This template is a self-reference .
Usage Add {{In-universe }} to an article to tag it as needing this maintenance.
{{In-universe |date=April 2024}}
Parameters and categories The template supports the following optional parameters:
section
if present, the parameter |section will change the opening wording from "This article describes a work ..." to "This section describes a work ..." subject
the subject as in "This ____-related article". The subject can be formatted as a wikilink to an article or WikiProject . described_object
if present, described_object replaces "a work or element of fiction". category
the cleanup category in which you wish to place the article, in the form [[Category:{{category}} articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction]]. For example, specifying "category=anime and manga" will place the article in Category:Anime and manga articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction . Standard usage of parameters to sort into existing categories:
{{In-universe|subject = anime and manga|category = anime and manga|date = April 2024}} {{In-universe|subject = animation|category = animation|date = April 2024}} {{In-universe|subject = comics|category = comics|date = April 2024}} {{In-universe|subject = Discworld |category = Discworld|date = April 2024}} {{In-universe|subject = Dungeons & Dragons |category = Dungeons & Dragons|date = April 2024}} {{In-universe|subject = film|category = film|date = April 2024}} {{In-universe|subject = book|category = literature|date = April 2024}} {{In-universe|subject = Star Trek |category = Star Trek|date = April 2024}} {{In-universe|subject = Star Wars |category =Star Wars|date = April 2024}} {{In-universe|subject = Sopranos |category = Sopranos|date = April 2024}} {{In-universe|subject = television|category = television|date = April 2024}} {{In-universe|subject = Three Kingdoms|category = Three Kingdoms|date = April 2024}} {{In-universe|subject = Middle-earth|category = Tolkien|date = April 2024}} {{In-universe|subject = Transformers|category = Transformers|date = April 2024}} {{In-universe|subject = video game|category = video game|date = April 2024}} {{In-universe|subject = Warhammer|category = Warhammer 40,000|date = April 2024}} An example of a category that needs improvement:
Categorization This template will categorise tagged articles into Category:Articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction , or a dated subcategory thereof.
Tracking categories See also
Other plot- and fiction-related templates
Other trivia-related templates
General trivia
{{Trivia }} – Suggests relocation of the relevant details in a trivia section, to another section (or article).{{Trivia section }} – Same as above, but goes at the top of the trivia section, rather than the top of the article.Relevance and importance
{{Off topic }} – For a section that has wandered from the topic of the article{{Content }} – For an article or section containing information whose relevance is disputed.{{Importance section }} – For a section with information that is simply off-topic for the article, and needs removal or relocation to another article.{{Importance inline }} – For a particular item that is off-topic needs removal or relocation to another article.{{Refexample }} – For an article or section with poorly cited examples.{{Better source example }} – For a particular instance of a poorly cited example.{{Relevance inline }} – For a particular item that doesn't seem to belong in the context at all.{{Non sequitur }} – For a namedropping of someone or something the relevance of which may not be clear to the reader.Excessive detail
{{Overly detailed }} – For excessive focus on minute details not of interest to our general readership.{{Summarize section }} – For sections that are too detailed and need to be summarized.{{Example farm }} – For excessive use of examples.{{Too many see alsos }} – For an indiscriminate "See also" section, most of which should be pruned or integrated into the prose.Topical trivia
{{In popular culture }} – For excessive "popular culture" and "media references" sorts of material.{{Fiction trivia }} (or {{In-universe }}) – For too many trivial fictional references (or too much "in-universe" detail).{{Long plot }}, {{All plot }} – For excessively detailed plot summaries.{{Cleanup book }}, {{Cleanup film }} – For excessive detail about particular types of works (other than plot and fictional or in-universe issues).{{Game trivia }} – For too much gaming-related trivia.{{MOSLOW }} – For list that does not follow the Manual of Style for lists of works, e.g. not in chronological order{{Cleanup university }}, {{Cleanup school }} – For excessive detail about an educational institution.{{Famous }} – For an indiscriminate list of "famous" people associated in some way with a topic.{{Localist }} – For local-interest trivia that is unverifiable or otherwise unencyclopedic.List cleanup
{{Prose }} – Suggests converting into prose a section that consists of a list.{{Cleanup list }} – For indiscriminate lists that need reduction.{{List to table }} – For use where a table would be better than a list.
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