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This template is used to identify articles which, while understandable, have excessive information about trivial subjects and need to be refocused to suit a more general audience.

== Usage ==
;Full page
:<tt><nowiki>{{Overly detailed|date=</nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}</tt>
;Section
:<tt><nowiki>{{Overly detailed|section|date=</nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}</tt>

"Date" and "section" are both optional. The "section" attribute, if included, customises the wording to apply only to a section of an article.

This template sorts articles into [[:Category:Wikipedia articles needing style editing]] and [[:Category:Wikipedia articles that are excessively detailed]].

This template should '''not''' be [[Wikipedia:Template substitution|subst'ed]].

== Template data ==
<templatedata>
{
	"params": {
		"details": {
			"label": "Additional details",
			"description": "Any additional details you would like to add to this request",
			"example": "an excess of advanced scientific data in the lead section",
			"type": "string",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"date": {
			"label": "Month and year",
			"description": "The month and year that this cleanup request was placed",
			"example": "March 2017",
			"type": "date",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"section": {
			"label": "Section",
			"description": "Replaces phrase \"article\" with \"section\"",
			"type": "string",
			"suggested": true
		}
	},
	"description": "Used to identify articles which, while understandable, have excessive information about trivial subjects and need to be refocused to suit a more general audience.",
	"paramOrder": [
		"section",
		"details",
		"date"
	],
	"format": "inline"
}
</templatedata>

== Redirects ==
* {{tl|Fancruft}}
* {{tl|Intricate detail}}

== See also ==
* [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup]]
* [[Wikipedia:Fancruft]], an [[WP:ESSAY|essay]] on "fancruft".
* [[Wikipedia:Handling trivia]], an essay on trivia in Wikipedia, what it is and how it should be handled.
* [[Wikipedia:"In popular culture" content]], an essay on "Popular culture" articles and sections.
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Trivia Cleanup]], a WikiProject designed to clean up long lists of trivia in articles.
* {{tl|Coatrack}}, for articles that are primarily related to totally different subjects or aspects of that subject
* {{tl|Fanpov}}, for articles written from a fan's point of view.
* {{tl|Plot}}, for plot summaries which are too long or excessively detailed.
* {{tl|Nota bene}}, a similar box that suggests moving details worthy of inclusion under footnotes
* {{tl|Prose}}, a similar box that suggests converting the section into prose, rather than integrating the items into the prose of other sections.
* {{tl|Trivia}}, a similar box suggesting the merging of basic trivia into prose in other sections.
* {{tl|Overly detailed-inline}}, for use inline for excessive or trivial detail.
* {{tl|Very long}}

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