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The political neutrality of this article is disputed. This article may contain biased or partisan political opinions about a political party, event, person, or government stated as facts. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please do not remove this message until the conditions to do so have been met. (July 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
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Contents

  • 1 When to use
    • 1.1 When to remove
  • 2 Usage
  • 3 See also
    • 3.1 Wikipedia project pages
    • 3.2 Templates
      • 3.2.1 Disputed factual accuracy
      • 3.2.2 Both accuracy and POV
      • 3.2.3 Disputed neutrality (POV)
      • 3.2.4 Wiki

When to use

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Place this template on articles where you have identified a serious issue of balance and the lack of a WP:Neutral point of view in regards to political parties, politicians, events or governments, and you wish to attract editors with different viewpoints to the article.

An unbalanced or non-neutral article is one that does not fairly represent the balance of perspectives of high-quality, reliable secondary sources. A balanced article presents mainstream views as being mainstream, and minority views as being minority views. The personal views of Wikipedia editors or the public are irrelevant.

When to remove

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This template is not meant to be a permanent resident on any article. You may remove this template whenever any one of the following is true:

  1. There is consensus on the talkpage or the NPOV Noticeboard that the issue has been resolved.
  2. It is not clear what the neutrality issue is, and no satisfactory explanation has been given.
  3. In the absence of any discussion, or if the discussion has become dormant.

Usage

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  • {{Political POV|{{subst:DATE}}}}

This template will categorize tagged articles in Category:Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes or a dated subcategory thereof.

See also

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Wikipedia project pages

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

Templates

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Main page: Wikipedia:Template index/Disputes

Disputed factual accuracy

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See also: Category:Dispute templates
  • 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

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  • Boxes:
    • {{Controversial}} Talk page

Disputed neutrality (POV)

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See also: Category:Neutrality templates
  • Boxes:
    • {{POV}} Article, {{POV section}} Section
  • Inline:
    • {{Unbalanced opinion}} Statement
    • {{POV statement}} Statement

