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No description. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Year 1 year The year to render in the date Example 1997 Auto value Number suggested Month 2 month The month to render in the date Example January Auto value String suggested Day 3 day The day of the month to format in the date Example 20 Auto value String suggested Hour (HH) 4 hour hh the hour to format ...
Ongoing maintenance of date formats may one day be carried out by bots on articles already tagged with templates ({{use dmy dates}} or {{use mdy dates}}) which help to identify the correct format. Potentially ambiguous dates, using slashes or full stops (6/7/1961, 12/07/1986, 6.7.1961, 12.07.1986) are re-appearing on some thousands of pages ...
This template should be placed near the top of articles that use the mmmm d, yyyy date format. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Month and year date The month and year that the article was last checked for inconsistent date formatting. May use "{{subst:DATE}}" template instead Example April 2022 ...
Year–month–day (YMD) format—e.g., 2025-01-12 (also called the "all-numeric" format; used only where space is limited, such as in references and some tables and infoboxes, but not in article text proper). The appropriate format for a particular situation is determined by the (somewhat confusing) interaction between three sub-provisions of ...
Date table sorting is used to correctly sort and display dates in a sortable table (see Help:Sortable tables). What it solves Dates in their customary formats, if simply treated as alphanumeric text strings, sort in nonsensical ways:
Small caps are used in running text as a form of emphasis that is less dominant than all uppercase text, and as a method of emphasis or distinctiveness for text alongside or instead of italics, or when boldface is inappropriate. For example, the text "Text in small caps" appears as Text in small caps in small caps. Small caps can be used to ...
A numeric character reference uses the format &#nnnn; or &#xhhhh; where nnnn is the code point in decimal form, and hhhh is the code point in hexadecimal form. The x must be lowercase in XML documents. The nnnn or hhhh may be any number of digits and may include leading zeros. The hhhh may mix uppercase and lowercase, though uppercase is the ...
Text formatting in citations should follow, consistently within an article, an established citation style or system. Options include either of Wikipedia's own template-based Citation Style 1 and Citation Style 2, and any other well-recognized citation system. Parameters in the citation templates should be accurate.