Template:Buzzword inline

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This template should not be used in citation templates such as Citation Style 1 and Citation Style 2, because it includes markup that will pollute the COinS metadata they produce; see Wikipedia:COinS.

This template should be used to mark

conflict of interest. One of the most common examples is the use of the word "solution

" to refer to a product or service.

This template adds articles to Category:Wikipedia articles containing buzzwords, or a dated subcategory thereof.

While the guideline
peacock wording, i.e. excessive aggrandizement. See the #See also
section, below, for various templates for flagging jargon and peacock wording.

Usage

To tag such case put {{buzzword inline|date=April 2025}} right after the buzzword(s). It produces a superscripted notation like the following example:
ABC, Inc. is a multinational information technology company providing software solutions^[buzzword] in vanguard growth markets.^[buzzword]

When and when not to use this template

Use this for buzzwords only, and only when you are not certain what to replace them with (otherwise
just replace them
). This may help:

Buzzwords: solution, paradigm, proactive, strategic, ROI, granular, market-driven, customer-focused, results-oriented, entrepreneurial

Jargon: myocardial infarction (for 'heart attack'), acetylsalicylic acid (for 'aspirin'), Canis lupus familiaris (for 'dog'), Party of the First Part (for 'you')

Peacock language: best, foremost, world authority on, most successful, leading, runaway success, exciting, blockbuster, whirlwind tour, show-stopping, tour de force, chart-topping (note that if
reliable sources
prove a fact, certain "claims to fame" may be permissible, e.g. "award-winning", "bestseller", etc., though these should almost always be given in specific terms with citations, e.g. "winner of the Best Actress Oscar in 1999" or "was on the New York Times Bestseller List for five weeks in 2005").

Notes

This
self-reference
.

Please do not
subst:
this template.

See also

{{Buzzword}} – banner template, to flag whole article or section using buzzwords

{{Clarify}} – inline template to request clarification of generally unclear wording

{{Peacock inline}} – inline template to flag aggrandizing wording

{{Promotion inline}} – inline template to flag promotional or advertising-like wording

{{
Technical statement
}} (inline version) – to flag excessively technical jargon

{{Weasel inline}} – inline template that will categorise tagged articles into Category:Articles with weasel words

WP:What Wikipedia is not § Wikipedia is not a soapbox (policy)

WP:Cleanup process (info page)

WP:Conflict of interest (policy)

WP:Manual of Style/Words to watch (guideline)

WP:Spam (guideline)

WP:Template messages/Cleanup
(index of additional cleanup templates)

WP:On Wikipedia, solutions are mixtures and nothing else (essay)

WP:Writing better articles (essay)

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Inline cleanup tags
Attribution

{{Among whom}}

{{According to whom}}

{{Attribution needed}}

{{By whom}}

{{From whom?}}

{{Like whom?}}

{{To whom?}}

{{Who}}

{{With whom}}

Clarity

{{Ambiguous}}

{{Clarify}}

{{Clarify span}}

{{Clarify timeframe}}

{{Context inline}}

{{Expand acronym}}

{{Incomprehensible inline}}

{{Incomprehensible span}}

{{Key needed}}

{{Non sequitur}}

{{Sentence fragment}}

{{Which calendar}}

Miscellaneous

{{Chinese script needed inline}}

{{Copyright violation}}

{{Copyvio link}}

{{Data missing}}

{{Disambiguation needed}}

{{External links inline}}

{{Improve caption}}

{{Needs IPA}}

{{Original research inline}}

{{Original research span}}

{{Pronunciation needed}}

{{Script needed inline}}

{{Spam link}}

{{Synthesis inline}}

{{Synthesis span}}

{{Under discussion inline}}

{{Verify spelling}}

{{Whose translation}}

Neutrality

{{Buzzword inline}}

{{Compared to?}}

{{Editorializing}}

{{Fact or opinion}}

{{Opinion}}

{{Peacock inline}}

{{POV statement}}

{{Promotion inline}}

{{Unbalanced opinion}}

{{Weasel inline}}

Precision

{{By how much}}

{{Definition}}

{{Definition needed}}

{{Example needed}}

{{Example needed span}}

{{Explain}}

{{How}}

{{How often}}

{{Misquoted}}

{{Quantify}}

{{Specify}}

{{Vague}}

{{When}}

{{Where}}

{{Which}}

{{Who else}}

{{Why}}

{{Year needed}}

Excessive

{{Overly detailed inline}}

{{Duplication span}}

{{Importance inline}}

{{Relevance inline}}

{{Undue weight inline}}

{{Globalize inline}}

{{Infobox clutter}}

Time-sensitivity

{{Anachronism inline}}

{{Clarify timeframe}}

{{Current event inline}}

{{Is this date calibrated?}}

{{Update after}}

{{Update inline}}

{{Update span}}

Verifiability
Dubious

{{Contradictory inline}}

{{Disputed inline}}

{{Dubious}}

{{Dubious span}}

{{Inconsistent}}

{{Needs independent confirmation}}

{{Speculation inline}}

Bare URLs

{{Bare URL inline}}

{{Bare URL non-HTML}}

{{Bare URL AV media}}

{{Bare URL PDF}}

{{Bare URL image}}

{{Bare URL DOC}}

{{Bare URL plain text}}

{{Bare URL spreadsheet}}

Incomplete or broken citation

{{Author incomplete}}

{{Author missing}}

{{Date missing}}

{{Dead link}}

{{Edition needed}}

{{Episode needed}}

{{Full citation needed}}

{{Incomplete short citation}}

{{ISBN missing}}

{{Moved resource}}

{{Page needed}}

{{Permanent dead link}}

{{Place missing}}

{{Publisher missing}}

{{Season needed}}

{{Time needed}}

{{Title incomplete}}

{{Title missing}}

{{Unused source}}

{{Volume needed}}

{{Year missing}}

Missing or problematic reference

{{Additional citation needed}}

{{Better source needed}}

{{Better source needed example}}

{{Check quotation}}

{{Chronology citation needed}}

{{Circular reference}}

{{Citation needed}}

{{Citation needed span}}

{{Citation not found}}

{{Close paraphrasing inline}}

{{COI source}}

{{Deprecated inline}}

{{Excessive citations inline}}

{{Failed verification}}

{{Failed verification span}}

{{Image reference needed}}

{{Irrelevant citation}}

{{Medical citation needed}}

{{Medical citation needed span}}

{{Nonspecific}}

{{Not verified in body}}

{{Obsolete source}}

{{Page range too broad}}

{{Primary source inline}}

{{Promotional source}}

{{Quote without source}}

{{Request quotation}}

{{Request quotation span}}

{{Retracted}}

{{Scientific citation needed}}

{{Self-published inline}}

{{Shallow reference inline}}

{{Tertiary source inline}}

{{
Third-party inline
}}

{{Unreliable fringe source}}

{{Unreliable medical source}}

{{Unreliable source?}}

{{Verify quote}}

{{Verify source}}

Wording

{{Buzzword inline}}

{{Colloquialism}}

{{Copy edit inline}}

{{Idiom}}

{{Neologism inline}}

{{Technical inline}}

{{Tone inline}}

General advice

Citing sources

Reliable sources

Maintenance template removal

Citation needed

Find sources

Combining sources

Referencing styles

Inline cleanup templates

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