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When to use
[edit]Add this to articles that need help from other editors because they contain promotional language or material. This tag only applies to articles that are promoting a subject (rather than advertising something).
This template should be used if the problem is described by either, or both, of the following bullet points (from WP:PROMO):
Advocacy, propaganda, or recruitment of any kind: commercial, political, scientific, religious, national, sports-related, or otherwise. An article can report objectively about such things, as long as an attempt is made to describe the topic from a neutral point of view.- Self-promotion.
This template should not be used in an article if the following bullet point describes the problem ({{Advert}} should be used in this case):
Advertising, marketing or public relations. Information about people, organizations, issues, and products must be written in an objective and unbiased style, free of puffery.
This template adds articles to Category:Articles with a promotional tone.
How to use
[edit]- Place
{{Promotional tone|date=October 2024}}at the top of the article. - You can adjust the default "article" text with something more specific, such as:
{{Promotional tone|article's "Controversy" section}}.
See also
[edit]- {{Advert}} – Template with wording more suitable for articles that are advertising something (for instance, a product)
- {{Advert section}} – Same as above, but for tagging sections specifically
- {{Advert inline}} – For marking specific promotional language
- {{Essay}} – For opinion pieces
- {{External links}} – For marking sections with inappropriate use of external links
- {{Fanpov}}
- {{Like resume}} – For marking biographical articles that promote the subject
- {{List spam}} – For marking lists that contain spammy entries
- {{News release}}
- {{Peacock}}
- {{Promotion inline}} – For tagging non-advertising promotional material
- {{Promotional source}} – For tagging promotional sources that have been cited in an article
- {{Spam}} – For warning spammers on their talk pages
- {{Travel guide}}
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam
- Wikipedia:WikiProject External links
- Wikipedia:Cleanup process
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
TemplateData
[edit]TemplateData for Promotional tone
Template for tagging articles with promotional language or material
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scope (e.g. section) | 1 | This parameter allows an editor to replace the default word "article" with another word, usually "section"
| String | optional |
| Type | type 2 | To replace the text "promotional tone" with another phrase
| String | optional |
| Month and year | date | Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'
| String | required |
Acknowledgements
[edit]This documentation was adapted from the documentation for the template Advert; specifically, this revision.
The template Promotional tone was adapted from Advert; specifically, this revision.