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The link to the word "context" on this template just goes to a disambiguation page with a dicdef on it. It's basically akin to saying "read the dictionary, you newbies, and learn what the word context means." Until some Wikipedia:Context comes along that explains precisely why articles need context (this would be a very good idea), I'm going to remove the link. -- Ardonik. talk() * 19:57, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
It might be useful to put a link to the Wikipedia:Guide to layout on the context template. Articles with the context tag often have a terrible layout and formatting. I think the guide is a better link than the Wikipedia:Manual of style because it is more concise. This way the authors of the articles may be able to do some of the work themselves, if they don't know how. What do you guys think? -- Kjkolb 07:25, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
The section inside the <noinclude> segment shows up when you use the {{subst:context}} structure. Is there a way to fix that? Also, using {{subst:context}} doesn't categorize the article that it's applied to. The Literate Engineer 03:07, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
This template is protected. It needs a sort key added to the category link, so
[[Category:Wikipedia maintenance templates]]
needs to change to
[[Category:Wikipedia maintenance templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]
– Doug Bell talk• contrib 01:07, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
Or better off, please unprotect this page. Stifle 20:01, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
<div class="messagebox cleanup metadata"></div> <div class="messagebox cleanup metadata">'''To meet Wikipedia's [[:Category:Wikipedia style guidelines|quality standards]] and make it more accessible to a general audience, this article may require [[Wikipedia:Cleanup|cleanup]].''' <br /><span style="font-size:90%">The introduction to this article provides '''insufficient context''' for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help Wikipedia by improving the introduction according to the guidelines laid out at [[Wikipedia:Guide to layout]]. You can discuss the issue on the [[Talk:{{PAGENAME}}|talk page]].</span></div><includeonly>[[Category:Wikipedia articles needing clarification]]</includeonly>
IMHO this template looks awful, due to its use of changes in font sizes and its unnecessary line breaks. I also think some minor wording changes are warranted. Here's an alternative I'd like to suggest:
<div class="messagebox cleanup metadata" style="font-size:90%">To meet Wikipedia's [[:Category:Wikipedia style guidelines|quality standards]] and make it more accessible to a general audience, the introduction to this article may require [[Wikipedia:Cleanup|cleanup]]. The introduction provides '''insufficient context''' for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help Wikipedia by improving the introduction according to the guidelines laid out at [[Wikipedia:Guide to layout]].<br />You can discuss the issue on the [[Talk:{{PAGENAME}}|talk page]].</div>
or this:
<div class="messagebox cleanup metadata">To meet Wikipedia's [[:Category:Wikipedia style guidelines|quality standards]] and make it more accessible to a general audience, the introduction to this article may require [[Wikipedia:Cleanup|cleanup]]. The introduction provides '''insufficient context''' for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help Wikipedia by improving the introduction according to the guidelines laid out at [[Wikipedia:Guide to layout]].<br />You can discuss the issue on the [[Talk:{{PAGENAME}}|talk page]].</div>
for comparison, here's the current version:
<div class="messagebox cleanup metadata"><span style="font-size:90%">To meet Wikipedia's [[:Category:Wikipedia style guidelines|quality standards]] and make it more accessible to a general audience, this article may require [[Wikipedia:Cleanup|cleanup]].</span><br />The introduction to this article provides '''insufficient context''' for those unfamiliar with the subject matter.<br /><span style="font-size:90%">Please help Wikipedia by improving the introduction according to the guidelines laid out at [[Wikipedia:Guide to layout]]. You can discuss the issue on the [[Talk:{{PAGENAME}}|talk page]].</span></div> <?pre> Thanks. [[User:69.3.70.28|69.3.70.28]] 22:17, 14 April 2006 (UTC). :I don't really see why. The linebreaks clearly separate the concept of cleanup and needing more context. [[User:Stifle|Stifle]] ([[User talk:Stifle|talk]]) 00:43, 11 May 2006 (UTC) ===Newer proposal=== I think it would be better to completely remove the sentence about the page requiring cleanup. It is distracting. The focus of this template should be on the phrase "The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter.", and that text should come ''first''. My suggested version: <pre style="overflow: auto"> <div class="messagebox cleanup metadata">The introduction to this article provides '''insufficient context''' for those unfamiliar with the subject matter.<br /><span style="font-size:90%">Please help Wikipedia by improving the introduction according to the guidelines laid out at [[Wikipedia:Guide to layout]]. You can discuss the issue on the [[Talk:{{PAGENAME}}|talk page]].</span></div>
-- Srleffler 04:15, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
I added the note above a couple of months ago, but there has been no response. I made the corresponding change in some of the other cleanup templates (which were not edit protected), and it seems to have "stuck" there. Would an admin either implement this change or discuss it? (Why is this template edit-protected, anyway? Surely it is not more highly used than say {{ wikify}}-- Srleffler 04:32, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
As mentioned on Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup, the code
<includeonly>[[Category:Wikipedia articles needing context]]</includeonly>
should be replaced with
<includeonly>{{{category|[[Category:Wikipedia articles needing context]]}}}</includeonly>
so that the template can be used on instruction pages without putting the instruction page into the category.
