Template:Unfocused/doc

Usage
This template is used to signal that the article taken as a whole may lack a single, central point of focus or appears to be about more than one topic. It may benefit from being split.


 * This template places articles into Category:Wikipedia articles lacking focus.
 * This template is a self-reference.
 * Please use the reason parameter to provide details.

This is a dispute template which should be placed at the top of the article.
 * Placement and talk

After posting this template, please start a section on the article's talk page to discuss. You can use the optional talk parameter to specify the name of a specific section on the talk page.

If the article appears to be about two or more specific topics, or meanders such that you cannot identify a single central focus, please specify this using the reason parameter.


 * Example of use

This renders as:

Do not capitalize the beginning of the reason, since it is preceded by, "In particular, ". Also do not add a full stop at the end of the reason because the template automatically supplies it.

Notes:
 * The date-substitution template may be used to automatically generate the date, e.g., . See Help:Substitution for more information.
 * The date parameter need not be added by the editor: if not entered, a bot will soon add it. The date parameter consists of the full English name of the current month with initial capital, a space, and the year, not full dates; e.g., "January 2013", but not "jan13". Any deviation from these two rules will result in an "invalid date parameter" error.

Parameters

 * July 2024 - required parameter, will be added by a bot if omitted
 * text - optional parameter which adds advisory text
 * section - optional parameter which indicates the talk page section
 * yes - optional parameter which replaces the word "article" with the word "section" to indicate that it is the section where it is placed that lacks focus

Examples

 * Paste-ready example:
 * Example with reason:
 * Example with talk:

TemplateData
{	"description": "A template to indicate that an article is unfocused", "params": { "date": { "label": "Date", "description": "The month and year the template was added", "example": "October 2015", "autovalue": " ", "type": "string", "required": true },	"reason": { "label": "Reason", "description": "A reason for adding the template", "type": "string" },	"talk": { "label": "Talk", "aliases": ["1"], "description": "The section heading on the article's talk page with relevant discussion", "type": "string" } }}

Redirects

 * Incoherent
 * Incoherent-topic
 * Lacks focus