For sections needing major clean-up, place at the top of the main page to alert readers.
For sections needing minor clean-up, place at the top of the talk page to alert editors.

You may use the optional date parameter, e.g. {{Cleanup-section|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}. This helps with the categorisation of articles requiring cleanup. Articles tagged with this template without the parameter will given the parameter by a bot.

The simplest way to add this template to an article is to copy and paste {{Cleanup-section| {{subst:DATE}} }} at the top of the article/section or talk page.

Add a new item to the talk page explaining the type and extent of clean-up required so editors will know what to address, and when to remove this tag.

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