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This article may show systemic bias. It may require cleanup to conform to a higher standard of quality, and to make it neutral in tone. Please see the discussion on the talk page. (March 2024)

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Template usage notes

Do not use this template unless there is an ongoing dispute in an article.

The editor placing this template in an article should promptly begin a discussion on the article's talk page. In the absence of any discussion, or if the discussion has become dormant, then this tag may be removed by any editor.
The purpose of this group of templates is to attract editors with different viewpoints to edit articles that need additional insight. This template should not be used as a badge of shame. Do not use this template to "warn" readers about the article.
This template should only be applied to articles that are reasonably believed to lack a neutral point of view, and specifically because of systemic bias problems (for more unusual forms of bias, such as a heavily Bostonian or UFO-believing or anti-Nietzsche or whatever POV, use ((POV)). The neutral point of view is determined by the prevalence of a perspective in high-quality reliable sources, not by its prevalence among Wikipedia editors, and is furthest from systemic bias when these sources are culturally diverse.

Usage[edit]

Place ((Systemic bias|bias=Topic or type of bias)) at the top of the disputed article, then explain your reasons on the article's talk page. To specify the section of the talk page, use ((Systemic bias|1=Talk page section name|bias=Topic/type of bias)). Articles using this template as shown above are placed into Category:Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes. The |bias= parameter automatically italicizes whatever is specified there, and wikicode can be used (e.g. to link to a relevant article).

This template can take an optional date parameter in the format |date=Monthname YYYY or |date=((subst:DATE)). If the date is not included it will probably be added later by a bot. Articles using this template with a date are added to Category:Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes from Monthname YYYY.

This template should only be used in the main (article) namespace. Do not place this template on talk pages, user pages, policies and guidelines, or other non-article pages.

This template is a self-reference.
Please do not subst this template.

Example using current date and other features[edit]

Template:

((Systemic bias|1=European slant|bias=Western cultural values|date=March 2024))

Output:

This article may show systemic bias. In particular, there may be a strong bias in favor of Western cultural values. It may require cleanup to conform to a higher standard of quality, and to make it neutral in tone. Please see the discussion on the talk page. (March 2024)

Category:

Category:Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes from March 2024

Alternatives[edit]

To mark only a section as disputed, rather than a whole article, use ((POV section)). It is not WP:BIAS-specific. See below for a list of other WP:NPOV-related templates.

See Wikipedia:NPOV dispute for more info.

Wikipedia project pages[edit]

Templates[edit]

Disputed factual accuracy[edit]

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[edit]

Boxes:
- ((Controversial)) Talk page

Disputed neutrality (POV)[edit]

Boxes:
- ((POV)) Article, ((POV section)) Section, ((POV lead)) Lead section
- ((POV map)) Map
- ((Systemic bias)) Article

Inline:
- ((Lopsided)) Statement
- ((POV statement)) Statement

Wiki[edit]

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	((Overly detailed inline)) ((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)) ((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)) ((Advert)) ((Multiple issues))
Delete	((subst:afd)) ((subst:cfd)) ((ffd)) ((mfd)) ((subst:rfd)) ((subst:tfd)) ((subst:proposed deletion))

Community

Protocols

Main

Stats

Statistics
- Site map

External

HTML to Wiki Converter for Tables

Wikipedia:Directories and indexes

TemplateData[edit]

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Systemic bias in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Systemic bias

Use this cleanup template to indicate that the neutrality of an article is questioned because it may show systemic bias.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Month and year	`date`	The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "((subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME)) ((subst:CURRENTYEAR))" inserts the current month and year automatically. Example January 2013 Auto value `((subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME)) ((subst:CURRENTYEAR))`	Line	suggested
Bias	`bias`	What the article is biased in favour of. Shows in the template as "In particular, there may be a strong bias in favor of <bias>." Example the United States	String	optional
Talk page section	`1`	Section name on the talk page for further discussion	Line	optional
Affected area	`what`	Text to replace the word "article", usually "section" Example section Auto value `section`	String	optional
Make template small	`small`	Enter "left" here to make the template box small and aligned to the left. Example left Auto value `left`	Line	optional

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