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.ombox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-invalid-type{text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ombox{margin:4px 10%}.mw-parser-output .ombox.mbox-small{clear:right;float:right;margin:4px 0 4px 1em;width:238px}}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.ombox img{max-width:none!important}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}</style><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/60px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/80px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div style="padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><b>This is an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace#How-to_and_information_pages" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">information page</a>.</b><br /><div style="font-size: 90%;">It is not an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_is_an_article%3F" title="Wikipedia:What is an article?">encyclopedic article</a>, nor one of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Wikipedia's policies or guidelines</a>; rather, its purpose is to explain certain aspects of <b>the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles" title="Wikipedia:Writing better articles">Wikipedia:Writing better articles</a> guideline</b>. It may reflect differing levels of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus#Achieving_consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">vetting</a>.</div></div></td><td class="mbox-imageright"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1252059228">.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain{float:right;margin:0 0 0 1em;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);padding:0.3em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;text-align:center;font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxleft{float:left;margin:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutlist{display:inline-block;border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);margin-bottom:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain ul{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutanchordiv{position:relative;top:-3em}.mw-parser-output li .module-shortcutanchordiv{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mbox-imageright .module-shortcutboxplain{padding:0.4em 1em 0.4em 1em;line-height:1.3;margin:0}</style><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:CLARIFY"></span><span id="WP:CONFUSE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CLARIFY&redirect=no">WP:CLARIFY</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CONFUSE&redirect=no">WP:CONFUSE</a></span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The aim of this page is to describe ways to clarify text or request such clarification. There are inline cleanup tags to flag specific wording that is likely to be confusing to the average reader. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="When_and_how_to_flag_unclear_text" data-mw-thread-id="h-When_and_how_to_flag_unclear_text"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-When_and_how_to_flag_unclear_text"></span>When and how to flag unclear text<span data-mw-comment-end="h-When_and_how_to_flag_unclear_text"></span></h2></div> <p>It is always best to take care of something when you notice it, but that is not always possible. You can choose one of these <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Template messages">templates that tag text with inline messages</a> to request specific clarifications that you cannot provide yourself: </p> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Clarify" title="Template:Clarify">Clarify</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> to mark individual phrases or sentences</li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Confusing" title="Template:Confusing">Confusing</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> to mark sections (or entire articles, though this is undesirable because it makes it unclear what exactly needs to be improved)</li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Definition_needed" title="Template:Definition needed">Definition needed</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> to mark a term as ambiguous or unclear and in need of a definition</li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Example_needed" title="Template:Example needed">Example needed</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> to mark individual phrases or sentences which require examples for clarification</li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Explain" title="Template:Explain">Explain</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> to mark individual phrases or sections which require further explanation for general (i.e. non-expert) readers</li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Non_sequitur" title="Template:Non sequitur">Non sequitur</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> to mark individual mentions of someone or something in an out-of-context way, the relevance of which is unclear</li></ul> <p>When using these templates, <i>be specific</i>: mark individual phrases, sentences, and sections in preference to entire articles. Also be sure to <i>leave specific suggestions</i> for improvement on the <i>article's talk-page</i>. </p><p>The templates' pages will almost always have additional documentation on usage and <a href="/wiki/Parameters_(computer_science)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parameters (computer science)">parameters</a>. If not, you can leave a message on the <i>template's talk page</i> requesting such information be added. