Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
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The following tags should be added to articles that need a cleanup. Unless otherwise noted, they should be placed at the top of the article. Note that the date parameter will be added by a bot if it is left off. Some tags have alternative versions that apply to situations of greater specificity.
Note: Many cleanup templates listed below need their own minor cleanup. They add tagged pages to a category, as well as lists with examples. To disable this, replace:
...<includeonly>[[Category:etc.]]</includeonly>
with
...<includeonly>{{{category|[[Category:etc.]]}}}</includeonly>.
Cleanup
General cleanup
Use one of these general tags when none of the more specific tags fit.
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | ||
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| {{cleanup}} category |
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| {{cleanup-section}} category |
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| {{cleanup-remainder}} category |
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| {{cleanup-rewrite}} category |
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Plain old editing
Some articles just need someone with a good grasp of editing technique to give them a once-over.
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | ||
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| {{copyedit}} category |
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| {{grammar}} category |
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| {{capitalization}} category |
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Style of writing
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Wikipedia is not a dictionary, soapbox, how-to guide, blog, billboard, fansite, resume, or crystal ball.
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | ||
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| {{review}} category |
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| {{abbreviations}} category |
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| {{advert}} category |
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| {{newsrelease}} category | Template:Newsrelease | ||
| {{fansite|November 2009}} category |
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| {{buzzword}} category |
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| {{proseline}} category |
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| {{essay-entry|article}} category |
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| {{essay-entry|section}} |
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| {{howto}} category |
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| {{inappropriate person}} category |
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| {{inappropriate tone}} category |
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| {{likeresume}} category |
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| {{plot}} category |
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| {{nonfiction}} category | Template:Nonfiction | ||
| {{prophecy}} category |
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| {{quotefarm}} category |
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| {{cleanup-gallery}} category |
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| {{story}} category |
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| {{cleanup-tense}} category |
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| {{gameguide}} category |
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| {{cleanup-jargon}} category |
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| {{repetition}} category |
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| {{obit}} category |
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Structure and sections
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | ||
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| {{importance-sect}} category |
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| {{cleanup-combine}} category |
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| {{cleanup-restructure}} category |
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| {{sections}} category |
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| {{verylong}} category |
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| {{shorten}} category |
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| {{sectionrewrite}} category |
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Potentially unwanted content
Some things just don't belong.
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | ||
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| {{external links|November 2009}} category |
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| {{cleanup-spam}} category |
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| {{non-free}} category |
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| {{copypaste}} category |
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| {{schedule}} category |
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| {{trivia}} category |
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| {{criticism-section}} category |
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| {{unencyclopedic}} category |
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Context and detail
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| {{whereisit}} category |
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| {{context}} category |
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| {{generalize}} category |
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| {{technical}} category |
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Off-topic
Articles occasionally contain content which is otherwise valid, but is unrelated to the nominal topic of the article.
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | ||
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| {{off-topic}} category |
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| {{off-topic-other|Other Article}} category | Template:Off-topic-other |
Expand and add
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | |||
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| {{expand}} category |
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| {{expand-section}} category |
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| {{sectstub}} category |
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| {{missing information}} category |
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| {{reqdiagram}} category |
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| {{reqphoto}} category |
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Expert needed
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | ||
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| {{expert-verify|article}} category | Template:Expert-verify
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| {{expert-subject|PROJECTNAME}} category |
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Time-sensitive
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | |||
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| {{update}} category |
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| {{RRevised}} category | Template:RRevised |
Inline with article text
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) |
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| {{old fact}} | for facts that were true but aren't anymore:must be subst'd [obsolete fact] |
| {{update after|2007|1|1}} category | for facts that need updating at a specific future date |
| {{fact}} | For something that needs a cite [citation needed] |
| {{who}} | For something that needs an attribution [attribution needed] |
Contradiction and confusion
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | ||
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| {{contradict}} |
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| {{contradict-other}} |
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| {{cleanup-confusing|November 2009}} category | Template:Cleanup-confusing
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| {{uncleardate|November 2009}} category |
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| {{misleading}} category |
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| {{vague|optional mouseover message}} category | [vague]
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Importance and notability
- See also: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (importance conveyed by sources) and Wikipedia:Notability (coverage by sources).
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | ||
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| {{importance}} category |
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| {{notability}} category |
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| {{bio-notability}} category |
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| {{music-importance}} category |
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| {{company-importance}} category |
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Neutrality and factual accuracy
All articles should maintain a Neutral point of view. Sometimes, editors dispute the truth of statements. See also: Wikipedia:Verifiability.
