Template:Dubious/doc

Usage

Add {{Dubious}} after a specific statement or alleged fact that is subject to dispute (your own or someone else's), most often uncertainty regarding the source. This template's wording is milder than that of {{Disputed-inline}}, which indicates that the material in question is definitely disputed on the talk page already.

For an entire disputed article or section, use {{Disputed}} or {{Disputed-section}}.

It is best to simultaneously try to resolve the dispute on the talk page. To refer to a specific talk page section, use {{Dubious|talk page section name}}. If the dispute does not have a talk page section yet (e.g. because it has been argued in edit summaries), please create one.

This template is not for flagging items that an editor simply thinks might be incorrect or unsourced. This is what {{Citation needed}} is for. It is for sourced statements subject to dispute or probable dispute among editors because of insufficent sourcing, e.g. due to conflicting sources, doubts about a source's reliability, or concerns that source has been misinterpreted. The purposes of this template are:

• To warn readers that a statement in the article may not be accurate
• To alert editors that additional sources need to be found, to ascertain which of the conflicting views in the dispute is more authoritative

Do not add this template to a page more than a reasonable number of times. Please consider using one of the other templates mentioned below instead.

Parameters

• date: the month and year when the template was added. Like this: {{Dubious|date=December 2024}}
• It is also common to use a dummy |reason= parameter to add a little extra explanation.

See also

Wikipedia project pages

• Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute
• Wikipedia:Consensus
• Wikipedia:Dispute resolution
• Wikipedia:Disputed statement
• Wikipedia:Neutral point of view
• Wikipedia:Template messages
• Wikipedia:Template namespace

Templates

Disputed

• Boxes:
  • {{Disputed}} Article, {{Disputed|section}} Section
  • {{Disputedtag}} 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
  • {{List fact}} Single list entry
  • {{Under discussion-inline}} Statements on project pages

See also: Category:Dispute templates.

POV

• Boxes:
  • {{POV}} Article, {{POV-section}} Section, {{POV-lead}} Lead section
  • {{POV-map}} Map, {{POV-title}} Title
  • {{POV-check}} Article, {{POV-check|section}} Section
  • {{Systemic bias}} Article

• Inline:
  • {{Lopsided}} Statement
  • {{POV-statement}} Statement

See also: Category:Neutrality templates.

Both disputed and POV

• Boxes:
  • {{Controversial}} Talk page