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• This template places articles into Category:Wikipedia articles that are incomprehensible.
• Please use the |reason= parameter to provide details.

Notes:

• The date-substitution template may be used to automatically generate the date, e.g., {{Incomprehensible|{{SUBST:DATE}}}}. See Help:Substitution for more information.
• The |date= parameter need not be added by the editor: if not entered, a 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.

• |date=July 2024 - required parameter, will be added by a bot if omitted
• |reason=text - optional parameter which adds advisory text
• |machine=yes - optional parameter which adds "Sometimes this can be due to machine translation."
• |section=text - optional parameter which changes the word "article" to "section" if 'y', 'yes', '1', or 'true' or its value otherwise
• |talk=section - optional parameter which indicates the talk page section
• |small=left - optional parameter which allows the use of the small format

Paste-ready example: {{Incomprehensible|date=July 2024}}

Example with reason: {{Incomprehensible|date=July 2024|reason=}}

Example with talk: {{Incomprehensible|date=July 2024|talk=}}

Example with machine: {{Incomprehensible|date=July 2024|machine=yes}}

Example with section: {{Incomprehensible|section|date=July 2024}} or {{Incomprehensible|date=July 2024|section=yes}}

Example with small: {{Incomprehensible|date=July 2024|small=left}}

{{ Incomprehensible|small=left|machine=yes}} generates:

This article may be very hard to understand. Sometimes this can be due to machine translation. Please help clarify it.

• {{ Incomprehensible inline}}
• {{ Incomprehensible inline span}}
• {{ Confusing}}
• {{ Rough translation}}
• {{ Technical}} – For when an article is too technical for most readers
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup#Contradiction and confusion