User:Canadian/templates i use

These templates should never be used on other templates, as this leads to the appearance of very large numbers of articles being disputed.

Please remember to use these appropriately, and use the most specific messages you can find for the situation.

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{{Blpdispute}}

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Disputed biographies of living persons
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{{Contradict}}

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Self-contradicting article
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{{Contradict-other|[[Article]]}}

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One or both contradicting articles
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{{Disputed}}

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Disputed articles
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{{Disputeabout|'''The topic of dispute'''}}

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Disputed articles with list of topics
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{{Disputed-category}}

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Disputed articles
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{{Hoax}}

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Suspected hoaxes
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{{Neologism}}

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Possible neologisms
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{{notability|
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Non-notable topic, listing the specific guideline at issue
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{{notability}}

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Non-notable topic or failing to meet the current notability guidelines (verbose)
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{{POV}}

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{{POV}}

Disputed articles
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{{POV-check}}

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{{POV-check}}

Possibly biased articles
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{{POV-title}}

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{{POV-title}}

Disputed article sections
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{{TotallyDisputed}}

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Disputed articles
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{{Unencyclopedic}}

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{{Unencyclopedic}}

Articles with unencyclopedic topic (not unused, although it may be redundant)
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{{Unbalanced}}

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Articles which contain Unbalanced citations.
{{Autobiography}}

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Articles which are autobiographies and may not be NPOV because of that.
{{Autobiography|date-flagged}}

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Articles which are autobiographies and may not be NPOV because of that, with the date at which they were flagged.
{{Conspiracy-article}}

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For placement at top of article or section

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{{Multiple issues}}

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  • Use the article=y parameter if you use the template for the entire article, and section=y if it is used only for a particular section.
  • To tag a specific issue, set any string of text to the parameter, such as issue=y
  • To specify the month tagged for the categories that sort articles by month, type issue=November 2024 or issue=April 2007
Top of article or section with three or more issues
{{ActiveDiscuss}}

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Top of article, section, or talk page
{{Unreferenced}}

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Lacks attributions from reliable sources. See template page for special usages.
{{Refimprove}}

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Possibly inaccurate articles
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{{Citecheck}}

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At the top of an article or section where the text misrepresents the sources cited.
{{Original research}}

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Possible original research.
{{Synthesis}}

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Possible unpublished synthesis. (The text in quotation marks is replaced with the title of the article.)
{{Advert}}

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Pages that promote commercial products or services
{{Magazine}}

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Pages that read like a magazine article instead of the formal tones expected of an encyclopedia.
{{Fansite}}

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Pages that read like a fansite instead of the formal tones expected of an encyclopedia.
{{Story}}

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Pages that read like a narrative and tell a story rather than providing encyclopedic information.
{{Content}}

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Above the site of dispute in article or section
{{weasel}}

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Article or section that has weasel words
{{peacock}}

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Article or section that has peacock terms
{{Missing information|Info}}

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Article or section where information not present may be worthy of inclusion
{{Self-published|Source}}

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On an article where a self-published (online or in print) source is cited, and is therefore not legitimately citable as a secondary source, according to policy.
{{Incoherent}}

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Section where some sentences in a section or the text as a whole does not relay an understandable message

For placement in or at top of a section only

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{{Disputed-section}}

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Disputed article sections
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{{POV-section}}

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{{POV-section}}

Disputed article sections
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{{TotallyDisputed-section}}

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Disputed article sections
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{{SectOR}}

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Section contains possible original research.
{{POV-intro}}

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{{POV-intro}}

Disputed article intro
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For inline article placement

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{{fact}}, {{cn}} or {{citation needed}}

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[citation needed]

After factual claims that need a citation to back them up.
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{{Verify source}} or {{Check}}

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[verification needed]

After suspect citations or source references
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{{Lopsided}}

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[unbalanced opinion?]

One-sided statements
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{{Verify credibility}}

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[unreliable source?]

After suspect citations or source references
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{{Dubious}}

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[dubiousdiscuss]

Disputed statements
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{{failed verification}}

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[failed verification]

After factual claims that have been checked and not found in the indicated source. Explain in Talk.
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{{or}}

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[original research?]

After text passages based upon original research
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{{syn}}

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[improper synthesis?]

After text passages based upon improper synthesis
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{{Nonspecific}} or {{Unverifiable}}

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[not specific enough to verify]

After factual claims that could be relevant, but are not cited and are too general for a {{fact}}.
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{{Who}}

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[who?]

After passages mentioning general groups (such as "many scientists") that could be made more specific by naming (and citing sources for) specific individuals.
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{{POV-statement}}
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{{POV-statement}} after passages that appear to have a non-neutral point of view.

For placement on talk pages of articles

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{{Calm talk}}

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Talk pages which are likely to have incivil or hot-headed disputes.
{{ActiveDiscuss}}

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Top of article, section, or talk page
{{Controversial}}

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Talk page
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{{Controversial-issues}}

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Talk page
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For placement on talk pages of users

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see Wikipedia:Template_messages/User_talk_namespace

See also

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