Message boxes
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | |||
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| {{articleissues}} |
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| {{POV}} category |
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| {{totally-disputed}} category |
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| {{weasel|article}} category |
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| {{peacock|article}} category |
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| {{unbalanced}} category | Template:Unbalanced | |||
| {{limited}} category |
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| {{geographical imbalance|a region|article}} |
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| {{disputed}} category | Template:Disputed | |||
| {{BLPC}} category | Template:BLPC |
Inline with article text
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) |
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| {{POV-statement}} | [neutrality disputed] |
| {{lopsided}} | [opinion needs balancing] |
| {{POVassertion}} | Template:POVassertion |
| {{dubious}} | Template:Dubious |
| {{when}} | For ambiguous or vague time references of various kinds. [when? — see talk page] |
| {{who?}} | For weasel words ("Many say..." Some people think...") [Who?] |
Verifiability and sources
- See also: Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Reliable sources, and Wikipedia:Citing sources
Message boxes
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | |||
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| {{citation style}} category |
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| {{citations missing}} | ||||
| {{citations broken}} | Template:Citations broken | |||
| {{citecheck}} |
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| {{unreferenced|article}} category |
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| {{unreferencedsection}} | Template:Unreferencedsection
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| {{refimprove}} |
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| {{pagenumbers|article}} | Template:Pagenumbers | |||
| {{primarysources|article}} | Template:Primarysources | |||
| {{nofootnotes|article}} |
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| {{original research|article}} category | Template:Original research | |||
| {{unreliable|article}} category | Template:Unreliable |
Inline with article text
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) |
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| {{citequote|article}} | Template:Citequote |
| {{clarifyme|article}} | [clarify] |
| {{fact|article}} | [citation needed] |
| {{or|article}} | [original research?] |
| {{syn|article}} | Template:Syn |
| {{vague|optional message}} | [vague] |
| {{verify source|article}} | |
| {{verify credibility|article}} | [unreliable source?] |
Introduction
- See also: Wikipedia:Lead section and Wikipedia:Guide to layout
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | ||
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| {{intro length}} category | Template:Intro length | ||
| {{tooshort}} category |
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| {{vagueintro}} category | Template:Vagueintro | ||
| {{introrewrite}} category |
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| {{intromissing}} category |
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Lists
Lists serve useful purposes, but sometimes need cleanup, too.
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | ||
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| {{cleanup-laundry}} category |
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| {{cleanup-laundryrack}} category | Template:Cleanup-laundryrack
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| {{prose}} |
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| {{cleanup-list}} category |
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| {{create-list}} category |
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| {{examplefarm}} |
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| {{listtable}} |
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| {{fictionlist}} |
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| {{fictionrefs}} |
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| {{MOSLOW}} category |
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Images
- See also: Wikipedia:Images, Wikipedia:Picture tutorial, Help:Images and other uploaded files, Wikipedia:Uploading images, Wikipedia:Image use policy, and Wikipedia:Image copyright tags
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | ||
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| {{reqphoto}} |
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| {{reqphotoin|wikiproject}} |
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| {{reqmap}} |
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| {{reqdiagram}} |
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| {{reqimageother|type of request}} |
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| {{image-out-of-focus}} |
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| {{image-blownout}} |
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| {{image-underexposure}} |
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| {{image-toosmall}} |
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| {{cleanup-image}} category |
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| {{duplicate}} |
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| {{ifr}} category |
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| {{ShouldBeJPEG}} | . | ||
| {{ShouldBePNG}} | |||
| {{ShouldBeSVG}} | |||
| {{opaque}} |
Wiki tech
Most of these issues are covered in the main Wikipedia:Manual of Style.
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | |||
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| {{wikify}} |
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| {{disambig-cleanup}} category | Template:Disambig-cleanup
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| {{uncategorized}} category |
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| {{orphan}} |
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| {{orphancat}} | Template:Orphancat | |||
| {{popcat}} |
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Infobox needed
- See also: Help:Infobox and Category:Infobox templates
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) |
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| {{newinfobox}} category | |
| {{single infobox request}} category |
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Cleanup of specific subjects
These templates are all "general cleanup" templates, but tie into a specific subject matter or WikiProject.
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | |||
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| {{CIA}} category |
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| {{Cleanup Congress Bio}} category | Template:Cleanup Congress Bio | |||
| {{cleanup-book}} category |
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| {{cleanup-comics}} category | Template:Cleanup-comics | |||
| {{cleanup-school}} category |
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| {{cleanup-university}} category |
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| {{local}} category |
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| {{ToLCleanup}} category |
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| {{gamecleanup}} category |
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Fiction
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | ||
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| {{in-universe}} category |
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| {{fiction}} category |
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Miscellaneous
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | ||
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| {{metricate}} category |
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| {{globalize}} category |
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| {{gender bias}} category | Template:Gender bias | ||
| {{OTRS|POV and referencing problems}} category | Template:OTRS | ||
| {{cleanup-afd}} category | Template:Cleanup-afd
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| {{examplefarm}} |
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| {{cleanup-ipa}} category | Template:Cleanup-ipa |
Merging and splitting
Template:Wikipedia:Template messages/Merging and splitting
Moving
Template:Wikipedia:Template messages/Moving
Translation
Template:Wikipedia:Template messages/translation
See also
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Disputes
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Maintenance#Copyright violations
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Stubsde:Wikipedia:Bewertungsbausteinehu:Wikipédia:Sablonok listája/Karbantartáska:ვიკიპედია:თარგები/წმენდა
Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content
Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .

