Template:Definition
Template documentationThis template is a self-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.
Purpose
This inline template should be used in articles where words are used in a way where their intended meaning is ambiguous.
Example
{{Definition|date=December 2024}}
This produces:
This template will add the article tagged to Category:Wikipedia articles needing clarification or a monthly subcategory thereof.
See also
- {{Definition needed}} – when a statement or a term completely lacks definition
- {{Disambiguation needed}} – for the special case where the term needing clarification is wikilinked to a disambiguation page, and you are unable to find a suitable replacement link.
- {{Ambiguous}} – for ambiguous statements
- {{Clarify}} – for other text that is difficult to understand
- {{Non sequitur}} – for when someone or something has been mentioned for reasons unclear to the reader
- {{Which one}} for text which could refer to one of numerous people or items but which is not linked to a disambiguation page.
<templatedata> { "params": { "1": { "aliases": [ "reason" ], "label": "Reason", "description": "A brief reason for the tag. Because it may not be immediately apparent to other editors what about the tagged passage is in need of further explanation, a brief reason is generally helpful. The reason parameter displays when the mouse cursor is placed over the text the template inserts.", "type": "string", "default": "The preceding text may be too imprecise or indirect for Wikipedia's standards.", "autovalue": "", "suggested": true }, "date": { "label": "Date", "type": "date", "description": "An optional date parameter that records when the tag was added. If this template is added without the date parameter, the date parameter will be added soon after by a bot.", "autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}", "required": true } }, "description": "Use [when defined as?] in the body of an article as a request for other editors to add further explanation to text that assumes a particular meaning of a word.", "paramOrder": [ "1", "date" ] } </templatedata>