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WarningThis template is used on approximately 890,000 pages, or roughly 6167% of all pages.
To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This meta-template can be used to create in-line tags with clean up messages which can be used to tag article issues on a line-by-line basis. Many templates are based upon it, like {{Citation needed}}.

It should not be used directly on articles by itself — instead, use one of the pre-existing derivatives if at all possible. Should there be no suitable derivative already, new ones can be created using the syntax that follows, but please discuss the need for any new template at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Inline Templates first. Otherwise, the sub-template in question is likely to end up at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion, as it is better for Wikipedia to have a finite and well-tested set of in-line tags than to allow for endless variation.

Usage

{{Fix
| subst     = <includeonly>{{subst:substcheck}}</includeonly>
| link      = <Page which text should link to, without brackets> (default = Wikipedia:Cleanup)
| text      = <Text to be displayed for the link>
| pre-text  = <Optional text to print before the linked text>
| post-text = <Optional text to print after the linked text>
| class     = <Class(es) to set text to> (in addition to the default ones, "noprint" and "Inline-Template")
| title     = <Tool-tip text to display when mouse is hovered over link>
| special   = <Optional replacement for text, link, title, pre-text, and post-text - allowing user to define a non-standard format>
| date      = <Optional date parameter to be displayed at end of 'title' and/or in cat-date>
| cat       = [[<Category name to include page in>]]
| cat-date  = <First part of category name to include page in; there is an optional date parameter>
}}

Categories are ignored if the template is used on a talk page or on any other non-article page.

  • The value specified via |cat= must be in wikicode, including square brackets.
  • The value specified via |cat-date= is used as part of a category name. It must be specified without square brackets, but with a "Category:" prefix. The full category name is obtained from the cat-date value, the word "from", and the date value.
For example, given |cat-date=Category:Articles with dead external links |date=June 2025, the article will be placed in Category:Articles with dead external links from June 2025.
The |date= parameter is not normally pre-filled by any template using {{Fix}} or {{Fix-span}} as a meta-template; rather, it is coded in those derived templates as |date={{{date|}}} so that an editor provided date is passed through (or null, otherwise).

