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.

For placement at top of an article

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{Blpdispute}} Edit Talk Links		Disputed biographies of living persons top
{{Contradict}} Edit Talk Links		Self-contradicting article top
{{Contradict-other|[[Article]]}} Edit Talk Links		One or both contradicting articles top
{{Disputed}} Edit Talk Links		Disputed articles top
{{Disputeabout|'''The topic of dispute'''}} Edit Talk Links		Disputed articles with list of topics top
{{Disputed-category}} Edit Talk Links		Disputed articles top
{{Hoax}} Edit Talk Links		Suspected hoaxes top
{{Neologism}} Edit Talk Links		Possible neologisms top
{{notability| :guideline (e.g. "Biographies")}} Edit Talk Links		Non-notable topic, listing the specific guideline at issue top
{{notability}} Edit Talk Links		Non-notable topic or failing to meet the current notability guidelines (verbose) top
{{POV}} Edit Talk Links	{{POV}}	Disputed articles top
{{POV-check}} Edit Talk Links	{{POV-check}}	Possibly biased articles top
{{POV-title}} Edit Talk Links	{{POV-title}}	Disputed article sections under title
{{TotallyDisputed}} Edit Talk Links		Disputed articles top
{{Unencyclopedic}} Edit Talk Links	{{Unencyclopedic}}	Articles with unencyclopedic topic (not unused, although it may be redundant) top
{{Unbalanced}} Edit Talk Links		Articles which contain Unbalanced citations.
{{Autobiography}} Edit Talk Links		Articles which are autobiographies and may not be NPOV because of that.
{{Autobiography|date-flagged}} Edit Talk Links		Articles which are autobiographies and may not be NPOV because of that, with the date at which they were flagged.
{{Conspiracy-article}} Edit Talk Links

For placement at top of article or section

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{Multiple issues}} Edit Talk Links	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}} Edit Talk Links		Top of article, section, or talk page
{{Unreferenced}} Edit Talk Links		Lacks attributions from reliable sources. See template page for special usages.
{{Refimprove}} Edit Talk Links		Possibly inaccurate articles top
{{Citecheck}} Edit Talk Links		At the top of an article or section where the text misrepresents the sources cited.
{{Original research}} Edit Talk Links		Possible original research.
{{Synthesis}} Edit Talk Links		Possible unpublished synthesis. (The text in quotation marks is replaced with the title of the article.)
{{Advert}} Edit Talk Links		Pages that promote commercial products or services
{{Magazine}} Edit Talk Links		Pages that read like a magazine article instead of the formal tones expected of an encyclopedia.
{{Fansite}} Edit Talk Links		Pages that read like a fansite instead of the formal tones expected of an encyclopedia.
{{Story}} Edit Talk Links		Pages that read like a narrative and tell a story rather than providing encyclopedic information.
{{Content}} Edit Talk Links		Above the site of dispute in article or section
{{weasel}} Edit Talk Links		Article or section that has weasel words
{{peacock}} Edit Talk Links		Article or section that has peacock terms
{{Missing information|Info}} Edit Talk Links		Article or section where information not present may be worthy of inclusion
{{Self-published|Source}} Edit Talk Links		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}} Edit Talk Links		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

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{Disputed-section}} Edit Talk Links		Disputed article sections under section header
{{POV-section}} Edit Talk Links	{{POV-section}}	Disputed article sections under section header
{{TotallyDisputed-section}} Edit Talk Links		Disputed article sections under section header
{{SectOR}} Edit Talk Links		Section contains possible original research.
{{POV-intro}} Edit Talk Links	{{POV-intro}}	Disputed article intro top

For inline article placement

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{fact}}, {{cn}} or {{citation needed}} Edit Talk Links		After factual claims that need a citation to back them up. in-line
{{Verify source}} or {{Check}} Edit Talk Links		After suspect citations or source references in-line
{{Lopsided}} Edit Talk Links		One-sided statements in-line
{{Verify credibility}} Edit Talk Links		After suspect citations or source references in-line
{{Dubious}} Edit Talk Links		Disputed statements in-line
{{failed verification}} Edit Talk Links		After factual claims that have been checked and not found in the indicated source. Explain in Talk. in-line
{{or}} Edit Talk Links		After text passages based upon original research in-line
{{syn}} Edit Talk Links		After text passages based upon improper synthesis in-line
{{Nonspecific}} or {{Unverifiable}} Edit Talk Links		After factual claims that could be relevant, but are not cited and are too general for a {{fact}}. in-line
{{Who}} Edit Talk Links		After passages mentioning general groups (such as "many scientists") that could be made more specific by naming (and citing sources for) specific individuals. in-line
{{POV-statement}} links talk edit	{{POV-statement}}	after passages that appear to have a non-neutral point of view.

For placement on talk pages of articles

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{Calm talk}} Edit Talk Links		Talk pages which are likely to have incivil or hot-headed disputes.
{{ActiveDiscuss}} Edit Talk Links		Top of article, section, or talk page
{{Controversial}} Edit Talk Links		Talk page top
{{Controversial-issues}} Edit Talk Links		Talk page top

For placement on talk pages of users

see Wikipedia:Template_messages/User_talk_namespace

See also

• WP:TAGGING