Editing Template:Cleanup/doc (section)

== How to use ==
{{Tlc|{{ROOTPAGENAME}}}} should be used with the following two parameters:
* {{para|date}}: the month and year (e.g. {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}) when the Cleanup template was added to the article; this helps to figure out how long an article has been tagged for cleanup.
* {{para|reason}}: the reason for requesting cleanup. This is useful for editors in case the reason for requesting a cleanup is not immediately obvious.

Optional parameters include:
* {{para|talk}} or {{para|talksection}}: the section of the talk page explaining what needs to be done. Add a new section to the talk page explaining the type and extent of clean-up required, so editors will know what to address and when to remove this template. This parameter's value is not used when {{tl|Cleanup}} appears inside {{tl|Multiple issues}}.
* {{para|1}} (or an empty parameter): changes the default descriptor (i.e., "article"). For example, {{tlx|Cleanup|section}} changes it to "section".
* {{para|small}}: enter 'left' here to turn the template into a small box on the left side of the screen.
* {{para|nocat}}: enter 'true' here to prevent the template from adding cleanup categories to the article.

The template should be placed at the top of the article requiring a cleanup. If practicable, please use a [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup|more specific cleanup template]]. Because {{Tlc|{{ROOTPAGENAME}}}} is vague, specific problems should be identified in the <code>reason</code> field; a more detailed explanation of what needs to be done can be provided on the article's talk page. An article's {{Tlc|{{ROOTPAGENAME}}}} template may be removed without the problems being fixed if it is not possible to identify what needs to be cleaned up.

If this template is [[Wikipedia:Subst|substituted]], the end result consists of an unsubstituted form including an automatically filled <code>date=</code> parameter with the current date.