Template:Overly detailed/doc

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|date=January 2026}}

Section

{{Overly detailed|section|date=January 2026}}

"Date" and "section" are both 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.

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

<templatedata> { "params": { "details": { "label": "Additional details", "description": "Any additional details you would like to add to this request", "example": "an excess of advanced scientific data in the lead section", "type": "string", "suggested": true }, "date": { "label": "Month and year", "description": "The month and year that this cleanup request was placed", "example": "March 2017", "type": "date", "suggested": true }, "section": { "label": "Section", "description": "Replaces phrase \"article\" with \"section\"", "type": "string", "suggested": true } }, "description": "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.", "paramOrder": [ "section", "details", "date" ], "format": "inline" } </templatedata>

Redirects

• {{Fancruft}}
• {{Intricate detail}}

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}}