Template:Further reading cleanup/doc

When to use

Add this to the top of the "Further reading" section whenever:

• There are too many publications listed for this article. (Most editors object to more than about half a dozen publications, but the best number for a given article depends on the specific circumstances, and may range from zero to more than a dozen.)
• One or more of the publications in the list duplicates a citation in the references or notes sections.
• One or more of the publications present (regardless of number) is inappropriate for any reason.

Please consider "weeding the book farm" yourself, rather than using this tag to ask someone else to do it. Don't forget to remove this template when the concerns appear to have been resolved.

Usage

{{Further reading cleanup|date=December 2025}}

This template will categorize tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia further reading cleanup and Category:Wikipedia spam cleanup. See Special:Recentchangeslinked/Category:Wikipedia spam cleanup to see recent edits to tagged articles.

• This template is a self-reference.
• Please do not subst: this template.

Redirects

• {{Book farm}}
• {{Further cleanup}}
• {{Further too long}}
• {{Too much further reading}}
• {{Uncited references}}

See also

• {{Too many see alsos}}
• {{Further}} – an unrelated hatnote template used to wikilink to articles with further information
• {{External links}}
• {{No more links}}
• {{Advert}}
• Wikipedia:External links
• Wikipedia:WikiProject External links
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup

TemplateData

The template is used on "Further reading" sections with inappropriate or excessive suggestions.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Month and year	date	Provides the month and year of the citation request; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13' Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Line	suggested