This template will categorise tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia articles with incorrect tenses and Category:Wikipedia articles needing copy edit.

  • This template is a self-reference.
  • You can also place this tag at the start of the concerned section and adjust its text accordingly, such as:
    {{Cleanup tense|section}}
  • It takes the optional parameter |tense= which can be used to explain what specific tense needs to be used, e.g. |tense=the past tense. The default value is "the past tense if historic, present tense if not time-based (e.g. fiction), or future tense if upcoming". The value of |tense= should complete the sentence "Please consider copy editing to use parameter value goes here."
  • It takes the optional parameter date, with the format date=month year, such as:
    {{Cleanup tense|date=May 2024}}
  • Please do not subst: this template.

See also edit