Forum:CT:Notoc on OOU articles

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The result of the debate was Support. Lewisr (talk) 21:29, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

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Currently our Layout Guide mentions the conditions when an article should use the |notoc= parameter in Template:Top, i.e. when an article should not have an automatically generated table of contents. However, this only discusses in-universe articles, whereas status article precedent (e.g. Cherami Leigh) by now tells us it's also acceptable to do away with table contents on articles on real-world topics as well, as long as there are no prose sections at all. Imperators II^(Talk) 19:20, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

Accordingly, I propose we update the abovelinked LG clause to the following (additions in bold):

A table of contents (TOC) is automatically generated directly above the first heading when an article contains four or more headings.

• The table of contents should be removed if an article on an in-universe topic has no in-universe prose sections (e.g. "History" or "Powers and abilities"), or when an article on a real-world topic has no prose sections at all.
• For in-universe articles, this means articles that have content sections other than "Behind the scenes," such as "History" or "Powers and abilities," should not remove their table of contents, whereas articles whose only prose section is "Behind the scenes" should remove their table of contents.

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Support

1. Imperators II^(Talk) 19:20, 29 October 2025 (UTC)
2. NBDani (they/them)^{Yeager's Repairs} 19:24, 29 October 2025 (UTC)
3. Mor9347 ^(Talk) 19:25, 29 October 2025 (UTC)
4. CometSmudge (talk) 19:33, 29 October 2025 (UTC)
5. StarWarsFan327 (talk) 19:51, 29 October 2025 (UTC)
6. Tommy-Macaroni (he/they) 20:02, 29 October 2025 (UTC)
7. OOM 224 20:29, 29 October 2025 (UTC)
8. Rsand 30 (talk) 20:37, 29 October 2025 (UTC)
9. <-Omicron^{(Leave a message at the BEEP!)} 20:47, 29 October 2025 (UTC)
10. SaintSirNicholas (talk) 21:12, 29 October 2025 (UTC)
11. あざした (talk) 22:59, 29 October 2025 (UTC)
12. Bonzane10 03:51, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
13. Lewisr (talk) 04:23, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
14. Fan26 (Talk) 13:48, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
15. —spookywilloww^talk 20:29, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
16. ThePedantry (talk) 20:59, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
17. Booply (talk) 15:09, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

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