Template:Cleanup

The Cleanup template marks a page as requiring work to bring it in line with wiki policies, have a standard format, use clear language, or address other significant issues. Other issues, such as a lack of references or footnotes or the presence of copyright-infringing material or crunch, are handled separately with Unreferenced, Nofootnotes, Plagiarism, Nocrunch, and so on; these should be used instead of or in addition to Cleanup.

The Cleanup template will automatically place a page in Category:Articles requiring cleanup.

Usage
It should be placed at the top of the page or section with: Include the date when you do so and the section and issue that need addressing. This will produce:


 * Date
 * You can add a datestamp easily by using the five tildes ; four tildes will give the date and your username.


 * Section
 * If this template does not apply to the entire article, but just one section, you can add a noun as the first parameter. For example, 'article', 'section', 'infobox', as necessary. If no first parameter is included, then this is simply left blank, for example,


 * Reason
 * The reason the article needs cleanup can be added through the third parameter. If, for example, you wanted to label an article full of typos as needing cleanup, you could write: