Template:Missing information/doc

Purpose

This template should be used when certain necessary information is absent from the article. Please open a corresponding discussion detailing the missing information on the article's discussion page before placing the tag. This may assist in avoiding edit-warring by making a good faith attempt to achieve consensus before putting a particular piece of information in an article, especially if it's controversial information. If a consensus is reached that the information should be included, or no one contested the proposal, the information is inserted in the article and the tag is removed.

Caveats

This template:

• sorts articles into Category:Articles to be expanded
  • |nocat=true can be used to subdue categorization if necessary
• is a self-reference
• cannot be substituted

Syntax

{{Missing information|description|date=August 2026}} produces:

{{Missing information|section|description|date=August 2026}} produces:

{{Missing information|description|talksection=talksection|date=August 2026}} produces:

The parameter to indicate what information is missing can also be explicitly named as |about=, |on=, or |reason=.

See also

• {{Explain}} (inline)
• {{Incomplete list}}
• {{Expand section}}
• {{Refideas}}
• List of dispute templates

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Missing information

This template should be used when certain necessary information is absent from the article. Please open a corresponding discussion detailing the missing information on the article's discussion page before placing the tag. This may assist in avoiding edit-warring by making a good faith attempt to achieve consensus before putting a particular piece of information in an article, especially if it's controversial information. If a consensus is reached that the information should be included, or no one contested the proposal, the information is inserted in the article and the tag is removed.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Scope?	1	Specify "section" to indicate this template applies to a section. Defaults to whole article Suggested values section Default article Example section Auto value	Line	suggested
Info missing	2 about on reason	The information missing from the article, if not supplied by Scope? Example a succinct statement of the theorem	Line	suggested
Talk page section	talksection	Name of a valid anchor in the article talk page noting this issue. All headings are automatically valid anchors. Example Cultural impact missing Auto value	String	optional
date	date	no description Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	String	suggested
Display the template in a small format	small	no description Suggested values left Default no	Unknown	optional
nocat	nocat	no description	Unknown	optional