Template:Social media attention
 | Some prominent social media accounts have recently posted about this page. As a result, it may be heavily edited. (May 2025) |
 | This template should not be substituted. |
| This template may have no transclusions. This is because it is substituted by a tool or script, it is used as part of a short-term or less active Wikipedia process, or for some other reason. |
This template adds a notice to the top of a page, alerting readers of a potential influx of vandalism and/or biased editing due to social media attention. The tag should only be in place for a short period of time.
Usage
Place {{Social media attention|date=29 May 2025}} at the top of the relevant article.
- This template is a self-reference.
- Please do not subst: this template.
{{Social media attention}} creates
| Some large social media accounts have recently posted about this article. (May 2025) |
{{Social media attention|cta=yes}} creates
| Some large social media accounts have recently posted about this article, and asked their followers to make edits (May 2025) |
Visibility
The template message is visible on all pages where the date parameter is set to either the current month or the previous month (currently May 2025 or April 2025), otherwise it is hidden via CSS.
Current usage
The following pages currently transclude this tag — these should be reviewed, as the tag should ideally only be present for a short period of time.
- Homophobia (transclusion) (links | edit)
- Discrimination against LGBTQ people (transclusion) (links | edit)
TemplateData
TemplateData for Social media attention
Use this template to add a notice to the top of a page alerting readers of a potential influx of vandalism and/or biased editing due to social media attention.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day, month and year | date | The day, month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically.
| Line | suggested |
| Talk page section | talk | Section name on the talk page for further discussion | Line | optional |
| Clarified social media account | who | Text to replace the words "social media accounts".
| Line | optional |
| Affected area | what | Text to replace the word "article", usually "section".
| Line | deprecated |
| Make box small | small | Enter "left" here to make the template box small and aligned to the left. This is not normally recommended.
| Line | optional |
| Call to action | cta | Optional parameter to specify that a specific request was made on social media for followers to edit the article
| Line | optional |
See also
- {{False version}}, warning about manufactured screenshots of Wikipedia articles on social media
- {{Hoax}}, for articles believed to be a hoax