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_to_mark_articles_for_clarification" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_to_mark_articles_for_clarification"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_to_mark_articles_for_clarification"></span>How to mark articles for clarification<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_to_mark_articles_for_clarification"></span></h2></div> <ul><li>To ask for clarification for a particular phrase or sentence, simply type <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Clarify" title="Template:Clarify">clarify</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> or <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:What" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:What">what</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> (after the phrase or sentence) to display a superscripted tag (the tag will link here):</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>This is a confusing sentence, which needs readers to apply much energy and time in order to understand the implicit meanings behind it, and needs to be clarified/rewritten.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span title="Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li>To ask for further explanation of a point made in a particular phrase or sentence, simply type <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Explain" title="Template:Explain">explain</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> or <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Elucidate" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Elucidate">elucidate</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> (after the phrase or sentence) to display a superscripted tag (the tag will link here):</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>This sentence contains unexplained jargon.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span title="Wikipedia:Please clarify">further explanation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li>To ask for clarification for a particular section, simply type <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Confusing" title="Template:Confusing">Confusing</a>|section}}</code> at the top of the section, to generate the following tag-box:</li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Confusing plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-confusing" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>may be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vagueness" title="Wikipedia:Vagueness">confusing or unclear</a> to readers</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a class="mw-selflink selflink">clarify the section</a>. There might be a discussion about this on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia talk:Please clarify">the talk page</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2019</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>then update the article's talk page with specific aspects to be improved.</dd></dl> <ul><li>To ask for clarification for an entire article, consider first whether it would be more productive to tag individual phrases, sentences, or sections with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Clarify" title="Template:Clarify">clarify</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>. If you cannot identify specific parts of the article that need clarification, write what aspects of the article you believe need clarification on the article's talk page before tagging the entire article with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Confusing" title="Template:Confusing">confusing</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_to_improve_articles_that_need_clarification" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_to_improve_articles_that_need_clarification"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_to_improve_articles_that_need_clarification"></span>How to improve articles that need clarification<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_to_improve_articles_that_need_clarification"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><b>Explain jargon</b>: Define technical terms: <ul><li>Add a brief definition when first using new terms, like: <i>blog (a web log of journal entries)</i></li> <li>Add a link to an unfamiliar topic</li> <li>Define extra terms early (such as: <i>Related terms include:</i>)</li> <li>Explain regional variations and the slang of certain professions (e.g. "<a href="/wiki/Traffic_circle" class="mw-redirect" title="Traffic circle">Massachusetts rotary</a>")</li></ul></li> <li><b>Could it be shorter?</b>: Some guidelines which often help: <ul><li>Delete extraneous rambling words (especially <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AWW" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AWW">weasel words</a> and/or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PEACOCK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PEACOCK">peacock terms</a>)</li> <li>Replace clauses with adverbs (to limit <a href="/wiki/Preposition" class="mw-redirect" title="Preposition">prepositions</a> to about four per sentence)</li> <li>Replace longer words with shorter words</li> <li>Split long sentences into shorter sentences (again, four prepositions per sentence)</li> <li>Use <a href="/wiki/Idiom" title="Idiom">idioms</a>, or familiar phrases: rather than <i>"electron flow field"</i> use <i>"electric current";</i> replace <i>"computer program text"</i> with "<i>source code</i>"; idioms seem simpler: as in "viewpoint" vs. "idiosyncratic approach to the perceived issue"</li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dd>Compare two sentences: "Notwithstanding the controversy, she, with practiced skill, proceeded to navigate MegaX Corporation through difficult financial straits" <i>versus</i> "Despite the controversy, she navigated MegaX through difficult financial straits" (two prepositions, and note the removal of non-neutral assessment).</dd></dl> <ul><li><b>Add a diagram or photo</b>: Complex text might be illustrated by a diagram. <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons" title="Wikimedia Commons">Wikimedia Commons</a> also has over 12 million images, which can be searched (such as for "galaxy"). Even if the image or diagram is not exact, mention extra details in the caption-area, or use <a href="/wiki/Template:Superimpose" title="Template:Superimpose">Template:Superimpose</a> or <a href="/wiki/Template:Location_map" title="Template:Location map">Template:Location map</a> to overlay a custom label/symbol onto an image.