Template:Cleanup rewrite/doc

Template:Never substitute This template should be used on articles which need so much cleanup that rewriting them completely may be necessary to comply with Wikipedia's guidelines on style and content. It is strongly encouraged that the editor adding the tag discuss the issue on the article's talk page, especially if the writing appears superficially acceptable.

Usage

To provide a reason for the needed rewrite, use:

{{cleanup rewrite|Reason for rewrite|article or section|date=December 2025}}

To mark a section for rewrite without a reason, use:

{{cleanup rewrite|2=section|date=December 2025}}

To mark an article for rewrite without a reason, use:

{{cleanup rewrite|date=December 2025}}

This template adds tagged articles to Category:Wikipedia articles needing rewrite.

Tracking categories

• Category:All articles needing rewrite (1)

See also

• Template:Citation style
• Template:Confusing
• Template:Context
• Template:Copy edit
• Template:Fiction
• Template:Globalize
• Template:Notability
• Template:Primary sources
• Template:Technical
• Template:Tone
• Template:Uncategorized
• Template:Underlinked
• Template:Unreferenced

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

TemplateData for Cleanup rewrite

<templatedata> { "description": "Use this cleanup template to indicate that an article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards.", "format": "inline", "params": { "date": { "label": "Month and year", "description": "The month and year that the template was placed (in full). \"August 2025\" inserts the current month and year automatically.", "type": "line", "autovalue": "August 2025", "example": "January 2013", "suggested": true }, "1": { "label": "Reason", "description": "The reason why the article may need to be rewritten", "type": "string", "example": "it is mostly incomprehensible" }, "section": { "label": "Section?", "description": "Enter \"yes\" here to replace the word \"article\" with \"section\".", "type": "line", "autovalue": "yes", "example": "yes" }, "2": { "label": "Affected area", "description": "Custom text to replace the word \"article\" in the template", "type": "line", "example": "section" }, "small": { "label": "Make template small", "description": "Enter \"left\" here to make the template box small and aligned to the left.", "type": "line", "autovalue": "left", "example": "left" } }, "paramOrder": [ "date", "1", "section", "2", "small" ] } </templatedata>