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This article focuses only on one specialised aspect of its subject. Please help improve it by adding more general information. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. (August 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
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Usage

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{{Generalize|date=August 2025}}

This template will add tagged articles to Category:Wikipedia articles needing context.

This template takes a section parameter, like this: {{Generalize|section|date=August 2025}}

This template takes a focus parameter, like this: {{Generalize|section|focus=one specialized aspect of the subject}}

This template is a self-reference. Please do not subst: this template.

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Generalize

Use this cleanup template to indicate that an article or area of an article is written primarily with a focus on a specific aspect of the topic.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Scope1

Custom text to describe the area of the article needing attention. Defaults to "article" if blank, and is usually customized to "section".

Suggested values
section
Default
article
Example
section
Stringoptional
Make template smallsmall

Enter "left" here to make the template box small and aligned to the left.

Example
left
Unknownoptional
Focusfocus

Custom text to describe the specific aspect that has the focus.

Default
one specialized aspect of the subject
Example
humans
Stringoptional
Month and yeardate

The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically.

Suggested values
{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}
Example
March 2024
Stringsuggested
Talk page sectiontalk

The section on the talk page of the article which explains what needs to be generalized

Example
Generalization needed
Stringoptional

See also

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  • Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
  • {{Undue weight}}
  • {{Globalize}}
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Generalize/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.
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Last edited on 26 July 2025, at 10:36

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