Also, the "See also" list for this template includes {{ context}} itself. Kickaha Ota 14:38, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
{{ editprotected}} When someone added Category:Wikipedia introduction cleanup, it got added old-style. Can that be fixed? Thanks. Libcub ( talk) 04:48, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
<div class="messagebox cleanup metadata plainlinks"> {| style="width:100%;background:none" |width=60px|[[Image:Information_icon.svg|40px]] |The introduction to this article provides '''insufficient context''' for those unfamiliar with the subject matter.<br /> <small>Please help [{{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}|action=edit}} improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Guide to layout|layout standards]]. You can discuss the issue on the [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|talk page]].</small> |}</div><includeonly>{{{category|[[Category:Wikipedia articles needing context]]}}}</includeonly><noinclude> ---- This template will categorise tagged articles into [[:Category:Wikipedia articles needing context]]. * This [[Wikipedia:Template|template]] is a [[Wikipedia:Avoid self-references|self-reference]]. * Please do not [[Wikipedia:Subst|subst:]] this template. ==See also== * [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup]] [[Category:Wikipedia maintenance templates|{{PAGENAME}}]] </noinclude>
Which looks like this:
<div class="messagebox cleanup metadata plainlinks"> {| style="width:100%;background:none" |width=60px|[[Image:Information_icon.svg|40px]] |The introduction to this article provides '''insufficient context''' for those unfamiliar with the subject matter.<br /><small>Please help [{{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}|action=edit}} improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Guide to layout|layout standards]]. You can discuss the issue on the [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|talk page]].</small> |}</div><includeonly>{{{category|[[Category:Wikipedia articles needing context]]}}}</includeonly><noinclude> ---- This template will categorise tagged articles into [[:Category:Wikipedia articles needing context]]. * This [[Wikipedia:Template|template]] is a [[Wikipedia:Avoid self-references|self-reference]]. * Please do not [[Wikipedia:Subst|subst:]] this template. ==See also== * [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup]] </noinclude>
-- PatrickFisher 18:24, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Can you explain why it should be changed? In particular, why do you want to introduce an icon? The template already grabs the reader's attention. -- Jitse Niesen ( talk) 08:11, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
I'm curious why this template limits the lack of context problem to introductions. I've encountered various articles in WP that entirely lack context. Also, many shorter articles don't exactly have introductions. Would it be OK just to change the template to say "this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter"? Budding Journalist 07:55, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
{{ editprotected}} Please remove {{ PotentialVanity}} from see also as it is deprecated. – Tivedshambo (talk) 20:16, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
{{ editprotected}} Ok - the category that the articles with this template go into is ambiguous - and since I've seen this template used like this - I'd like to create a parameter so that we can change "article" to (I'm pretty sure this is the right format - haven't had to do this for a while) "{{{1|article}}}" -- daniel folsom 02:28, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Sorry for the wait in the response - just the text - I think the category is ambiguous - it just says wikipedia articles that need context ... so it does not have to be changed.-- daniel folsom 04:00, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
{{
editprotect}}
please remove the
Template:Not verified and
Template:Unsourced from the see also section as they redirect to other listed templates. additionally please use
Wikipedia:Transclusion for the non-template content of this template.
Jeepday (
talk)
14:25, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
I think Category:Cleanup_templates should be added to this template. I couldn't find it, and having it in that category would help. — Scouter Sig 00:38, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
If this template is date tagged (e.g. {context|November 2007}), the word "article" is replaced with the specified date so that the text displayed reads The introduction to this November 2007 provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject. I assume that this is a bug, and that the dated text should read either ...this article from November 2007... or ...this November 2007 article ... see Buenos Aires Football Club and Embraer MFT-LF. Random inspection of appropriate categories suggests that most instances of this template remain untagged, so the problem is not particularly noticeable. -- Romney yw ( talk) 03:05, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
{{ editprotected}}
Add an optional date field so that {{context|date=September 2008}}
is possible.
Find:
]].</small>
Replace with:
]]. {{#if:{{{date|}}}|''({{{date}}})''}}</small>
Done! Gary King ( talk) 15:24, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
My impression is that this template should go on talk pages, not on main pages. It is not a message to readers, but rather a request to editors. Right? Sam ( talk) 14:25, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
{{
editprotected}}
Requesting sync with the new
sandbox to bring this template in line with the styling used on other modern ambox templates. No content changes, just tweaks to the styling.
Chris Cunningham (not at work) -
talk
11:39, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
{{
Editprotected}}
Please add |All pages needing cleanup
to {{DMCA|Wikipedia introduction cleanup|from|{{{date|}}}}}
. Compare e.g.
Template:Bio-context.
Debresser (
talk)
15:22, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
In practice, this template is used not only for articles where the lede isn't clear enough but also where that applies to the article as a whole. I reckon the words "the introduction to" should be removed. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) - talk 07:29, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
The second sentence of this template message currently reads "Please help improve the article with a good introductory style". I'd like to replace that with something like "Please help improve the article by providing more context for the reader" (I've made this change in the sandbox). I'm open to suggestions for alternative wording, but I think § Provide context for the reader is a more appropriate section to link to than § Lead section (especially when this template is used to tag a section rather than a whole article). Colin M ( talk) 21:17, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
Since some time has passed without any objection and I believe this should be an uncontroversial change, I'm going to go ahead and make an edit request.
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Merge the change at Template:Context/sandbox (as of this request), which alters some of the text shown in this cleanup template, and links to a different MOS section. See above for rationale. Colin M ( talk) 16:28, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
If the template is placed inside a Multiple Issues tag, the message entered in the Details parameter is no longer displayed. This is in contrast to the Expert needed tag, which does continue to display the reasons.
I think it's important for this to display, as it gives passing editors an idea of whether they can fix the problem.
I've just had to partially undo a bot edit because of this, and include an HTML comment about it as well.