Wiki

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Citation and verifiability article maintenance templates
Sourcing
  • {{Circular}}
  • {{Dubious}}
  • {{Excessive citations}}
  • {{Further reading cleanup}}
  • {{Independent sources}}
  • {{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}}
  • {{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 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 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}}
  • {{Parenthetical referencing}}
  • {{Shallow references}}
General advice
  • Citing sources
  • Reliable sources
  • Maintenance template removal
  • Citation needed
  • Find sources
  • Combining sources
  • Referencing styles
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Inline cleanup tags
Attribution
  • {{According to whom}}
  • {{Among whom}}
  • {{Attribution needed}}
  • {{By what}}
  • {{By whom}}
  • {{For whom}}
  • {{From whom?}}
  • {{Like whom?}}
  • {{To whom?}}
  • {{Who}}
  • {{Whose}}
  • {{With whom}}
Clarity
  • {{Ambiguous}}
  • {{Circular definition}}
  • {{Clarify}}
  • {{Clarify span}}
  • {{Clarify timeframe}}
  • {{Context inline}}
  • {{Expand acronym}}
  • {{Incomprehensible inline}}
  • {{Incomprehensible span}}
  • {{Key needed}}
  • {{Non sequitur}}
  • {{Sentence fragment}}
  • {{Sic?}}
  • {{Which calendar}}
  • {{Which lang}}
Miscellaneous
  • {{Chinese script needed inline}}
  • {{Chinese script needed inline span}}
  • {{Cleanup inline}}
  • {{Copyvio}}
  • {{Copyvio link}}
  • {{Data missing}}
  • {{Disambiguation needed}}
  • {{External links inline}}
  • {{Improve caption}}
  • {{Japanese script needed inline}}
  • {{MisleadingNameLink}}
  • {{Needs IPA}}
  • {{Not English inline}}
  • {{Not in body}}
  • {{Original research inline}}
  • {{Original research span}}
  • {{Pronunciation needed}}
  • {{Qualify evidence}}
  • {{Romanization needed}}
  • {{Script needed inline}}
  • {{Spam link}}
  • {{Synthesis inline}}
  • {{Synthesis span}}
  • {{Typo help inline}}
  • {{Under discussion inline}}
  • {{Verify spelling}}
  • {{Whose translation}}
Neutrality
  • {{Buzzword inline}}
  • {{Compared to?}}
  • {{Contentious label inline}}
  • {{Editorializing}}
  • {{Fact or opinion}}
  • {{Opinion}}
  • {{Peacock inline}}
  • {{POV statement}}
  • {{Promotion inline}}
  • {{Unbalanced opinion}}
  • {{Weasel inline}}
Precision
  • {{By how much}}
  • {{Definition}}
  • {{Definition span}}
  • {{Definition needed}}
  • {{Example needed}}
  • {{Example needed span}}
  • {{Explain}}
  • {{Explain-wrap}}
  • {{From where}}
  • {{How}}
  • {{How often}}
  • {{Misquoted}}
  • {{More detail needed}}
  • {{Of what}}
  • {{Quantify}}
  • {{Specify}}
  • {{Vague}}
  • {{When}}
  • {{Where}}
  • {{Where-geo}}
  • {{Which}}
  • {{Who else}}
  • {{Why}}
  • {{Year needed}}
Excessive
  • {{Duplication span}}
  • {{Globalize inline}}
  • {{Importance example}}
  • {{Importance inline}}
  • {{Infobox clutter}}
  • {{List entry too long}}
  • {{Long quote}}
  • {{Off topic paragraph}}
  • {{Off topic sentence}}
  • {{Overly detailed inline}}
  • {{Over-explained}}
  • {{Relevance inline}}
  • {{Undue weight inline}}
Time-sensitivity
  • {{Anachronism inline}}
  • {{As of?}}
  • {{Clarify timeframe}}
  • {{Current event inline}}
  • {{Is this date calibrated?}}
  • {{Outdated statistic}}
  • {{Until when}}
  • {{Update after}}
  • {{Update inline}}
  • {{Update span}}
Verifiability
Dubious
  • {{Contradictory inline}}
  • {{Discuss}}
  • {{Disputed inline}}
  • {{Dubious}}
  • {{Dubious span}}
  • {{Inconsistent}}
  • {{Needs independent confirmation}}
  • {{Speculation inline}}
Bare URLs
  • {{Bare URL inline}}
  • {{Bare URL AV media}}
  • {{Bare URL DOC}}
  • {{Bare URL image}}
  • {{Bare URL non-HTML}}
  • {{Bare URL PDF}}
  • {{Bare URL plain text}}
  • {{Bare URL spreadsheet}}
Incomplete or broken citation
  • {{Author incomplete}}
  • {{Author missing}}
  • {{Broken footnote}}
  • {{Date missing}}
  • {{Dead link}}
  • {{Dead YouTube link}}
  • {{Deep link needed}}
  • {{Edition needed}}
  • {{Episode needed}}
  • {{Full citation needed}}
  • {{Incomplete short citation}}
  • {{ISBN missing}}
  • {{Missing long citation}}
  • {{Moved resource}}
  • {{Page needed}}
  • {{Pages 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}}
  • {{AI-generated inline}}
  • {{AI-generated source?}}
  • {{AI-retrieved source}}
  • {{Better source needed}}
  • {{Better source needed example}}
  • {{Check quotation}}
  • {{Chronology citation needed}}
  • {{Circular reference}}
  • {{Circular reporting}}
  • {{Citation needed}}
  • {{Citation needed span}}
  • {{Citation needed paragraph}}
  • {{Citation not found}}
  • {{Close paraphrasing inline}}
  • {{COI source}}
  • {{Deprecated inline}}
  • {{Excessive citations inline}}
  • {{Failed replication}}
  • {{Failed verification}}
  • {{Failed verification span}}
  • {{Image reference needed}}
  • {{Independent source inline}}
  • {{Irrelevant citation}}
  • {{Marketing material}}
  • {{Medical citation needed}}
  • {{Medical citation needed span}}
  • {{Misplaced footnote}}
  • {{Nonspecific}}
  • {{Not verified in body}}
  • {{Not verified in body span}}
  • {{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}}
  • {{Self-published source}}
  • {{Shallow reference inline}}
  • {{Tertiary source inline}}
  • {{Text-source inline}}
  • {{Unreliable source?}}
  • {{Unreliable fringe source}}
  • {{Unreliable medical source}}
  • {{Unreliable scientific source}}
  • {{User-generated inline}}
  • {{User-generated source}}
  • {{Verify quote}}
  • {{Verify source}}
  • {{Whose quote}}
Wording
  • {{Buzzword inline}}
  • {{Colloquialism}}
  • {{Copy edit inline}}
  • {{Copy edit span}}
  • {{Idiom}}
  • {{Neologism inline}}
  • {{Technical inline}}
  • {{Tone inline}}
General advice
  • Citing sources
  • Reliable sources
  • Maintenance template removal
  • Citation needed
  • Find sources
  • Combining sources
  • Referencing styles
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Welcome
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  • {{subst:Welcomeh}}
  • {{subst:Welcome-unregistered}}
  • {{subst:W-graphical-temp}}
  • {{subst:Welcome-unregistered-unconstructive}}
  • {{subst:Welcome-temp-npov}}
  • {{subst:Welcome-t}}
  • {{subst:Thanks}}
Vandalism
  • {{subst:uw-vandalism1}}
  • {{subst:uw-vandalism2}}
  • {{subst:uw-vandalism3}}
  • {{subst:uw-vandalism4}}
  • {{subst:uw-vandalism4im}}
Content removal
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  • {{subst:uw-delete2}}
  • {{subst:uw-delete3}}
  • {{subst:uw-delete4}}
  • {{subst:uw-delete4im}}
Check
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  • {{Db|...}}
  • {{Di-no license}}
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Dispute
  • {{Citation needed}}
  • {{Controversial}}
  • {{Disputed}}
  • {{Fringe theories}}
  • {{POV}}
  • {{Unreferenced section}}
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  • {{Multiple issues}}
Delete
  • {{subst:Article for deletion}}
  • {{subst:cfd}}
  • {{Files for discussion}}
  • {{Miscellany for deletion}}
  • {{subst:Redirect for discussion}}
  • {{subst:Template for discussion}}
  • {{subst:Proposed deletion}}
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