Template:Overly detailed

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This template is used to identify articles which, while comprehensible, contain excessive detail on trivial subjects and need to be refocused to suit a more general audience.

Usage

Full page

{{Overly detailed|details=|date=May 2026}}

Section

{{Overly detailed|section|details=|date=May 2026}}

Suppress recommendation to split

{{Overly detailed|section|nosplit=1|details=|date=May 2026}}

{{Overly detailed|nosplit=1|details=|date=May 2026}}

Date, section, nosplit, and details are all optional.

The "section" attribute, if included, customises the wording to apply only to a section of an article. The word "section" should be used as is, and not replaced with the name of the section.

The "nosplit" parameter, if set, removes the phrase spinning off or relocating any relevant information, and from the template. This is useful when details need to be removed altogether, not split off or moved elsewhere.

The "details" parameter, if set, can be used to customize the message.

This template should not be subst'ed.

Notes

This template will add tagged articles to Category:Wikipedia articles that are excessively detailed, dated subcategories of Category:Wikipedia articles with style issues by month and to Category:All articles with style issues.

Template data

Used to identify articles which, while comprehensible, contain excessive detail on about trivial subjects and need to be refocused to suit a more general audience.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Section	1	Replaces phrase "article" with "section"	String	suggested
nosplit	nosplit	Suppresses the recommendation to split or move content	String	suggested
Additional details	details	Any additional details you would like to add to this request Example an excess of advanced scientific data in the lead section	String	suggested
Month and year	date	The month and year that this cleanup request was placed Example March 2017 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Date	required

See also

• Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
• Wikipedia:Fancruft, an essay on "fancruft".
• Wikipedia:Handling trivia, an essay on trivia in Wikipedia, what it is and how it should be handled.
• Wikipedia:"In popular culture" content, an essay on "Popular culture" articles and sections.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Trivia Cleanup, a WikiProject designed to clean up long lists of trivia in articles.
• {{Coatrack}}, for articles that are primarily related to totally different subjects or aspects of that subject
• {{Fanpov}}, for articles written from a fan's point of view.
• {{Long plot}}, for plot summaries which are too long or excessively detailed.
• {{Prose}}, a similar box that suggests converting the section into prose, rather than integrating the items into the prose of other sections.
• {{Trivia}}, a similar box suggesting the merging of basic trivia into prose in other sections.
• {{Overly detailed inline}}, for use inline for excessive or trivial detail.
• {{Very long}}
• {{Synthesis}}

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