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The following tags should be placed on the article needing cleanup, '''not''' on its talk page.  Unless otherwise noted, they should be added to the top of the article.

Some tags have alternate versions that should be used if the applicability of the tag is disputed.<!-- ? -->

See [[Wikipedia:Template messages]] for other useful tags.

==General==
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="100%"
!Tag
!Text that will be shown (and usage notes)

|-
|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:cleanup|cleanup]]}}
<br>
([[:Category:Wikipedia cleanup|category]])
| {{cleanup}}
* This applies to general problems not addressed by other tags.
* '''In the future, please use cleanup-date, below, instead.'''

|-
|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:cleanup-date|cleanup-date]]<nowiki>|</nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki>
<br>
([[:Category:Cleanup by month|category]])
| {{cleanup-date|{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}
* This applies to general problems not addressed by other tags.
* Please do '''not''' use this in combination with the [[#Specific cleanup issues|more specific]] cleanup tags.
* Please replace "{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}" with the appropriate month and year.  Note that there is a space between them.

|-
|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:cleanup-image|cleanup-image]]}}
<br>
([[:Category:Images for cleanup|category]])
|{{cleanup-image}}
* This should be used for images that have artifacts, poor definition, poor lighting, or other visual flaws.
* Many of these images may need to be replaced entirely.  Try listing on [[Wikipedia:Image recreation requests]].

|}

==Copyright violations==

See [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Maintenance#Copyright violations]].

==Specific cleanup issues==
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"
!Tag
!Text that will be shown (and usage notes)

|-
|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:wikify|wikify]]}}
<br>
([[:Category:Articles that need to be wikified|category]])
|{{wikify}}
* If the article needs reformatting to look pretty
* If the article needs HTML changed into wikitext
* If important words need to be linked to appropriate Wikipedia articles

|-
|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:copyedit|copyedit]]}}
<br>
([[:Category:Wikipedia articles needing copy edit|category]])
|{{copyedit}}

|-
|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:cleanup-verify|cleanup-verify]]}}
<br>
([[:Category:Wikipedia articles needing factual verification|category]])
|{{cleanup-verify}}

|-
|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:cleanup-importance|cleanup-importance]]}} or {{tl|explain significance}}
<br>
([[:Category:Wikipedia articles of dubious importance|category1]] 
[[:Category:Wikipedia articles which could be improved by explaining significance|category2]])
|{{cleanup-importance}}

|-
|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:cleanup-context|cleanup-context]]}} or {{tl|context}}
<br>
([[:Category:Wikipedia articles needing context|category]])
|{{cleanup-context}}

|-
|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:technical|technical]]}}
<br>
([[:Category:Wikipedia articles that are too technical|category]])
|{{technical}}

|-
|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:cleanup-tone|cleanup-tone]]}}
<br>
([[:Category:Wikipedia articles needing style editing|category]])
|{{cleanup-tone}}

|-
|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:confusing|confusing]]}}
<br>
([[:Category:Wikipedia articles needing clarification|category]])
|{{confusing}}

|-
|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:fiction|fiction]]}}
<br>
([[:Category:Wikipedia articles needing their fiction made clear|category]])
|{{fiction}}
* This does not cover factual or accuracy disputes.

|-
|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:contradict|contradict]]}}
<br>
([[:Category:Self-contradictory articles|category]])
|{{contradict}}

|- 
|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:cleanup-rewrite|cleanup-rewrite]]}}
<br>
([[:Category:Wikipedia articles needing rewrite|category]])
|{{cleanup-rewrite}}

|-
|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:notenglish|notenglish]]}}
<br>
([[:Category:Pages needing translation|category]])
|{{notenglish}}
* This always should be supplemented by a note on [[Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English]].
* This should be used only for articles that are completely or almost completely in a foreign language.
* Note that if the issue isn't dealt with in two weeks, the article goes to [[WP:VFD|Votes for deletion]].

|-
|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:cleanup-translation|cleanup-translation]]}}
<br>
([[:Category:Wikipedia articles that need translation|category]])
|{{cleanup-translation}}
* This always should be supplemented by a note on [[Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English]].
* This should be used for articles that still have translation issues, but have enough English-language content that they are not subject to deletion for that reason.

|-
|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:cleanup-ipa|cleanup-ipa]]}}
<br>
([[:Category:Wikipedia articles with nonstandard pronunciation|category]])
|{{cleanup-ipa}}

|-
|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:limitedgeographicscope|limitedgeographicscope]]}}
<br>
([[:Category:Limited geographic scope|category]])
|{{limitedgeographicscope}}

|-
|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:music-importance|music-importance]]}}
<br>
([[:Category:Wikipedia articles of dubious importance|category]])
|{{music-importance}}

|-
|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:cleanup-school|cleanup-school]]}}
<br>
([[:Category:Schools needing expansion|category]])
|{{cleanup-school}}

|-
|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:PotentialVanity|PotentialVanity]]}}
<br>
([[:Category:Wikipedia articles that might be vanity|category]])
|{{PotentialVanity}}

|-
|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Cleanup-nonsense|cleanup-nonsense]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>
|{{Cleanup-nonsense}}
*This should be used if an article appears to be nonsense not covered by [[Patent nonsense]] speedy deletion rule (for example, a theory that appears to be pseudoscience presented without any explanation of context, scientific reaction, etc).
*This template should either be replaced with one of the above templates (usually cleanup-context or cleanup-confusing) or nominated for deletion in accordence with Wikipedia's deletion policies, but both should only be done by somebody familar with the subject area of the article.

|}

==Merging and splitting==

{{Wikipedia:Template messages/Merging and splitting}}

==Controversy==

See [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Disputes]].

==Moving to other projects==

{{Wikipedia:Template messages/Moving to other projects}}

==Stubs==

See [[Wikipedia:Stub]].

Unlike cleanup tags, stub tags should be added at the '''bottom''' of the article.

It is possible to use {{tl|stub}}, but if you have time to find the correct topical stub tag instead, please do so.

Topical stub tags are listed on [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Stubs]] and shown in the [[:Category:Stub categories|stub categories]].

Example: {{comp-stub}}