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Template:NoMoreCruft

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Putting the following text into the Popular culture section of an article:

{{subst:NoMoreCruft}}

Will show the following text (visible only while editing):

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<!-- Please READ [[WP:IPCV]] before adding any "Popular culture" items.

Please do not add the many minor appearances of the topic. This section is only for major cultural appearances where the topic plays a MAJOR part in the story line, or has an "especially notable" role in what is listed. A verifiable source proving the appearance's notability may be required. Random cruft, including ALL video game appearances, and ALL anime/fiction lookalike speculation, WILL BE removed.  

If your item has been removed, please discuss it on the talk page FIRST. A verifiable source proving the appearance's notability may be required. If a consensus is reached to include your item, a regular editor of this page will add it back. Thank you for your cooperation. --> 
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Usage notes

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Purpose

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The purpose of this template is to discourage crufters and inexperienced Wikipedians from adding pop culture triva. This template makes it easier to catch further cruft added to articles with this template as anonymous users tend to ignore it and blatantly add their cruft.

Template popularity

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This template is a substituted template so the "What links here" option does not reflect the template's true popularity. Once a template is substituted, the result is no longer linked to the template, making it difficult to find all pages displaying that text (though categories can sometimes relieve this).