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

Template:Coatrack is for articles that primarily may relate to a different subject (coatrack), or to only one aspect rather than the subject as a whole (content forking). A coatrack article is an article that ostensibly discusses the nominal subject, but in reality is a cover for a tangentially related biased subject. A content fork is the creation of multiple separate articles all treating the same subject, which is undesirable when the article is deliberately created to avoid neutral point of view guidelines or the article is redundant with another article.

Usage

To use this template, place ((Coatrack|date=February 2024)) on the article page or talk page in a location that may aid in conveying the message of the template. This template lists articles in Category:Coatrack articles. This template may be used within Template:Articleissues and placement of this template on the article page is guided by Template messages/Cleanup. The following parameters may be specified for this template:

|date= This template can take an optional date parameter, which will be added by a bot if omitted. For this, use ((Coatrack|date=February 2024)) or ((Coatrack|talk page section name|date=February 2024)). This will add the page to the category Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes from February 2024.
|details= The details parameter may be used to provide more details on some of the aspects that should be addressed for the given article.

Using Youth vote in the United States as an example:

((Coatrack|date=February 2024|details=many of these subsections contain information of a general nature, without many details on how the youth vote is affected))

))

produces:

This article may relate to a different subject or has undue weight on an aspect of the subject. Specifically, many of these subsections contain information of a general nature, without many details on how the youth vote is affected. Please help relocate relevant information and remove irrelevant ones.

This template sorts articles into Category:Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes, or a dated subcategory thereof.

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Templates

Main page: Wikipedia:Template index/Disputes

Disputed factual accuracy

Both accuracy and POV

Boxes:
- ((Controversial)) Talk page

Disputed neutrality (POV)

Wiki

v t e Citation and verifiability article maintenance templates
Sourcing	((Circular)) ((Dubious)) ((Excessive citations)) ((Further reading cleanup)) ((More citations needed)) ((More citations needed section)) ((More footnotes needed)) ((No footnotes)) ((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	((Duplication span)) ((Importance inline)) ((Relevance inline)) ((Undue weight inline)) ((Globalize inline))

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)) ((Place missing)) ((Publisher missing)) ((Season needed)) ((Time needed)) ((Title incomplete)) ((Title missing)) ((Volume needed)) ((Year missing))
Missing or problematic reference	((Additional citation needed)) ((Better source needed)) ((Better source needed example)) ((Check quotation)) ((Chronology citation needed)) ((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)) ((Advert)) ((Multiple issues))
Delete	((subst:afd)) ((subst:cfd)) ((ffd)) ((mfd)) ((subst:rfd)) ((subst:tfd)) ((subst:proposed deletion))

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Disputed factual accuracy

Both accuracy and POV

Disputed neutrality (POV)

Wiki