which)) ((Who else)) ((Why)) ((Year needed))
Excessive	((Overly detailed inline)) ((Duplication span)) ((Importance inline)) ((Relevance inline)) ((Undue weight inline)) ((Globalize inline))

Time-sensitivity

Verifiability

Dubious	((Contradictory inline)) ((Disputed inline)) ((Dubious)) ((Dubious span)) ((Inconsistent)) ((Needs independent confirmation)) ((Speculation inline))
Bare URLs	((Bare URL inline)) ((Bare URL non-HTML)) ((Bare URL AV media)) ((Bare URL PDF)) ((Bare URL image)) ((Bare URL DOC)) ((Bare URL plain text)) ((Bare URL spreadsheet))
Incomplete or broken citation	((Author incomplete)) ((Author missing)) ((Date missing)) ((Dead link)) ((Edition needed)) ((Episode needed)) ((Full citation needed)) ((Incomplete short citation)) ((ISBN missing)) ((Moved resource)) ((Page needed)) ((Place missing)) ((Publisher missing)) ((Season needed)) ((Time needed)) ((Title incomplete)) ((Title missing)) ((Volume needed)) ((Year missing))
Missing or problematic reference	((Additional citation needed)) ((Better source needed)) ((Better source needed example)) ((Check quotation)) ((Chronology citation needed)) ((Circular reference)) ((Citation needed)) ((Citation needed span)) ((Citation not found)) ((Close paraphrasing inline)) ((COI source)) ((Deprecated inline)) ((Excessive citations inline)) ((Failed verification)) ((Failed verification span)) ((Image reference needed)) ((Irrelevant citation)) ((Medical citation needed)) ((Medical citation needed span)) ((Nonspecific)) ((Not verified in body)) ((Obsolete source)) ((Page range too broad)) ((Primary source inline)) ((Promotional source)) ((Quote without source)) ((Request quotation)) ((Request quotation span)) ((Retracted)) ((Scientific citation needed)) ((Self-published inline)) ((Tertiary source inline)) ((Third-party inline)) ((Unreliable fringe source)) ((Unreliable medical source)) ((Unreliable source?)) ((Verify quote)) ((Verify source))

Wording

General advice

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Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template has custom formatting.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
nocat	`nocat`	no description	Unknown	optional
cat-date	`cat-date`	no description	Unknown	optional
cat	`cat`	no description	Unknown	optional
cat-date2	`cat-date2`	no description	Unknown	optional
cat2	`cat2`	no description	Unknown	optional
cat-date3	`cat-date3`	no description	Unknown	optional
cat3	`cat3`	no description	Unknown	optional
date	`date`	no description	Unknown	optional
name	`name`	no description	Unknown	optional
Text	`text`	Text to be displayed for the link	Unknown	optional
class	`class`	Additional CSS classes to add to the tag	String	optional
Pre-text	`pre-text`	Optional unlinked text to be printed before the linked text	Line	optional
Link	`link`	The page that the text should link to Default Wikipedia:Cleanup	Page name	optional
Hover text	`title`	Text that will be shown when the link is hovered over Default The value of the (({link))} parameter	String	optional
Post-text	`post-text`	Optional unlinked text to print after the linked text	Line	optional
special	`special`	no description	Unknown	optional

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Fix/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.

Usage

See also