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This is a documentation subpage for Template:More plot.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on approximately 3,400 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template is a self-reference. This template should not be substituted.

Usage

Add this template to the topic of the "Plot" section of an article with a plot summary that is insufficient. This may be because only a token summary was ever written, or because a summary has become insufficient over time, e.g. as successive seasons of a TV show have changed the overall plot outline of the series. Another common plot summarization error in articles on TV, novel, game, etc. series is to provide the plot of the first installment in great detail as if the article were the article on that episode or book rather than about the series as a whole.

This template can and should be dated:

{{More plot|date=January 2025}}

This template can refer to a section (or another article part), instead of the default article. Do this by adding a |1= parameter (or an unnumbered one):

{{More plot|1=section|date=January 2025}}

{{More plot|paragraph|date=January 2025}}

The words "plot summary" in "needs an improved plot summary" can be replaced with something to better match the article in question, such as "Premise section". This parameter must be numbered:

{{More plot|2=Premise section|date=January 2025}}

{{More plot|1=Section|2=premise summary|date=January 2025}}

The |plural= parameter can be used to change the default text to "plot summaries" and remove the "an" before "improved":

{{More plot|plural=y|date=January 2025}}

{{More plot|1=Section|2=premise summaries|plural=y|date=January 2025}}

The |noimproved= parameter can be used to remove "an improved", in case a section is tagged at the top for lacking multiple plot summaries:

{{More plot|1=section|2=plot summaries for episodes 9–13|noimproved=y|date=January 2025}}

The template will categorize tagged articles in the proper, dated subcategory of Category:Wikipedia articles with plot summary needing attention.

This template adds a page banner. It notifies editors that the plot of an article of a work of fiction needs to be improved.

Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Month and year	`date`	no description Example September 2001 Auto value `{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}`	Date	suggested

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-{{documentation subpage}}
+{{Documentation subpage}}
+{{High-use}}
-All works of fiction and non-fiction should have a [[Wikipedia:How to write a plot summary|plot summary]].
 This [[Wikipedia:Template|template]] is a [[Wikipedia:Avoid self-references|self-reference]].
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 :{{Tlx|More plot|plural{{=}}y|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}
 :{{Tlx|More plot|1{{=}}Section|2{{=}}premise summaries|plural{{=}}y|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}
+The {{para|noimproved}} parameter can be used to remove "an improved", in case a section is tagged at the top for lacking multiple plot summaries:
+:{{Tlx|More plot|1{{=}}section|2{{=}}plot summaries for episodes 9–13|noimproved{{=}}y|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}
 The template will categorize tagged articles in the proper, dated subcategory of [[:Category:Wikipedia articles with plot summary needing attention]].
+<templatedata>
+{
+	"params": {
+		"date": {
+			"label": "Month and year",
+			"type": "date",
+			"autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}",
+			"suggested": true,
+			"example": "September 2001"
+		}
+	},
+	"description": "This template adds a page banner. It notifies editors that the plot of an article of a work of fiction needs to be improved.",
+	"format": "inline"
+}
+</templatedata>
 ==See also==
 {{Plot/See also}}
-<includeonly>
+<includeonly>{{Sandbox other||
 <!-- categories and interwiki links -->
 [[Category:Cleanup templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]
 [[Category:Film templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]
-</includeonly>
+}}</includeonly>