Wikipedia:Template messages/Disputes

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{{Blpdispute}}

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Accuracy and/or neutrality dispute
 This biography of a living person may contain unsourced, or poorly sourced controversial claims.
Such content must be removed immediately.
Unsourced or poorly sourced controversial claims about living people are strictly forbidden on all Wikipedia pages. In addition, all articles must be neutral, verifiable, free of original research, and encyclopedic.
Please see discussion on the talk page and the living persons biography noticeboard.
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Accuracy dispute
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Accuracy dispute
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The factual accuracy of this article is disputed.
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The factual accuracy of part of this article is disputed.
The dispute is about The topic of dispute.
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The inclusion of one or more of the categories on this page is disputed.
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Suspected hoax
 The truthfulness of this article has been questioned.
It is believed that some or all of its content might constitute a hoax.
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{{Importance}}

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This article lacks information on the notability of the subject matter.
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This article may not meet the notability guideline for biographies. If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand or rewrite the article to establish its notability. The best way to address this concern is to reference published, third-party sources about the subject. If notability cannot be established, the article is more likely to be considered for redirection, merge or ultimately deletion, per Wikipedia:Guide to deletion.
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This article may not meet the general notability guideline or one of the following specific guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand or rewrite the article to establish its notability. The best way to address this concern is to reference published, third-party sources about the subject. If notability cannot be established, the article is more likely to be considered for redirection, merge or ultimately deletion, per Wikipedia:Guide to deletion.
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{{POV}}

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The neutrality of this article is disputed.
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Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved.
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This article has been nominated to be checked for its neutrality.
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The neutrality of this article's title and/or subject matter is disputed.
This is a dispute over the neutrality of viewpoints implied by the title, or the subject matter within its scope, rather than the actual facts stated. Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page.
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The neutrality and factual accuracy of this article are disputed.
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This article or section may contain material not appropriate for an encyclopedia.
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This article or section may be inaccurate or unbalanced in favor of certain viewpoints.
Please improve the article by adding information on neglected viewpoints, or discuss the issue on the talk page.
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This article or section is an autobiography, or has been extensively edited by the subject, and may not conform to Wikipedia's NPOV policy.
Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page.
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This article or section is an autobiography, or has been extensively edited by the subject, and may not conform to Wikipedia's NPOV policy.
Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page. This article has been tagged since date-flagged.
Articles which are autobiographies and may not be NPOV because of that, with the date at which they were flagged.
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An editor has expressed an observation that this article sounds like a conspiracy theory.
Please remember to strive for a neutral point-of-view, to use a professional tone, to avoid all original thought and the use of weasel words, and to use reliable sources to back up all assertions.
There may be a discussion of this on the talk page.
Article which smacks of a conspiracy theory, due to weasel-wording, original research, unreliable sources, and/or peacock terms.

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This article or section has multiple issues. Please help improve the article or discuss these issues on the talk page.
  • 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=June 2008 or issue=April 2007
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Some statements may be disputed, incorrect, unverified, biased or otherwise objectionable. Please read the discussion on the talk page before making substantial changes.
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This article needs additional citations for verification.
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This article or section may contain inappropriate or misinterpreted citations that do not verify the text.
Please help improve this article by checking for inaccuracies. (help, talk, get involved!)
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This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims.
Please improve the article by adding references. See the talk page for details.
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This article or section may contain an unpublished synthesis of published material that conveys ideas not attributable to the original sources.
Please help Wikipedia by adding sources whose main topic is "Template messages/Disputes". See the talk page for details.
Possible unpublished synthesis. (The text in quotation marks is replaced with the title of the article.)
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This article or section is written like an advertisement.
Please help rewrite this article from a neutral point of view.
Mark blatant advertising which would require a fundamental rewrite in order to become encyclopedic for speedy deletion, using {{db-spam}}.
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The current version of the article or section is written like a magazine article; it does not use the direct, balanced tone expected of an encyclopedia.
Please discuss this issue on the talk page. Editing help is available.
Pages that read like a magazine article instead of the formal tones expected of an encyclopedia.
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This article or section resembles a fan site.
Please help improve this article by removing excessive trivia and irrelevant praise, criticism, lists and collections of links.
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To meet Wikipedia's quality standards and conform with our NPOV policy, this article or section may require cleanup.
The current version of this article or section is written in an informal style and with a personally invested tone. It reads more like a story than an encyclopedia entry.
Please see specific examples noted on the talk page. Editing help is available.
Pages that read like a narrative and tell a story rather than providing encyclopedic information.
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The relevance of particular information in (or previously in) this article or section is disputed.
The information may have been removed or included by an editor as a result.
Please see discussion on the talk page considering whether its inclusion is warranted.
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The neutrality or factuality of this article or section may be compromised by unattributed statements.
You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel worded statements.
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The quality of this article or section may be compromised by wording which promotes the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information.
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This article or section is missing information about: Info.
This concern has been noted on the talk page where it may be discussed whether or not to include such information.
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This article may contain improper references to self-published sources.
The source in dispute is: Source.
Please help improve this article by removing unreliable sources. A self-published source may only be cited as a primary source in an article about the author or source itself and not as an authority.
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.
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The text in this article or section may be incoherent or very hard to understand, and should be reworded if the intended meaning can be determined.
See the talk page for details.
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{{Conspiracy}}

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An editor has expressed an observation that this article or section sounds like a conspiracy theory.
Please remember to strive for a neutral point-of-view, to use a professional tone, to avoid all original thought and the use of weasel words, and to use reliable sources to back up all assertions.
There may be a discussion of this on the talk page.
Article or section which smacks of a conspiracy theory, due to weasel-wording, original research, unreliable sources, and/or peacock terms.
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There may be a discussion of this on the talk page.
Article or section which smacks of dismissiveness.
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This article or section needs consensus.

Please discuss any content disputes and controversial issues on the article's talk page.

Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page.


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There is a dispute about this article and an editor has requested a third opinion.
If you would like to contribute to the discussion, please see the talk page.
There is a dispute about this section and an editor has requested a third opinion.
If you would like to contribute to the discussion, please see the talk page.
Articles or sections where an unresolved third opinion has been requested.

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The factual accuracy of this section is disputed.
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The neutrality of this section is disputed.
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Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved.
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The neutrality and factual accuracy of this section are disputed.
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This section may contain original research or unverified claims.
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The neutrality of this introduction is disputed.
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An editor has expressed an observation that this section sounds like a conspiracy theory.
Please remember to strive for a neutral point-of-view, to use a professional tone, to avoid all original thought and the use of weasel words, and to use reliable sources to back up all assertions.
There may be a discussion of this on the talk page.
Section which smacks of a conspiracy theory, due to weasel-wording, original research, unreliable sources, and/or peacock terms.

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[verification needed]

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[dubious – discuss]

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[not in citation given]

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