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If an article is not written in an encyclopedia-like style, add the{{tone}} template at the top. This template creates a banner stating the problem at the top of the article's page, and also adds its tagged articles to one ofWikipedia's administrative categories:Category:Wikipedia articles with style issues (shortcut to that category:CAT:STYLE).
For more about the way an encyclopedia's article is written, seeWikipedia's Manual of Style orWikipedia:Template index/Cleanup § Style of writing.
Note: Thistemplate is aself-reference, and shouldnot besubstituted.
Note 2:{{Magazine}} redirects here. You may be looking for{{Cite magazine}} or{{Infobox magazine}}
{{Tone}} or{{Tone|{{subst:DATE}}}}To make the banner apply to a more specific area, add|section, or|article:
{{Tone|section}}, or to include the date(recommended),{{Tone|section|{{subst:DATE}}}}{{Tone|article}}, or to include the date(recommended),{{Tone|article|{{subst:DATE}}}}To link to a relevant discussion on thearticle's Talk page, add the|talk= parameter. The argument (the part after the equals sign) can be either a section title on the article's own talk page, or the name of another page where discussion appears (with or without a specific section):
{{Tone|talk=Discussion of tone issues}}{{Tone|talk=Talk:Another Article#Relevant discussion section}}This template will add tagged articles to dated subcategories ofCategory:Wikipedia articles with style issues by month and toCategory:All articles with style issues.
The following templates are redirects to this template and will display the same message:
TemplateData for Tone
Use this template to indicate that an article is not written in an encyclopedia-like style.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month and year | date | Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'
| String | suggested |
| Affected area | 1 | Text to replace the word "article", usually "section"
| String | optional |
| Section name on talk page | talk | Section name on talk page where further information or discussion can be found | String | optional |
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Wikipedia:Backlog lists tasks that should be done to improve Wikipedia (assuming thecleanup templates were placed correctly). Helping reduce backlogs is an important issue, so please feel free to help out.
Click any linked number for that category's articles prioritized by their number of incoming links.
