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This template is used to indicate that cleanup is needed for an excessive use of examples.
Usage
{{Excessive examples|date=December 2024}}
{{Cleanup list}} is for poorly trimmed lists, while {{Excessive examples}} is for poorly trimmed articles, including prose.
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Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status |
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| Date | date | Date when it was added or verified - Example
- November 2018
- Auto value
{{SUBST:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{SUBST:CURRENTYEAR}}
| String | suggested |
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| Article or section? | 1 | Set to 'section' to specify that you are referring to the section - Default
- article
| String | optional |
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See also
- General trivia
{{Trivia}} – Suggests relocation of the relevant details in a trivia section, to another section (or article).{{Trivia section}} – Same as above, but goes at the top of the trivia section, rather than the top of the article.- Relevance and importance
{{Off topic}} – For a section that has wandered from the topic of the article{{Content}} – For an article or section containing information whose relevance is disputed.{{Importance section}} – For a section with information that is simply off-topic for the article, and needs removal or relocation to another article.{{Importance inline}} – For a particular item that is off-topic needs removal or relocation to another article.{{Self-sourcing examples}} – For an article or section with poorly cited examples.{{Better source example}} – For a particular instance of a poorly cited example.{{Relevance inline}} – For a particular item that doesn't seem to belong in the context at all.{{Non sequitur}} – For a namedropping of someone or something the relevance of which may not be clear to the reader.- Excessive detail
{{Overly detailed}} – For excessive focus on minute details not of interest to our general readership.{{Summarize section}} – For sections that are too detailed and need to be summarized.{{Example farm}} – For excessive use of examples.{{Too many see alsos}} – For an indiscriminate "See also" section, most of which should be pruned or integrated into the prose.- Topical trivia
{{In popular culture}} – For excessive "popular culture" and "media references" sorts of material.{{Fiction trivia}} (or {{In-universe}}) – For too many trivial fictional references (or too much "in-universe" detail).{{Long plot}}, {{All plot}} – For excessively detailed plot summaries.{{Cleanup book}}, {{Cleanup film}} – For excessive detail about particular types of works (other than plot and fictional or in-universe issues).{{Game trivia}} – For too much gaming-related trivia.{{MOSLOW}} – For list that does not follow the Manual of Style for lists of works, e.g. not in chronological order{{Cleanup university}}, {{Cleanup school}} – For excessive detail about an educational institution.{{Famous}} – For an indiscriminate list of "famous" people associated in some way with a topic.{{Localist}} – For local-interest trivia that is unverifiable or otherwise unencyclopedic.- List cleanup
{{Prose}} – Suggests converting into prose a section that consists of a list.{{Cleanup list}} – For indiscriminate lists that need reduction.{{List to table}} – For use where a table would be better than a list.
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