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== Usage ==
This template is used to signal that the article taken as a whole may lack a single, central point of focus or appears to be about more than one topic.  It may benefit from being [[WP:SPLIT|split]].  

* This template places articles into [[:Category:Wikipedia articles lacking focus]].
* This [[WP:TEMPLATE|template]] is a [[WP:SELF|self-reference]]. 
* Please use the {{Para|reason}} parameter to provide details.

; Placement and talk
This is a [[WP:DT|dispute template]] which should be placed at the top of the article.

After posting this template, please start a section on the article's talk page to discuss. You can use the optional {{Para|talk}} parameter to specify the name of a specific section on the talk page.

If the article appears to be about two or more specific topics, or meanders such that you cannot identify a single central focus, please specify this using the {{Para|reason}} parameter.

; Example of use
: {{Tlc|{{BASEPAGENAME}}|reason{{=}}the article covers both widgets and doodads and should be split|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}

This renders as:
{{{{BASEPAGENAME}}|reason=the article covers both widgets and doodads and should be split|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}

Do not capitalize the beginning of the reason, since it is preceded by, "In particular, ". Also do not add a full stop at the end of the reason because the template automatically supplies it.

'''Notes''':
* The date-substitution template may be used to automatically generate the date, e.g., {{Tlc|{{BASEPAGENAME}}|<nowiki>{{SUBST:DATE}}</nowiki>}}. See [[Help:Substitution]] for more information.
* The {{para|date}} parameter need not be added by the editor: if not entered, a [[Wikipedia:Bots|bot]] will soon add it.  The date parameter consists of the full English name of the current month with initial capital, a space, and the year, not full dates; e.g., "January 2013", but not "jan13". ''Any deviation from these two rules will result in an "invalid date parameter" error.''

== Parameters ==
* {{Para|date|<var>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}</var>}} - required parameter, will be added by a bot if omitted
* {{Para|reason|<var>text</var>}} - optional parameter which adds advisory text
* {{Para|talk|<var>section</var>}} - optional parameter which indicates the talk page section

=== Examples ===
: Paste-ready example: {{Tlc|{{BASEPAGENAME}}|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}
: Example with reason: {{Tlc|{{BASEPAGENAME}}|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|reason{{=}} }}
: Example with talk: {{Tlc|{{BASEPAGENAME}}|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|talk{{=}} }}

== TemplateData ==
{{TemplateDataHeader}}
<templatedata>{
	"description": "A template to indicate that an article is unfocused",
	"params": {
		"date": {
		"label": "Date",
		"description": "The month and year the template was added",
		"example": "October 2015",
		"autovalue": "{{SUBST:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{SUBST:CURRENTYEAR}}",
		"type": "string",
		"required": true
	},
	"reason": {
		"label": "Reason",
		"description": "A reason for adding the template",
		"type": "string"
	},
	"talk": {
		"label": "Talk",
		"aliases": ["1"],
		"description": "The section heading on the article's talk page with relevant discussion",
		"type": "string"
}
}}</templatedata>

== Redirects ==
* {{Tl|Incoherent}}
* {{Tl|Incoherent-topic}}
* {{Tl|Lacks focus}}

==See also==
* {{Tl|Confusing}}, when the specific wording of the article is at issue, rather than overall focus
* [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup]] for an overview of clean up templates.

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