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Purpose edit
This template should be used when certain necessary information is absent from the article. Please open a corresponding discussion detailing the missing information on the article's discussion page before placing the tag. This may assist in avoiding edit-warring by making a good faith attempt to achieve consensus before putting a particular piece of information in an article, especially if it's controversial information. If a consensus is reached that the information should be included, or no one contested the proposal, the information is inserted in the article and the tag is removed.
Caveats edit
This template:
- sorts articles into Category:Articles to be expanded
|nocat=true
can be used to subdue categorization if necessary
- is a self-reference
- cannot be substituted
Syntax edit
{{Missing information|description|date={{monthyear}}}}
produces:
This article is missing information about description.(April 2024) |
{{Missing information|section|description|date={{monthyear}}}}
produces:
This section is missing information about description.(April 2024) |
{{Missing information|description|talksection=talksection|date={{monthyear}}}}
produces:
This article is missing information about description.(April 2024) |
The parameter to indicate what information is missing can also be explicitly named as |about=
, |on=
, or |reason=
.
See also edit
- {{Explain}} (inline)
- {{Incomplete list}}
- {{Expand section}}
- {{Refideas}}
- List of dispute templates
TemplateData edit
TemplateData for Missing information
This template should be used when certain necessary information is absent from the article. Please open a corresponding discussion detailing the missing information on the article's discussion page before placing the tag. This may assist in avoiding edit-warring by making a good faith attempt to achieve consensus before putting a particular piece of information in an article, especially if it's controversial information. If a consensus is reached that the information should be included, or no one contested the proposal, the information is inserted in the article and the tag is removed.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
(overloaded) | 1 | Specify "section" to indicate this template applies to a section. Defaults to whole article
| Line | suggested |
Info missing | 2 | The information missing from the article, if not supplied by (overloaded)
| Line | suggested |
Talk page section | talksection | Name of a valid anchor in the article talk page noting this issue. All headings are automatically valid anchors.
| String | optional |
date | date | no description
| Date | suggested |