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This template can be used as a editnotice on pages that are covered under a contentious topic. When using this template you must specify what contentious topic this page is under using one of the decision codes. If the page has active restrictions Template:Contentious topics/page restriction editnotice should be used instead of this template.

Usage

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
The contentious topic code	`topic` `1`	What contentious topic applies to this page. Specified using a shorthand code. Example blp	String	required
Are only parts of this page covered	`section`	Whether only parts of this page are covered under this contentious topic. Set to yes to indicate that this is the case. Default no	String	optional
The expiry for the editnotice	`expiry`	When should the editnotice be hidden. Default is never. Default indefinite	Date	optional

Topic codes

Use	Area of conflict	Decision linked to	Topic specific subpage
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=a-a}}`	Armenia, Azerbaijan, or related conflicts	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan 2	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Armenia-Azerbaijan
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=aa2}}`	Armenia, Azerbaijan, or related conflicts	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan 2	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Armenia-Azerbaijan
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=a-i}}`	the Arab–Israeli conflict	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Index/Palestine-Israel articles	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Arab–Israeli conflict
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=ab}}`	abortion	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Abortion	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Abortion
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=acu}}`	complementary and alternative medicine	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Acupuncture	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Complementary and Alternative Medicine
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=ap}}`	post-1992 politics of the United States and closely related people	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/American politics 2	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/American politics
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=tpm}}`	post-1992 politics of the United States and closely related people	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/American politics 2	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/American politics
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=at}}`	the English Wikipedia article titles policy and Manual of Style	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Article titles and capitalisation	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Manual of Style and article titles
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=mos}}`	the English Wikipedia Manual of Style and article titles policy	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Article titles and capitalisation	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Manual of Style and article titles
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=b}}`	the Balkans or Eastern Europe	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Eastern Europe	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Balkans or Eastern Europe
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=e-e}}`	the Balkans or Eastern Europe	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Eastern Europe	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Balkans or Eastern Europe
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=blp}}`	articles about living or recently deceased people, and edits relating to the subject (living or recently deceased) of such biographical articles	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Editing of Biographies of Living Persons	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Biographies of Living Persons
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=cam}}`	complementary and alternative medicine	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Acupuncture	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Complementary and Alternative Medicine
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=cc}}`	climate change	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Climate change	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Climate change
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=cid}}`	discussions about infoboxes, and edits adding, deleting, collapsing, or removing verifiable information from infoboxes	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility in infobox discussions	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Infoboxes
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=covid}}`	COVID-19, broadly construed	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/COVID-19	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/COVID-19
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=fg}}`	Falun Gong	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Falun Gong	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Falun Gong
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=gc}}`	governmental regulation of firearm ownership; the social, historical and political context of such regulation; and the people and organizations associated with these issues	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gun control	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Gun control
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=gg}}`	gender-related disputes or controversies or people associated with them	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Gender and sexuality
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=ggtf}}`	gender-related disputes or controversies or people associated with them	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Gender and sexuality
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=gap}}`	gender-related disputes or controversies or people associated with them	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Gender and sexuality
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=gas}}`	gender-related disputes or controversies or people associated with them	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Gender and sexuality
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=pa}}`	gender-related disputes or controversies or people associated with them	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Gender and sexuality
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=gmo}}`	genetically modified organisms, commercially produced agricultural chemicals and the companies that produce them, broadly construed	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Genetically modified organisms	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Genetically modified organisms
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=horn}}`	the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes)	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Horn of Africa	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Horn of Africa
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=ipa}}`	India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/India-Pakistan	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=irp}}`	post-1978 Iranian politics	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Iranian politics	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Iranian politics
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=iranpol}}`	post-1978 Iranian politics	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Iranian politics	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Iranian politics
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=kurd}}`	the topics of Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Kurds and Kurdistan	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Kurds and Kurdistan
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=ps}}`	pseudoscience and fringe science	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Pseudoscience	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Pseudoscience and fringe science
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=r-i}}`	the intersection of race/ethnicity and human abilities and behaviour	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Race and intelligence	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Race and intelligence
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=rne}}`	the results of any national or sub-national election	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Historical elections	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Historical elections
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=sl}}`	Sri Lanka	Special:Permalink/1219893542#Sri_Lanka_motion	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Sri Lanka
`{{Contentious topics/editnotice\|topic=tt}}`	the Troubles	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/The Troubles	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/The Troubles

Standardised Arbitration Enforcement (AE) templates

This section transcluded from: Template:Contentious topics/list/single notice [edit] [Contentious topics template subpages]

Alerting

{{alert/first}} ({{Contentious topics/alert/first}}), to alert an editor to the CT system which is mandatory for the first time an editor is alerted to contentious topics (except if they've previously been alerted to discretionary sanctions in any topic area)
{{alert}} ({{Contentious topics/alert}}), to alert an editor to the CT system
{{alert/DS}} ({{Contentious topics/alert/DS}}), to alert an editor to the CT system who had previously been alerted of DS
{{Contentious topics/aware}}, to register oneself as already aware of CT
{{Contentious topics/talk notice}}, for announcing CT in a talk page messagebox
{{Contentious topics/editnotice}}, for announcing CT in an editnotice
EditFilter 602, which automates the logging of alerts
Log of recent alerts

Enforcement

Individual restrictions
- {{AE sanction}}, for telling a user they have been sanctioned (under CT or otherwise)
- {{AE sanction/topicban}}, specifically for an AE topic ban
- {{Uw-aeblock}}, for notifying users of arbitration enforcement blocks
- {{Uw-aepblock}}, for notifying users of arbitration enforcement partial blocks
Page restrictions
- {{Contentious topics/page restriction editnotice}}, editnotice that must be used for announcing active page restrictions (except page protection)
- {{Contentious topics/page restriction talk notice}}, talk page messagebox that should be used for announcing active page restrictions
{{Contentious topics/list}} & {{Contentious topics/table}}, the lists of contentious topics
Contentious topics enforcement templates, the category for all enforcement-related templates created for the current contentious topics template
Case/decision specific enforcement templates
{{Contentious topics/log}}, to display links for searching whether a user has ever been alerted; use like/alongside {{user}}.

Whenever contentious topics are (de)authorised for a topic, update these: {{Contentious topics/list}} (edit), WP:GS §3.1 (edit), and {{Contentious topics/table}} (edit).