Template:Overly detailed

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This template is used to identify articles which, while understandable, have excessive information about trivial subjects and need to be refocused to suit a more general audience.

Usage

Full page

{{Overly detailed|date=December 2024}}

Section

{{Overly detailed|section|date=December 2024}}

"Date" and "section" are both optional. The "section" attribute, if included, customises the wording to apply only to a section of an article.

This template sorts articles into Category:Wikipedia articles needing style editing.

This template should not be subst'ed.

Template data

Used to identify articles which, while understandable, have excessive information about trivial subjects and need to be refocused to suit a more general audience.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Section	section	Replaces phrase "article" with "section"	String	suggested
Additional details	details	Any additional details you would like to add to this request Example an excess of advanced scientific data in the lead section	String	suggested
Month and year	date	The month and year that this cleanup request was placed Example March 2017	Date	suggested

Redirects

• {{Fancruft}}
• {{Intricate detail}}

See also

• Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
• Wikipedia:Fancruft, an essay on "fancruft".
• Wikipedia:Handling trivia, an essay on trivia in Wikipedia, what it is and how it should be handled.
• Wikipedia:"In popular culture" content, an essay on "Popular culture" articles and sections.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Trivia Cleanup, a WikiProject designed to clean up long lists of trivia in articles.
• {{Coatrack}}, for articles that are primarily related to totally different subjects or aspects of that subject
• {{Fanpov}}, for articles written from a fan's point of view.
• {{Plot}}, for plot summaries which are too long or excessively detailed.
• {{Nota bene}}, a similar box that suggests moving details worthy of inclusion under footnotes
• {{Prose}}, a similar box that suggests converting the section into prose, rather than integrating the items into the prose of other sections.
• {{Trivia}}, a similar box suggesting the merging of basic trivia into prose in other sections.
• {{Overly detailed-inline}}, for use inline for excessive or trivial detail.
• {{Very long}}

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