Template:Confusing

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For a template that places the hatnote "Not to be confused with…" on pages whose title may be confusing, see Template:Distinguish.

"Template:Unclear" redirects here. For other uses, see Template:Clarify.

"Template:Incomprehensible" redirects here. For the inline cleanup tag, see Template:Incomprehensible inline.

Usage

• This template categorises tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia articles needing clarification.
• You can specify whether the template applies to an article (default) or section by adding |article or |section after the template's name. There is also the Template:Confusing section template for the sections.
• It is recommended to use the reason parameter to explain what is confusing. For example:

{{Confusing|date=April 2026|reason=the Wangler is referred to in the plural but the diagram shows only one}}

• When a talk page discussion is held, a direct link to that discussion can be added via the |talk= parameter. For example:

{{Confusing|date=April 2026|talk=Template talk:Confusing#Talk parameter please!}}

• Do not capitalize the beginning of the reason, since it is preceded by "In particular, ".
• Do not add a full stop/period at the end of the reason because the template automatically puts a full stop/period in.
• Please do not subst: this template.

{{Confusing|small=left}} generates:

{{Confusing|small=left|reason=the tensing of the article is ambiguous}} generates:

Template data

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Confusing in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Confusing

This template is used to mark an article or section as confusing and in need of clarification.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter	Description	Type	Status
Article or section?	1	Set to 'section' to specify that you are referring to the section Default article	String	optional
Discussion location	talk 2	The location at which the discussion on the issue is being held. Should be full page name, followed by #, followed by section name. Please do not enclose between [[and ]]. The link will be automatically formatted using the section sign (§). Example Template talk:Confusing#Talk parameter please!	Page name	suggested
What is confusing?	reason	Explain what part of the text needs to be clarified.	String	optional
Date	date	The date this template was added, in the format [full month name] [full year]. Example January 2015 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	String	suggested
Small?	small	Set to 'left' if a small version should be shown instead of the default	String	optional

See also

• Template:Clarify, an in-line version of this template
• Template:Confusing section, a section version of this template
• Template:Technical
• Template:Context
• Template:Vague
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup for an overview of cleanup templates.

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Confusing/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.