Wikipedia:Template madness

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Template madness refers to a phenomenon whereby the use of templates on a page becomes excessive and thus counterproductive to the page's usefulness.{{fake citation needed}}

On the other hand, more moderate and appropriate use of attention boxes alerts unwary readers about potentially bad information and may help the underlying problems get resolved faster.{{Fix

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Template madness may occur when so many templates are used on a page or pages that they end up negatively affecting their usefulness.{{Fix-span

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Wikipedia:Template madness

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