Template:Research paper

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When to use

Use this template when tagging articles written like a research paper (also known as an essay in some countries) or a scientific journal. Even though we appreciate detailed information, the articles may need to be edited to use less technical terms.

When not to use

Don't use this template to tag articles that share the personal opinions of the writers. Instead, use {{Essay-like}}. If the article is biased, but not revealing the author's emotions, use {{POV}}.

How to use

Place this:

{{Research paper|date=October 2026}}

to indicate that the article is written like a paper or essay.

• Please do not subst: this template.

Sections

• For sections, place {{Research paper|section}} to mark a single section only.

Notes

• This template will add tagged articles to dated subcategories of Category:Wikipedia articles with style issues by month and to Category:All articles with style issues.
• This template is a self-reference.

See also

• {{Original research}}
• {{Essay-like}}
• {{Term paper}}
• {{Textbook}}
• Wikipedia:Cleanup process
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Research paper

<templatedata> {

   "params": {

"date": { "label": "Month and year", "description": "The month and year that the template was placed (in full). \"{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}\" inserts the current month and year automatically.", "type": "line", "autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}", "example": "January 2013", "suggested": true }, "1": { "label": "Affected area", "description": "Text to replace the word \"article\", usually \"section\"", "type": "line", "autovalue": "section", "example": "section" }, "small": { "label": "Make template small", "description": "Enter \"left\" here to make the template box small and aligned to the left.", "type": "line", "autovalue": "left", "example": "left" }

   },

"paramOrder": [ "date", "1", "small" ] } </templatedata>

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