This template identifies a Wikipedia article as having content whose truth or factual nature is in dispute. If the problem is confined to one section, or a few sections in an article that has several, it is better to use {{Disputed section}}.

• This template is a self-reference.

First add a new section named "Disputed" to the article's talk page, describing the problems with the disputed statements. Then place {{Disputed}} at the top of the disputed article. If the talk page discussion is not in a section named "Disputed", use {{Disputed|talk page section name}} (for a talk page section named "Disputed information", use {{Disputed|Disputed information}} in the article). If there is no talk page, the tag won't refer to it (in which case it's recommended to consider whether the tag should be there, since there is no reason given). Articles using this template as shown above are placed into Category:Accuracy disputes.

If a dispute spans multiple pages, please centralize the discussion in one location and link to it by specifying the talk page where the discussion is: {{Disputed|talkpage=Talk:Page name|section name|date=December 2024}}.

This template can take an optional date parameter in the format {{Disputed|date=December 2024}} or {{Disputed|talk page section name|date=December 2024}}. If the date is not included it will be added later by a WP:BOT. Articles using this template with a date are added to a monthly subcategory of Category:Accuracy disputes.

Example

{{Disputed|date=December 2024}}

Output:

This article's factual accuracy is disputed. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help to ensure that disputed statements are reliably sourced. (December 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Category:

Category:Accuracy disputes from December 2024

If applied to part of an article, this template takes an optional parameter "what", for example: {{Disputed|what=section}}. An alternative is to use either {{Disputed section}} or {{Dispute about}}. To make the message box small, set the "small" parameter to "left":

{{Disputed|what=table|small=left}}

Output:

This table's factual accuracy is disputed. (talk) Please help to ensure that disputed statements are reliably sourced. (December 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Identifies that the article has content whose truth or factual nature is in dispute.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
what	what	Type of content. Fits the sentence "This (what) is disputed" Default article Example section	Line	optional
1	discuss talk talkpage	The location (Talk:Page, Section, or Talk:Page#Section) where the dispute is discussed.	Page name	optional
date	date	Date template was added. Example May 2016 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Unknown	suggested

• {{Accuracy}}
• {{Accuracy dispute}}
• {{BLP dispute}}
• {{Content disputed}}
• {{Factual accuracy}}
• {{Factual accuracy disputed}}

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

• 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

• Boxes:
  • {{Controversial}} Talk page

• Boxes:
  • {{POV}} Article, {{POV section}} Section, {{POV lead}} Lead section
  • {{POV map}} Map

• Inline:
  • {{Unbalanced opinion}} Statement
  • {{POV statement}} Statement