Template:Weasel inline/doc

Main page: Category:Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases

This tag is an inline alternative to the {{Weasel}} tag placed at the top of an article. This tag will categorise tagged articles into Category:Articles with weasel words.

Note that for "readers and editors seeking to improve" text, this tag "may be less informative than {{Who}}, {{Which}} and {{By whom}}" (WP:WEASEL).

Usage

A date may be appended using:

{{Weasel inline|{{subst:DATE}}}}

or just copy:

{{Weasel inline|date=October 2024}}

To highlight a particular portion of text, enclose it in the |text= parameter:

{{Weasel inline|text=solution|date=October 2024}}

Template data

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. Click here to see a monthly parameter usage report for this template in articles based on this TemplateData.

TemplateData for Weasel inline

<templatedata> { "description": "The template is used in the body of an entry to mark vague or ambiguous language that tries to pass as precise and meaningful.", "params": { "date": { "label": "Month and year", "description": "Provides the month and year of the citation request; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'", "type": "string", "autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}", "aliases": [ "1" ], "suggested": true }, "text": { "label": "Applicable text", "description": "Highlights a particular portion of text", "type": "string" } } } </templatedata>

Redirects

Alternative names for this template include:

• {{weasel word}}
• {{weasel-word}}

See also

• {{Weasel}} (message-box).
• {{Peacock}} (message-box).