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When to use
Add this to articles that need help from other editors because they contain promotional language or material. This tag only applies to articles that are promoting a subject (rather than advertising something).
This template should be used if the problem is described by either, or both, of the following bullet points (from WP:PROMO):
Advocacy, propaganda, or recruitment of any kind: commercial, political, scientific, religious, national, sports-related, or otherwise. An article can report objectively about such things, as long as an attempt is made to describe the topic from a neutral point of view.- Self-promotion.
This template should not be used in an article if the following bullet point describes the problem (((Advert)) should be used in this case):
Advertising, marketing or public relations. Information about people, organizations, issues, and products must be written in an objective and unbiased style, free of puffery.
This template adds articles to Category:Articles with a promotional tone.
How to use
- Place
((Promotional tone|date=April 2024))at the top of the article. - You can adjust the default "article" text with something more specific, such as:
((Promotional tone|article's "Controversy" section)).
See also
- ((Advert)) – Template with wording more suitable for articles that are advertising something (for instance, a product)
- ((Advert section)) – Same as above, but for tagging sections specifically
- ((Advert inline)) – For marking specific promotional language
- ((Essay)) – For opinion pieces
- ((External links)) – For marking sections with inappropriate use of external links
- ((Fanpov))
- ((Like resume)) – For marking biographical articles that promote the subject
- ((List spam)) – For marking lists that contain spammy entries
- ((News release))
- ((Peacock))
- ((Promotion inline)) – For tagging non-advertising promotional material
- ((Promotional source)) – For tagging promotional sources that have been cited in an article
- ((Spam)) – For warning spammers on their talk pages
- ((Travel guide))
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam
- Wikipedia:WikiProject External links
- Wikipedia:Cleanup process
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
TemplateData
TemplateData for Promotional tone
Template for tagging articles with promotional language or material
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scope (e.g. section) | 1 | This parameter allows an editor to replace the default word "article" with another word, usually "section"
| String | optional |
| Type | type 2 | To replace the text "promotional tone" with another phrase
| String | optional |
| Month and year | date | Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'
| String | required |
Acknowledgements
This documentation was adapted from the documentation for the template Advert; specifically, this revision.
The template Promotional tone was adapted from Advert; specifically, this revision.