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This article needs editing for compliance with PBC's Manual of Style. (October 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) |
This template should be used when the article appears to use styles that may be confusing to the layman, or even to everyone.
Unless the tag is being placed in response to a discussion already underway, it is advisable to add a new topic to the talk page explaining the problem so editors will know what to address, and when to remove this tag.
Usage[edit source]
- Simple
{{MOS|{{subst:DATE}}}}
- Giving a reason
{{MOS|{{subst:DATE}}|reason=not using logical quotation}}
Placement[edit source]
Place at the top of the article to alert readers and editors that the article needs one or more kinds of non-trivial style cleanup throughout:
{{MOS|{{subst:DATE}}}}
For articles needing only minor clean-up, place {{MOS|{{subst:DATE}}}}
at the top of the article's talk page to alert editors.
- Sections
- To mark specific sections instead of the whole article, place
{{MOS|section|{{subst:DATE}}}}
at the top of the section.
Parameters[edit source]
section[edit source]
|section
or|1=section
or|section=y
— changes the word "article" to "section" in the first sentence of the template.
reason[edit source]
|reason=text
or|2=text
(or|for=text
, as used by{{Copyedit}}
) — gives a particular reason in the form "In particular, it has problems with text.", e.g. "using unexplained acronyms", "capitalizing things that are not proper names", "US/UK spelling consistency", etc.
subpage and subsection[edit source]
|subpage=/MOS subpage name
or|subpage=#MOS subsection name
or|3=/MOS subpage name
or|3=#MOS subsection name
— extends the MOS link to go directly to a more specific MOS subpage and/or subsection. Examples: To have the template link to PBC:Manual of Style/Icons, use|subpage=/Icons
; for PBC:Manual of Style#Ampersand use|subpage=#Ampersand
. Note: Because subpages and section titles are case-sensitive, this parameter is as well. The proper/
and#
characters must be included for the link to work.
shortcut[edit source]
|shortcut=MOS: or PBC: shortcut
— for the rare case that a provision in the Manual of Style has a shortcut to it, but is not the subject of its own subpage or subsection for linking (i.e., there is no other way to link to it directly).
Notes[edit source]
- This template will add tagged articles to Category:Articles needing MOS compliance.
- This template is a self-reference.
- Please do not subst: this template.