Template:Abbreviations/doc

This template should be used when the article appears to have abbreviations that may be confusing to the layman, or even to everyone. See WP:Manual of Style#Acronyms and abbreviations for the styleguide, and use {{abbr}} for the mouseover-definition template.

Placement

Place at the top of the article and/or sections to alert editors.

Usage

articles

• For articles needing major clean-up, place {{abbreviations|article}} at the top of the main page to alert readers.
• For articles needing minor clean-up, place {{abbreviations|article}} at the top of the talk page to alert editors.

sections

• To mark specific sections instead of the whole article, place {{abbreviations|section}} at the top of the section.

remarks

• The default words "article or section" are replaceable so you can specify whether the template applies to the whole article or just a section, eg."{{abbreviations|section}}".
• To point out specific abbreviations, you may use {{abbreviations|article/section|yourexamples}} or {{abbreviations|2=yourexamples}}
• You may use the optional date parameter, e.g. {{abbreviations|date=December 2024}}. This helps with the categorization of articles requiring attention.
• The simplest way to add this template to an article is to copy and paste {{abbreviations|date=December 2024}} at the top of the article or talk page.
• Add a new item to the talk page explaining the problem so editors will know what to address, and when to remove this tag.
• This template adds articles to Category:Wikipedia articles needing style editing

Notes

• This template will add tagged articles to Category:Wikipedia articles needing style editing.
• This template is a self-reference.
• Please do not subst: this template.

See also

• Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
• {{Expand acronym}} – an inline template used to mark a specific term
• {{Abbr}} and {{Abbrlink}}