Template:Improve documentation

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Usage

For use on template/module documentation pages whose content is missing, insufficient, incomplete and/or inaccurate.

• If the template already has a documentation subpage, place this template in that subpage before the first heading. Example:

  {{Documentation subpage}}
{{Improve documentation|date=May 2026}}
==Usage==

• If the template does not have a documentation subpage, place this template at the end of the main template code, wrapped in <noinclude>...</noinclude> tags. Example:

  ... main template code ...
}}<noinclude>
{{No documentation|date=May 2026}}
</noinclude>

The template adds pages to Category:Templates with missing or incorrect documentation.

TemplateData

Tags templates with inadequate or nonexistent documentation.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Has details on talk page	talk 1	Shows "See the talk page for details" if a value is supplied	Boolean	optional
Date	date	Date tagged Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	String	optional
Reason	reason	Displays in the message text, prefaced with "Reason:...", to indicate what needs improving. Example too technical to understand.	String	optional

Redirects

• {{No documentation}} - the same message is given whether the documentation is inadequate or nonexistent

See also

• {{Documentation}}
• Wikipedia:Template documentation
• {{Ombox}} the template transcluded into this one. It provides the basic framework.

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