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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=September 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 = September 2024))
((In-universe|subject = animation|category = animation|date = September 2024))
((In-universe|subject = comics|category = comics|date = September 2024))
((In-universe|subject = Discworld |category = Discworld|date = September 2024))
((In-universe|subject = Dungeons & Dragons |category = Dungeons & Dragons|date = September 2024))
((In-universe|subject = film|category = film|date = September 2024))
((In-universe|subject = book|category = literature|date = September 2024))
((In-universe|subject = Star Trek |category = Star Trek|date = September 2024))
((In-universe|subject = Star Wars |category =Star Wars|date = September 2024))
((In-universe|subject = Sopranos |category = Sopranos|date = September 2024))
((In-universe|subject = television|category = television|date = September 2024))
((In-universe|subject = Three Kingdoms|category = Three Kingdoms|date = September 2024))
((In-universe|subject = Middle-earth|category = Tolkien|date = September 2024))
((In-universe|subject = Transformers|category = Transformers|date = September 2024))
((In-universe|subject = video game|category = video game|date = September 2024))
((In-universe|subject = Warhammer|category = Warhammer 40,000|date = September 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.
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.
((Self-sourcing examples ))
– 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).
((Long 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 list that does not follow the Manual of Style for lists of works, e.g. not in chronological order
((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.
((Localist ))
– 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.
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