</li> <li><b>Add a wikitable or list</b>: Multi-column <a href="/wiki/Help:Table" title="Help:Table">wikitables</a> could clarify groups of data; however, simple lists (with colon-asterisk ":*" bullets) might be enough. See: <i><a href="/wiki/Spark_plug" title="Spark plug">spark plug</a></i>, with a list of risks/benefits.</li> <li><b>Make it clear what's happening and to what:</b> A common example is a vague pronoun reference: "Emily was friends with Francine until she changed her job" (vague: Who changed jobs? Pronoun "she" equally applies to both). Also referring back to a list but not specifying the entry.</li> <li><b>Use specific wording rather than vague whenever possible:</b> For example, instead of saying, "in the old days", specify the time period you are referring to (say, the 19th century, or the 1960s). <ul><li>Similarly, <b>do not reference "now"</b>: the word "Recently" or "Soon" or their synonyms will become meaningless quickly. Use "As of" or a specific date.</li></ul></li> <li><b>Make sure you're using the right word(s)</b>: In <a href="/wiki/Fenimore_Cooper%27s_Literary_Offenses" title="Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses">one of the great critiques</a> of a fellow author, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Twain" title="Mark Twain">Mark Twain</a> listed eighteen rules of writing romantic fiction violated by <a href="/wiki/James_Fenimore_Cooper" title="James Fenimore Cooper">James Fenimore Cooper</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Besides the criticism of Cooper's characterisation and plot, Twain also said that a writer should: <ul><li>Avoid slovenliness of form</li> <li>Employ a simple and straightforward style</li> <li>Eschew surplusage (see <a href="/wiki/KISS_principle" title="KISS principle">KISS principle</a>)</li> <li>Not omit necessary details</li> <li>Say what he is proposing to say, not merely come near it. (Avoid <a href="/wiki/Euphemism" title="Euphemism">euphemisms</a>; we <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOT#CENSORED" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOT">don't have to bowdlerize</a>)</li> <li>Use good grammar</li> <li>Use the right word, not its second cousin</li></ul></li> <li><b>Check your intent</b>: Wikipedia is a place to inform and to educate. It is not a technical journal. Information from technical journals might need to be reduced to short sentences (four prepositions), because some journals encourage writing multi-level sentences spanning fifteen lines, with sub-sub-clauses.</li> <li><b>Check your spelling</b>: Usually misspelled words are obvious in their intent (e.g., "Qualty" is obviously "Quality"), however "Tedting" could be "Testing" or "Texting" (or "editing"). If it is not actually misspelled, or it is intended to be so, use the {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Sic" title="Template:Sic">Sic</a>}} template.</li> <li><b>Make use of headings</b>: A huge block of text can be daunting, but dividing it into sections, and subsections, can organize a logical structure onto the text, separating statements into each grouped section.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Specific_clarification" data-mw-thread-id="h-Specific_clarification"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Specific_clarification"></span>Specific clarification<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Specific_clarification"></span></h2></div> <p>There are some common situations where use of a more specific clarification template might make the desired clarification clearer. A common case is an article citing a scientific measurement without indicating how the measurement was taken. For example, the following statement about solar intensity at the earth's surface without specifying the sun's elevation could be annotated with the following tag: </p> <ul><li>The following tag links to a Wikipedia project to clear bias based on the source of the information:</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>"The sun's intensity is 90 watts per square meter."<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(geographic_names)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names)"><span title="The geographic scope near this tag is ambiguous.">where?</span></a></i>]</sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Distinguish" title="Template:Distinguish">Distinguish</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Related_inline_templates" data-mw-thread-id="h-Related_inline_templates-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Related_inline_templates-See_also"></span>Related inline templates<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Related_inline_templates-See_also"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Ambiguous" title="Template:Ambiguous">Ambiguous</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Clarify" title="Template:Clarify">Clarify</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Clarify_span" title="Template:Clarify span">Clarify span</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Definition" title="Template:Definition">Definition</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><span 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title="Template:Confusing">Confusing</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Confusing_section" title="Template:Confusing section">Confusing section</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Context" title="Template:Context">Context</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Technical" title="Template:Technical">Technical</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Related_pages" data-mw-thread-id="h-Related_pages-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Related_pages-See_also"></span>Related pages<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Related_pages-See_also"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Wikipedia:Citing sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Expert_help" title="Wikipedia:Expert help">Wikipedia:Expert 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