Template:Technical

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This template is used to identify articles or sections featuring excessive jargon, not enough explanation of concepts and too difficult for readers to understand. The article should be edited to be made simpler or the presentation of the topic reworded.

When adding this template, explain the issue in the edit summary or on the talk page. Without such explanation, editors with the knowledge to fix the issue often cannot address the issue as they do not know why the template was added in the first place.

Usage

This template adds tagged articles to Category:Wikipedia articles that are too technical and Category:Articles needing expert attention, or their dated subcategories.

• date = adds a date. Month name and year like this date=January 2026

Examples

Basic usage

{{Technical|date=January 2026}}

With section parameter

{{Technical|section|date=January 2026}}

• This template supports the "demospace" variable.

Redirects

• {{Jargon}}

See also

• Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
  • {{Buzzword}}
  • {{Context}}
  • {{Over-explained}}
  • {{Overly detailed}}
  • {{Technical statement}}, for inline use
  • {{Too abstract}}
• {{JargonFile}} - for articles primarily sourced to the Jargon File

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