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This template is a self-reference .
Usage
Add {{In-universe }} to an article to tag it as needing this maintenance.
{{In-universe |date=November 2024}}
Parameters and categories
The template supports the following optional parameters:
section
if present, the parameter |section will change the opening wording from "This article describes a work ..." to "This section describes a work ..."
subject
the subject as in "This ____-related article". The subject can be formatted as a wikilink to an article or WikiProject .
described_object
if present, described_object replaces "a work or element of fiction".
category
the cleanup category in which you wish to place the article, in the form [[Category:{{category}} articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction]] . For example, specifying "category=anime and manga " will place the article in Category:Anime and manga articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction .
Standard usage of parameters to sort into existing categories:
{{In-universe|subject = anime and manga|category = anime and manga|date = November 2024}}
{{In-universe|subject = animation|category = animation|date = November 2024}}
{{In-universe|subject = comics|category = comics|date = November 2024}}
{{In-universe|subject = Discworld |category = Discworld|date = November 2024}}
{{In-universe|subject = Dungeons & Dragons |category = Dungeons & Dragons|date = November 2024}}
{{In-universe|subject = film|category = film|date = November 2024}}
{{In-universe|subject = book|category = literature|date = November 2024}}
{{In-universe|subject = Star Trek |category = Star Trek|date = November 2024}}
{{In-universe|subject = Star Wars |category =Star Wars|date = November 2024}}
{{In-universe|subject = Sopranos |category = Sopranos|date = November 2024}}
{{In-universe|subject = television|category = television|date = November 2024}}
{{In-universe|subject = Three Kingdoms|category = Three Kingdoms|date = November 2024}}
{{In-universe|subject = Middle-earth|category = Tolkien|date = November 2024}}
{{In-universe|subject = Transformers|category = Transformers|date = November 2024}}
{{In-universe|subject = video game|category = video game|date = November 2024}}
{{In-universe|subject = Warhammer|category = Warhammer 40,000|date = November 2024}}
An example of a category that needs improvement:
Categorization
This template will categorise tagged articles into Category:Articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction , or a dated subcategory thereof.
Tracking categories
See also
Other plot- and fiction-related templates
Other trivia-related templates
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.
{{Reduce trivia }}
– Suggests removal of trivial details, and optionally also relocation of relevant ones.
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.
{{Refimprove example }}
– 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).
{{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 an excessive list of an artist, performer, or studio's works.
{{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.
{{Local }}
– 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.