Template:Incomprehensible

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Usage

This template places articles into Category:Wikipedia articles that are incomprehensible.
Please use the |reason= parameter to provide details.

Notes:

The date-substitution template may be used to automatically generate the date, e.g., {{Incomprehensible|{{SUBST:DATE}}}}. 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

|date=October 2024 - required parameter, will be added by a bot if omitted
|reason=text - optional parameter which adds advisory text
|machine=yes - optional parameter which adds "Sometimes this can be due to machine translation."
|section=text - optional parameter which changes the word "article" to "section" if 'y', 'yes', '1', or 'true' or its value otherwise
|talk=section - optional parameter which indicates the talk page section
|small=left - optional parameter which allows the use of the small format

Examples

Paste-ready example: {{Incomprehensible|date=October 2024}}

Example with reason: {{Incomprehensible|date=October 2024|reason=}}

Example with talk: {{Incomprehensible|date=October 2024|talk=}}

Example with machine: {{Incomprehensible|date=October 2024|machine=yes}}

Example with section: {{Incomprehensible|section|date=October 2024}} or {{Incomprehensible|date=October 2024|section=yes}}

Example with small: {{Incomprehensible|date=October 2024|small=left}}

{{Incomprehensible|small=left|machine=yes}} generates:

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Incomprehensible in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Incomprehensible

A template to indicate that an article contains incomprehensible text

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Date	`date`	The month and year the template was added Example October 2015 Auto value `{{SUBST:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{SUBST:CURRENTYEAR}}`	String	required
Reason	`reason`	A reason for adding the template	String	optional
Machine Translation	`machine`	Adds: Sometimes this can be due to machine translation.	String	optional
Section	`sect` `section` `1`	Changes the word article	String	optional
Talk	`talk` `2`	The section heading on the article's talk page with relevant discussion	String	optional
Small	`small`	Allows the use of the small format Example left	String	optional

Usage

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Examples

TemplateData

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