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=== When to use ===
Add this to articles that need help from other editors because they contain [[Wikipedia:PROMOTIONAL|promotional language or material]]. This tag only applies to articles that are promoting a subject (rather than advertising something).

This template ''should'' be used if the problem is described by either, or both, of the following bullet points (from [[WP:PROMO]]):

* {{Checkmark}} '''Advocacy, [[propaganda]], or recruitment''' of any kind: commercial, political, scientific, religious, national, sports-related, or otherwise. An article can report objectively ''about'' such things, as long as an attempt is made to describe the topic from a [[Wikipedia:neutral point of view|neutral point of view]].
* {{Checkmark}} '''Self-promotion.''' 

This template ''should not'' be used in an article if the following bullet point describes the problem ({{tl|Advert}} should be used in this case):

* {{Cross}} '''Advertising, marketing or public relations.''' Information about people, organizations, issues, and products must be written in an [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|objective and unbiased style]], free of [[Wikipedia:Avoid peacock terms#Puffery|puffery]].  

This template adds articles to [[:Category:Articles with a promotional tone]].

=== How to use ===

* Place {{Tlc|Promotional tone|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}} at the top of the article.
* You can adjust the default "article" text with something more specific, such as: {{Tlc|Promotional tone|article's "Controversy" section}}.

=== See also ===
* {{Tl|Advert}} – Template with wording more suitable for articles that are advertising something (for instance, a product)
* {{Tl|Advert section}} – Same as above, but for tagging sections specifically
* {{Tl|Advert inline}} – For marking specific promotional language
* {{Tl|Essay}} – For opinion pieces
* {{Tl|External links}} – For marking sections with inappropriate use of external links
* {{Tl|Fanpov}}
* {{Tl|Like resume}}  – For marking biographical articles that promote the subject 
* {{Tl|List spam}} – For marking lists that contain spammy entries
* {{Tl|News release}}
* {{Tl|Peacock}}
* {{Tl|Promotion inline}} – For tagging non-advertising promotional material
* {{Tl|Promotional source}} – For tagging promotional sources that have been cited in an article
* {{Tl|Spam}} – For warning spammers on their talk pages
* {{Tl|Travel guide}}

* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject External links]]
* [[Wikipedia:Cleanup process]]
* [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup]]

== TemplateData ==
{{TemplateData header}}
<templatedata>
{
	"params": {
		"1": {
			"label": "Scope (e.g. section)",
			"description": "This parameter allows an editor to replace the default word \"article\" with another word, usually \"section\"",
			"type": "string",
			"default": "article"
		},
		"type": {
			"autovalue": "",
			"aliases": [
				"2"
			],
			"label": "Type",
			"description": "To replace the text \"promotional tone\" with another phrase",
			"type": "string",
			"default": "promotional tone"
		},
		"date": {
			"label": "Month and year",
			"description": "Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'",
			"type": "string",
			"autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}",
			"required": true
		}
	},
	"format": "inline",
	"description": "Template for tagging articles with promotional language or material"
}
</templatedata>

==Acknowledgements==
This documentation was adapted from the documentation for the template [[Template:Advert|Advert]]; specifically, [[Special:Diff/1002104481|this revision]].

The template [[Template:Promotional tone|Promotional tone]] was adapted from [[Template:Advert|Advert]]; specifically, [[Special:Diff/978538133|this revision]].

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