Template:Confusing
 | This article may be confusing or unclear to readers. (nuvëmber 2024) |
 | If you plan to make breaking changes to this template, move it, or nominate it for deletion, please notify Twinkle's users and maintainers at Wikipedia talk:Twinkle as a courtesy, as the standard installation of Twinkle adds and removes this template. Thank you! |
Usage
mudé- This template categorises tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia articles needing clarification.
- You can specify whether the template applies to an article (default) or section by adding
|articleor|sectionafter the template's name. There is also the Template:Confusing section template for the sections. - It is recommended to use the
reasonparameter to explain what is confusing. For example:
{{Confusing|date=nuvëmber 2024|reason=the Wangler is referred to in the plural but the diagram shows only one}}
| This article may be confusing or unclear to readers. In particular, the Wangler is referred to in the plural but the diagram shows only one. (nuvëmber 2024) |
- When a talk page discussion is held, a direct link to that discussion can be added via the
|talk=parameter. For example:
{{Confusing|date=nuvëmber 2024|talk=Template talk:Confusing#Talk parameter please!}}
| This article may be confusing or unclear to readers. (nuvëmber 2024) |
- Do not capitalize the beginning of the reason, since it is preceded by "In particular, ".
- Do not add a full stop/period at the end of the reason because the template automatically puts a full stop/period in.
- Please do not subst: this template.
{{Confusing|small=left}} generates:
 | This article may be confusing or unclear to readers. (nuvëmber 2024) |
{{Confusing|small=left|reason=the tensing of the article is ambiguous}} generates:
| This article may be confusing or unclear to readers. In particular, the tensing of the article is ambiguous. (nuvëmber 2024) |
Template data
mudéTemplateData for Confusing
This template is used to mark an article or section as confusing and in need of clarification.
| Parametro | Descrizione | Tipo | Stato | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article or section? | 1 | Set to 'section' to specify that you are referring to the section
| Stringa | facoltativo |
| Discussion location | talk | The location at which the discussion on the issue is being held. Should be full page name, followed by #, followed by section name. Please do not enclose between [[ and ]]. The link will be automatically formatted using the section sign (§).
| Nome della pagina | consigliato |
| What is confusing? | reason | Explain what part of the text needs to be clarified. | Stringa | facoltativo |
| Date | date | The date this template was added, in the format [full month name] [full year].
| Data | obbligatorio |
| Small? | small | Set to 'left' if a small version should be shown instead of the default | Stringa | facoltativo |
See also
mudé- Template:Clarify, an in-line version of this template
- Template:Confusing section, a section version of this template
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup for an overview of cleanup templates.