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Template:Cleanup tense

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This article does not follow Wikipedia's guidelines on the use of different tenses. Please consider copy editing to use past tense if historic, present tense if not time-based (e.g. fiction), or future tense if upcoming. (March 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
File:Test Template Info-Icon - Version (2).svg Template documentation[view] [edit] [history] [purge]
File:Police man Twinkle Head.svgIf you plan to make breaking changes to this template, move it, or nominate it for deletion, please notify Twinkle's users and maintainers at Wikipedia talk:Twinkle as a courtesy, as this template is used in the standard installation of Twinkle. Thank you!

This template will categorise tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia articles with incorrect tenses and Category:Wikipedia articles needing copy edit.

  • This template is a self-reference.
  • You can also place this tag at the start of the concerned section and adjust its text accordingly, such as:
    {{Cleanup tense|section}}
  • It takes the optional parameter tense which can be used to explain what specific tense needs to be used, e.g. tense=past. The default value is past tense if historic, present tense if not time-based (e.g. fiction), or future tense if upcoming.
  • It takes the optional parameter date, with the format date=month year, such as:
    {{Cleanup tense|date=March 2026}}
  • Please do not subst: this template.

See also

  • Template:Copy edit
  • Template:Fiction
  • Template:Tone
  • Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Cleanup tense/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.
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