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

	It is best to simultaneously try to resolve the dispute on the talk page.~~{{Contradiction-inline\|According to the first sentence, there isn't necessarily a dispute. See Talk}}~~ To refer to a specific talk page section, use {{Tlx\|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.		It is best to simultaneously try to resolve the dispute on the talk page. To refer to a specific talk page section, use {{Tlx\|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 {{Tl\|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:		This template is ''not'' for flagging items that an editor simply thinks might be incorrect or unsourced. This is what {{Tl\|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 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		* 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.		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 ===		=== Parameters ===

Revision as of 14:16, 17 April 2012

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Dubious.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

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=January 2025}}
It is also common to use a dummy |reason= parameter to add a little extra explanation.

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)

Wiki

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Sourcing	{{Circular}} {{Better sources needed}} {{Dubious}} {{Excessive citations}} {{Further reading cleanup}} {{More citations needed}} {{More citations needed section}} {{More footnotes needed}} {{No footnotes}} {{No reliable sources}} {{No significant coverage}} {{One source}} {{One source section}} {{Only primary sources}} {{NRIS only}} {{Primary sources}} {{Primary sources section}} {{Religious text primary}} {{Self-published}} {{Self-reference cleanup}} {{Self-sourcing examples}} {{Refexample section}} {{Sources exist}} {{Text-source}} {{Third-party}} {{Unreferenced}} {{Unreferenced section}} {{Unreferenced category}} {{Unreliable sources}} {{Unreliable sources section}} {{User-generated}}
BLP-specific	{{BLP unreferenced}} {{BLP unreferenced section}} {{BLP primary sources}} {{BLP self-published}} {{BLP sources}} {{BLP sources section}} {{BLP IMDb-only refimprove}} {{BLP IMDb refimprove}} {{BLP no footnotes}} {{BLP more footnotes needed}} {{BLP one source}}
Topic specific	{{Localist}} {{Media IMDb refimprove}} {{More medical citations needed}} {{More science citations needed}} {{Neologism}} {{Science review}} {{Unreferenced law}} {{Unreferenced-law section}} {{Unreferenced medical section}}
Dispute-related	{{Cite check}} {{Cite check section}} {{Content}} {{Disputed}} {{Dispute about}} {{Disputed section}} {{Disputed chem}} {{Disputed list}} {{Disputed map}} {{Expert needed}} {{Hoax}} {{Original research}} {{Original research section}} {{Speculation}} {{Speculation section}} {{Synthesis}} {{Verifiability}} {{Verify sources}}
Citation improvements	{{Citation style}} {{Citations broken}} {{Cleanup bare URLs}} {{Format footnotes}} {{Full citations needed}} {{Ibid}} {{Page numbers improve}} {{Page numbers needed}} {{Shallow references}}
General advice	Citing sources Reliable sources Maintenance template removal Citation needed Find sources Combining sources Referencing styles

Inline cleanup tags

Attribution

Clarity

Miscellaneous

Neutrality

Precision

{{By how much}} {{Definition}} {{Definition needed}} {{Example needed}} {{Example needed span}} {{Explain}} {{How}} {{How often}} {{Misquoted}} {{Quantify}} {{Specify}} {{Vague}} {{When}} {{Where}} {{Which}} {{Who else}} {{Why}} {{Year needed}}
Excessive	{{Overly detailed inline}} {{Duplication span}} {{Importance inline}} {{Relevance inline}} {{Undue weight inline}} {{Globalize inline}} {{Infobox clutter}}

Time-sensitivity

Verifiability

Dubious	{{Contradictory inline}} {{Disputed inline}} {{Dubious}} {{Dubious span}} {{Inconsistent}} {{Needs independent confirmation}} {{Speculation inline}}
Bare URLs	{{Bare URL inline}} {{Bare URL non-HTML}} {{Bare URL AV media}} {{Bare URL PDF}} {{Bare URL image}} {{Bare URL DOC}} {{Bare URL plain text}} {{Bare URL spreadsheet}}
Incomplete or broken citation	{{Author incomplete}} {{Author missing}} {{Date missing}} {{Dead link}} {{Edition needed}} {{Episode needed}} {{Full citation needed}} {{Incomplete short citation}} {{ISBN missing}} {{Moved resource}} {{Page needed}} {{Permanent dead link}} {{Place missing}} {{Publisher missing}} {{Season needed}} {{Time needed}} {{Title incomplete}} {{Title missing}} {{Unused source}} {{Volume needed}} {{Year missing}}
Missing or problematic reference	{{Additional citation needed}} {{Better source needed}} {{Better source needed example}} {{Check quotation}} {{Chronology citation needed}} {{Circular reference}} {{Citation needed}} {{Citation needed span}} {{Citation not found}} {{Close paraphrasing inline}} {{COI source}} {{Deprecated inline}} {{Excessive citations inline}} {{Failed verification}} {{Failed verification span}} {{Image reference needed}} {{Irrelevant citation}} {{Medical citation needed}} {{Medical citation needed span}} {{Nonspecific}} {{Not verified in body}} {{Obsolete source}} {{Page range too broad}} {{Primary source inline}} {{Promotional source}} {{Quote without source}} {{Request quotation}} {{Request quotation span}} {{Retracted}} {{Scientific citation needed}} {{Self-published inline}} {{Tertiary source inline}} {{Third-party inline}} {{Unreliable fringe source}} {{Unreliable medical source}} {{Unreliable source?}} {{Verify quote}} {{Verify source}}

Wording

General advice

Toolbox

Templates

Welcome	{{subst:Welcome}} {{subst:Welcomeh}} {{subst:Welcome-anon}} {{subst:W-graphical-anon}} {{subst:Welcome-anon-unconstructive}} {{subst:Welcome-anon-npov}} {{subst:welcome-t}} {{subst:thanks}}
Vandalism	{{subst:uw-vandalism1}} {{subst:uw-vandalism2}} {{subst:uw-vandalism3}} {{subst:uw-vandalism4}} {{subst:uw-vandalism4im}}
Content removal	{{subst:uw-delete1}} {{subst:uw-delete2}} {{subst:uw-delete3}} {{subst:uw-delete4}} {{subst:uw-delete4im}}
Check	{{subst:Copyvio\|url=source}} {{Db\|...}} {{Di-no license}} {{Di-no source}}
Dispute	{{Citation needed}} {{Controversial}} {{Disputed}} {{Fringe theories}} {{POV}} {{Unreferenced section}} {{Promotional}} {{Multiple issues}}
Delete	{{subst:afd}} {{subst:cfd}} {{ffd}} {{mfd}} {{subst:rfd}} {{subst:tfd}} {{subst:proposed deletion}}

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