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  • 21 Aug, 2019

  • By, Wikipedia

Template:Undue Weight

This tag should be used on articles that discuss one aspect of the article in too much detail. This is especially true if the article focuses on an unimportant aspect of the topic while ignoring items of importance.

Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy requires that we don't give undue weight to any particular subtopic in an article. For example, the article on Earth does not mention the fringe flat Earth theory. If an article is tagged with this, consider improving the article by adding content important to the topic and trimming or deleting non-important content.

When to remove

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 issue is, and no satisfactory explanation has been given.
  3. In the absence of any discussion, or if the discussion has become dormant.

How to use

Examples

{{Undue weight|date=November 2024}}
{{Undue weight|date=November 2024|to=replace with custom text}}

Parameters

  • |date=November 2024 – to note when the template was added, so the page is put in the correct dated cleanup category
  • |1= (or unnamed first parameter) – to replace the word "article" with something else, usually "section", though it could also be more specific, e.g. "list", "table", "infobox", etc.
  • |to= - The value of this parameter will replace the generic wording "certain ideas, incidents, or controversies" with something more specific, e.g. |to=a single primary source or |to=the hypothesis of a particular author or |to=the private life of the subject or |to=list entries from North America.
  • |reason= Optional further explanation for the reason

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

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Undue weight

This template generates a tag to indicate that the article, or an area of the article, lends undue weight to a subtopic of the article.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Month and yeardate

The month and year that the template was placed (in full).

Example
June 2023
Auto value
{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}
Stringsuggested
Affected area1

Text to replace the word "article", usually "section".

Example
section
Stringoptional
Further explanationreason

Optional further explanation for the reason for the tag.

Stringoptional
Text replacing "certain ideas, incidents, or controversies"to 2

The text here will replace the generic wording "certain ideas, incidents, or controversies".

Example
the hypothesis of a particular author
Stringoptional
Make template smallsmall

Enter any text here to make the template box small and aligned to the left.

Example
y
Auto value
y
Stringoptional

See also