Template:Advert/doc

When to use

Add this to articles that need help from other editors because they sound like advertisements. The issue this tag addresses, is the policy, WP:PROMO, which says:

1. Advocacy, propaganda, or recruitment of any kind: commercial, political, scientific, religious, national, sports-related, or otherwise. An article can report objectively about such things, as long as an attempt is made to describe the topic from a neutral point of view. You might wish to start a blog or visit a forum if you want to convince people of the merits of your opinions.
2. Opinion pieces. Although some topics, particularly those concerning current affairs and politics, may stir passions and tempt people to "climb soapboxes" (for example, passionately advocate their pet point of view), Wikipedia is not the medium for this. Articles must be balanced to put entries, especially for current events, in a reasonable perspective, and represent a neutral point of view. Furthermore, Wikipedia authors should strive to write articles that will not quickly become obsolete. However, Wikipedia's sister project Wikinews allows commentaries on its articles.
3. Scandal mongering, promoting things "heard through the grapevine" or gossiping. Articles and content about living people are required to meet an especially high standard, as they may otherwise be libellous or infringe the subjects' right to privacy. Articles must not be written purely to attack the reputation of another person.
4. Self-promotion. It can be tempting to write about yourself or projects in which you have a strong personal involvement. However, remember that the standards for encyclopedic articles apply to such pages just like any other. This includes the requirement to maintain a neutral point of view, which can be difficult when writing about yourself or about projects close to you. Creating overly abundant links and references to autobiographical sources is unacceptable. See Wikipedia:Autobiography, Wikipedia:Notability and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest.
5. Advertising, marketing or public relations. Information about companies and products must be written in an objective and unbiased style, free of puffery. All article topics must be verifiable with independent, third-party sources, so articles about very small "garage" or local companies are typically unacceptable. External links to commercial organizations are acceptable if they identify notable organizations which are the topic of the article. Wikipedia neither endorses organizations nor runs affiliate programs. See also Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) for guidelines on corporate notability. Those promoting causes or events, or issuing public service announcements, even if noncommercial, should use a forum other than Wikipedia to do so. See also Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and WP:Paid.

If an article violates this policy, this tag is appropriate.

This template adds articles to Category:Articles with a promotional tone.

How to use

Articles

• For articles needing major cleanup, place {{Advert|date=May 2024}} at the top of the article to alert readers.
• You can adjust the default "article" text with something more specific, such as: {{Advert|article's "Controversy" section}}.

Sections

• To mark specific sections instead of the whole article, place {{Advert section|date=May 2024}} at the top of the section.

Remarks

• To replace the text "an advertisement", you may use {{Advert|article/section|yourtext}} or {{Advert|2=yourtext}} or {{Advert|type=yourtext}}

See also

• {{Advert inline}} – For marking specific promotional language
• {{Advert section}} – For tagging specific promotional sections
• {{List spam}} – For marking lists that contain spammy entries
• {{External links}} – For marking sections with inappropriate use of external links
• {{News release}}
• {{Like resume}}
• {{Travel guide}}
• {{Fanpov}}
• {{Spam}} – For warning spammers on their talk pages

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam
• Wikipedia:WikiProject External links
• Wikipedia:Cleanup process
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup