Template:Social media attention/doc

This template adds a notice to the top of a page, alerting readers of a potential influx of vandalism and/or biased editing due to social media attention. The tag should only be in place for a short period of time.

Usage

Place {{Social media attention|date=25 May 2024}} at the top of the relevant article.

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

{{Social media attention}} creates

{{Social media attention|cta=yes}} creates

Visibility

The template message is visible on all pages where the date parameter is set to either the current month or the previous month (currently May 2024 or April 2024), otherwise it is hidden via CSS.

Current usage

The following pages currently transclude this tag — these should be reviewed, as the tag should ideally only be present for a short period of time.

• Homophobia (transclusion) ‎ (links | edit)

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Social media attention

Use this template to add a notice to the top of a page alerting readers of a potential influx of vandalism and/or biased editing due to social media attention.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Day, month and year	date	The day, month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically. Example 10 January 2013 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Line	suggested
Talk page section	talk	Section name on the talk page for further discussion	Line	optional
Clarified social media account	who	Text to replace the words "social media accounts". Example Twitter accounts	Line	optional
Affected area	what	Text to replace the word "article", usually "section". Example section Auto value section	Line	deprecated
Make box small	small	Enter "left" here to make the template box small and aligned to the left. This is not normally recommended. Example left Auto value left	Line	optional
Call to action	cta	Optional parameter to specify that a specific request was made on social media for followers to edit the article Example true	Line	optional

See also

• {{False version}}, warning about manufactured screenshots of Wikipedia articles on social media
• {{Hoax}}, for articles believed to be a hoax