قالب:In-universe

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This template is a self-reference.

 Usage

Add {{In-universe}} to an article to tag it as needing this maintenance. {{In-universe|date=مايو 2026}}

 Parameters and categories

The template supports the following optional parameters:

section

if present, the parameter |section will change the opening wording from "This article describes a work ..." to "This section describes a work ..."

subject

the subject as in "This ____-related article". The subject can be formatted as a wikilink to an article or WikiProject.

described_object

if present, described_object replaces "a work or element of fiction".

category

the cleanup category in which you wish to place the article, in the form [[Category:{{category}} articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction]]. For example, specifying "category=anime and manga" will place the article in Category:Anime and manga articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction.

Standard usage of parameters to sort into existing categories:

• {{In-universe| subject = anime and manga| category = anime and manga| date = مايو 2026}}
• {{In-universe| subject = animation| category = animation| date = مايو 2026}}
• {{In-universe| subject = comics| category = comics| date = مايو 2026}}
• {{In-universe| subject = Discworld| category = Discworld| date = مايو 2026}}
• {{In-universe| subject = Dungeons & Dragons| category = Dungeons & Dragons| date = مايو 2026}}
• {{In-universe| subject = film| category = film| date = مايو 2026}}
• {{In-universe| subject = book| category = literature| date = مايو 2026}}
• {{In-universe| subject = Star Trek| category = Star Trek| date = مايو 2026}}
• {{In-universe| subject = Star Wars| category =Star Wars| date = مايو 2026}}
• {{In-universe| subject = Sopranos| category = Sopranos| date = مايو 2026}}
• {{In-universe| subject = television| category = television| date = مايو 2026}}
• {{In-universe| subject = Three Kingdoms| category = Three Kingdoms| date = مايو 2026}}
• {{In-universe| subject = Middle-earth| category = Tolkien| date = مايو 2026}}
• {{In-universe| subject = Transformers| category = Transformers| date = مايو 2026}}
• {{In-universe| subject = video game| category = video game| date = مايو 2026}}
• {{In-universe| subject = Warhammer| category = Warhammer 40,000| date = مايو 2026}}

An example of a category that needs improvement:

 Categorization

This template will categorise tagged articles into Category:Articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction, or a dated subcategory thereof.

 Tracking categories

• Category:All articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction (0)

 See also

• Wikipedia:How to write a plot summary
• Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)
• Wikipedia:Handling trivia
• {{Kayfabe}} – For professional wrestling related articles with excessive storyline or Kayfabe information
• {{Fiction trivia}} – For fiction-specific articles that have way too many trivial examples
• {{Copy edit}}
• {{Tone}}
• Topic-specific guidelines – Films, television series and episodes, anime/manga, novels, comics, video games

Other plot- and fiction-related templates

{{All plot}}, if an article consists entirely or almost entirely of a plot summary {{Hook}}, if a plot summary is more like a listings magazine hook, or a jacket blurb from a novel. {{No plot}}, if no plot summary exists {{More plot}}, if plot summary is insufficient {{Long plot}}, if plot summary is too long {{In-universe}} {{Fiction}} Wikipedia:Plot-only description of fictional works Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction) Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup

Other trivia-related templates

General trivia {{Trivia}} – Suggests relocation of the relevant details in a trivia section, to another section (or article). {{Trivia section}} – Same as above, but goes at the top of the trivia section, rather than the top of the article. {{Unfocused}} – for an article which lacks focus or has no particular topic. Relevance and importance {{Off topic}} – For a section that has wandered from the topic of the article {{Content}} – For an article or section containing information whose relevance is disputed. {{Importance section}} – For a section with information that is simply off-topic for the article, and needs removal or relocation to another article. {{Importance inline}} – For a particular item that is off-topic needs removal or relocation to another article. {{Better source example}} – For a particular instance of a poorly cited example. {{Relevance inline}} – For a particular item that doesn't seem to belong in the context at all. {{Non sequitur}} – For a namedropping of someone or something the relevance of which may not be clear to the reader. Excessive detail {{Overly detailed}} – For excessive focus on minute details not of interest to our general readership. {{Summarize section}} – For sections that are too detailed and need to be summarized. {{Example farm}} – For excessive use of examples. {{Too many see alsos}} – For an indiscriminate "See also" section, most of which should be pruned or integrated into the prose. Topical trivia {{Self-sourcing examples}} – For an article or section with poorly cited popular culture examples. {{In popular culture}} – For excessive "popular culture" and "media references" sorts of material. {{Fiction trivia}} (or {{In-universe}}) – For too many trivial fictional references (or too much "in-universe" detail). {{Long plot}}, {{All plot}} – For excessively detailed plot summaries. {{Cleanup book}}, {{Cleanup film}} – For excessive detail about particular types of works (other than plot and fictional or in-universe issues). {{Game trivia}} – For too much gaming-related trivia. {{MOSLOW}} – For list that does not follow the Manual of Style for lists of works, e.g. not in chronological order {{Cleanup university}}, {{Cleanup school}} – For excessive detail about an educational institution. {{Famous}} – For an indiscriminate list of "famous" people associated in some way with a topic. {{Localist}} – For local-interest trivia that is unverifiable or otherwise unencyclopedic. List cleanup {{Prose}} – Suggests converting into prose a section that consists of a list. {{Cleanup list}} – For indiscriminate lists that need reduction. {{List to table}} – For use where a table would be better than a list.