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It is catalogued under topics including Coherency templates, Inline cleanup templates and Templates using TemplateData.

Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.

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Use {{Explain|date=June 2026}} in the body of an article as a request for other editors to add further explanation to text that assumes expert understanding of a subject. When the problem is not with the level of information given, but simply with the wording, one may use {{Clarify}} instead. For dealing with dubious information, please use one of the following: {{citation needed}}, {{Verify source}}, {{Dubious}} or {{Disputed inline}}. This template is a self-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.

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