Template:Missing information

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Purpose

This template should be used when certain necessary information is absent from the article. Please open a corresponding discussion detailing the missing information on the article's discussion page before placing the tag. This may assist in avoiding edit-warring by making a good faith attempt to achieve consensus before putting a particular piece of information in an article, especially if it's controversial information. If a consensus is reached that the information should be included, or no one contested the proposal, the information is inserted in the article and the tag is removed.

Caveats

This template:

• sorts articles into Category:Articles to be expanded
  • |nocat=true can be used to subdue categorization if necessary
• is a self-reference
• cannot be substituted

Syntax

{{Missing information|description|date=April 2026}} produces:

{{Missing information|section|description|date=April 2026}} produces:

{{Missing information|description|talksection=talksection|date=April 2026}} produces:

The parameter to indicate what information is missing can also be explicitly named as |about=, |on=, or |reason=.

See also

• {{Explain}} (inline)
• {{Incomplete list}}
• {{Expand section}}
• {{Refideas}}
• List of dispute templates

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Missing information

This template should be used when certain necessary information is absent from the article. Please open a corresponding discussion detailing the missing information on the article's discussion page before placing the tag. This may assist in avoiding edit-warring by making a good faith attempt to achieve consensus before putting a particular piece of information in an article, especially if it's controversial information. If a consensus is reached that the information should be included, or no one contested the proposal, the information is inserted in the article and the tag is removed.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Scope?	1	Specify "section" to indicate this template applies to a section. Defaults to whole article Suggested values section Default article Example section Auto value	Line	suggested
Info missing	2 about on reason	The information missing from the article, if not supplied by Scope? Example a succinct statement of the theorem	Line	suggested
Talk page section	talksection	Name of a valid anchor in the article talk page noting this issue. All headings are automatically valid anchors. Example Cultural impact missing Auto value	String	optional
date	date	no description Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	String	suggested
Display the template in a small format	small	no description Suggested values left Default no	Unknown	optional
nocat	nocat	no description	Unknown	optional

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