See also

  • Wikipedia:Cleanup process
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Inline cleanup tags
Attribution
  • {{According to whom}}
  • {{Attribution needed}}
  • {{By whom}}
  • {{From whom?}}
  • {{Like whom?}}
  • {{To whom?}}
  • {{Who}}
  • {{With whom}}
Clarity
  • {{Ambiguous}}
  • {{Clarify}}
  • {{Clarify span}}
  • {{Clarify timeframe}}
  • {{Context inline}}
  • {{Expand acronym}}
  • {{Incomprehensible inline}}
  • {{Incomprehensible span}}
  • {{Non sequitur}}
  • {{Sentence fragment}}
  • {{Which calendar}}
Miscellaneous
  • {{Chinese script needed inline}}
  • {{Copyright violation}}
  • {{Copyvio link}}
  • {{Data missing}}
  • {{Disambiguation needed}}
  • {{External links inline}}
  • {{Improve caption}}
  • {{Needs IPA}}
  • {{Original research inline}}
  • {{Original research span}}
  • {{Pronunciation needed}}
  • {{Spam link}}
  • {{Synthesis inline}}
  • {{Synthesis span}}
  • {{Under discussion inline}}
  • {{Verify spelling}}
  • {{Whose translation}}
Neutrality
  • {{Buzzword inline}}
  • {{Compared to?}}
  • {{Editorializing}}
  • {{Fact or opinion}}
  • {{Opinion}}
  • {{Peacock inline}}
  • {{POV statement}}
  • {{Promotion inline}}
  • {{Unbalanced opinion}}
  • {{Weasel inline}}
  • {{Weasel word some span}}
Precision
  • {{By how much}}
  • {{Definition}}
  • {{Definition needed}}
  • {{Example needed}}
  • {{Example needed span}}
  • {{Explain}}
  • {{How}}
  • {{How often}}
  • {{Misquoted}}
  • {{Quantify}}
  • {{Specify}}
  • {{Vague}}
  • {{When}}
  • {{Where}}
  • {{Which}}
  • {{Who else}}
  • {{Why}}
  • {{Year needed}}
Excessive
  • {{Duplication span}}
  • {{Importance inline}}
  • {{Relevance inline}}
  • {{Undue weight inline}}
  • {{Globalize inline}}
Time-sensitivity
  • {{Anachronism inline}}
  • {{Clarify timeframe}}
  • {{Current event inline}}
  • {{Is this date calibrated?}}
  • {{Update after}}
  • {{Update inline}}
  • {{Update span}}
Verifiability
Dubious
  • {{Contradictory inline}}
  • {{Disputed inline}}
  • {{Dubious}}
  • {{Dubious span}}
  • {{Inconsistent}}
  • {{Needs independent confirmation}}
  • {{Speculation inline}}
Bare URLs
  • {{Bare URL inline}}
  • {{Bare URL non-HTML}}
  • {{Bare URL AV media}}
  • {{Bare URL PDF}}
  • {{Bare URL image}}
  • {{Bare URL DOC}}
  • {{Bare URL plain text}}
  • {{Bare URL spreadsheet}}
Incomplete or
broken citation
  • {{Author incomplete}}
  • {{Author missing}}
  • {{Date missing}}
  • {{Dead link}}
  • {{Edition needed}}
  • {{Episode needed}}
  • {{Full citation needed}}
  • {{Incomplete short citation}}
  • {{ISBN missing}}
  • {{Moved resource}}
  • {{Page needed}}
  • {{Place missing}}
  • {{Publisher missing}}
  • {{Season needed}}
  • {{Time needed}}
  • {{Title incomplete}}
  • {{Title missing}}
  • {{Volume needed}}
  • {{Year missing}}
Missing or
problematic
reference
  • {{Additional citation needed}}
  • {{Better source needed}}
  • {{Better source needed example}}
  • {{Check quotation}}
  • {{Chronology citation needed}}
  • {{Citation needed}}
  • {{Citation needed span}}
  • {{Citation not found}}
  • {{COI source}}
  • {{Deprecated inline}}
  • {{Excessive citations inline}}
  • {{Failed verification}}
  • {{Failed verification span}}
  • {{Image reference needed}}
  • {{Irrelevant citation}}
  • {{Medical citation needed}}
  • {{Medical citation needed span}}
  • {{Nonspecific}}
  • {{Not verified in body}}
  • {{Obsolete source}}
  • {{Page range too broad}}
  • {{Primary source inline}}
  • {{Promotional source}}
  • {{Quote without source}}
  • {{Request quotation}}
  • {{Request quotation span}}
  • {{Retracted}}
  • {{Scientific citation needed}}
  • {{Self-published inline}}
  • {{Tertiary source inline}}
  • {{Third-party inline}}
  • {{Unreliable fringe source}}
  • {{Unreliable medical source}}
  • {{Unreliable source?}}
  • {{Verify quote}}
  • {{Verify source}}
Wording
  • {{Buzzword inline}}
  • {{Colloquialism}}
  • {{Copy edit inline}}
  • {{Neologism inline}}
  • {{Technical inline}}
  • {{Tone inline}}
General advice
  • Citing sources
  • Reliable sources
  • Maintenance template removal
  • Citation needed
  • Find sources
  • Combining sources
  • Referencing styles
  • Inline cleanup templates
  •  WikiProject Inline Templates

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Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template has custom formatting.

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datedate

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namename

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texttext

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classclass

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pre-textpre-text

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linklink

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titletitle

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post-textpost-text

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The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Fix/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.
Retrieved from "https://safernicotine.wiki/mediawiki/index.php?title=Template:Fix&oldid=25476"
Last edited 19 hours ago by Richardpruen
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