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This template identifies a Wikipedia article as having content whose truth or factual nature is in dispute. If the problem is confined to one section, or a few sections in an article that has several, it is better to use {{Disputed section}}.
- This template is a self-reference.
Usage
First add a new section named "Disputed" to the article's talk page, describing the problems with the disputed statements. Then place {{Disputed}} at the top of the disputed article. If the talk page discussion is not in a section named "Disputed", use {{Disputed|talk page section name}} (for a talk page section named "Disputed information", use {{Disputed|Disputed information}} in the article). If there is no talk page, the tag won't refer to it (in which case it's recommended to consider whether the tag should be there, since there is no reason given). Articles using this template as shown above are placed into Category:Accuracy disputes.
If a dispute spans multiple pages, please centralize the discussion in one location and link to it by specifying the talk page where the discussion is: {{Disputed|talkpage=Talk:Page name|section name|date=December 2025}}.
This template can take an optional date parameter in the format {{Disputed|date=December 2025}} or {{Disputed|talk page section name|date=December 2025}}. If the date is not included it will be added later by a WP:BOT. Articles using this template with a date are added to a monthly subcategory of Category:Accuracy disputes.
- Example
{{Disputed|date=December 2025}}
Output:
| This article's factual accuracy is disputed. (December 2025) |
Category:
Sections
If applied to part of an article, this template takes an optional parameter "what", for example: {{Disputed|what=section}}. An alternative is to use either {{Disputed section}} or {{Dispute about}}. To make the message box small, set the "small" parameter to "left":
{{Disputed|what=table|small=left}}
Output:
| This table's factual accuracy is disputed. (December 2025) |
Template Data
TemplateData for Disputed
Identifies that the article has content whose truth or factual nature is in dispute.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| what | what | Type of content. Fits the sentence "This (what) is disputed"
| Line | optional |
| 1 | discuss talk talkpage | The location (Talk:Page, Section, or Talk:Page#Section) where the dispute is discussed. | Page name | optional |
| date | date | Date template was added.
| Unknown | suggested |
Redirects
- {{Accuracy}}
- {{Accuracy dispute}}
- {{BLP dispute}}
- {{Content disputed}}
- {{Factual accuracy}}
- {{Factual accuracy disputed}}
See also
Wikipedia project pages
Templates
Disputed factual accuracy
- Boxes:
- {{Disputed}} For disputing entire article
- {{Dispute about|what}} For disputing part of an article
- {{Disputed section}} For disputing a section in an article
- {{Disputed tag}} For disputing recent promotions or amendments of policies and guidelines
- {{Under discussion}} For use on project pages (e.g., policies and guidelines), not on articles
- Inline:
- {{Dubious}}, and {{Disputed inline}} Statement
- {{Under discussion inline}} Statements on project pages
Both accuracy and POV
- Boxes:
- {{Controversial}} Talk page
Disputed neutrality (POV)
- Boxes:
- {{POV}} Article, {{POV section}} Section
- {{POV map}} Map
- Inline:
- {{Unbalanced opinion}} Statement
- {{POV statement}} Statement
