Template:POV

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When to use

Place this template on an article when you have identified a serious issue of balance and the lack of a WP:Neutral point of view, and you wish to attract editors with different viewpoints to the article. Please also explain on the article's talk page why you are adding this tag, identifying specific issues that are actionable within Wikipedia's content policies.

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

This template is not meant to be a permanent resident on any article. You are allowed (but not required) to 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.

How to use

Place {{POV|date=July 2026}} 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 {{POV|talk=talk page section name|date=July 2026}}. If the date is not included it will likely be added later by a bot.

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

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 pages.

• This template is a self-reference.

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for POV

Use this template to indicate that the neutrality of an article is disputed. Follow this up with an explanation on the talk page.

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
Talk page section	talk	Section name on the talk page for further discussion	Line	optional
Lead	lead	Any value will change the text to indicate that the issue is with the article's introduction. Auto value yes	Boolean	optional
Affected area	what	Text to replace the word "article", usually "section". This is a legacy feature that has been replaced by the separate {{POV section}} template. Example section Auto value section	Line	deprecated
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
CSS	style	For custom CSS properties (without quotations) that affect the whole template. Example border-radius:8px;	String	optional

See also

• {{Political POV}}
• {{Unbalanced}}

Alternatives

To mark only a section as disputed, rather than a whole article, use {{POV section}}. See below for a list of other similar templates.

For issues relating to article balance due to insufficient coverage of the subject rather than editorial bias, use {{Cleanup weighted}}.

Wikipedia project pages

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

Templates

Main article: Wikipedia:Template index/Disputes

Disputed factual accuracy

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

• Boxes:
  • {{Controversial}} Talk page

Disputed neutrality (POV)

See also: Category:Neutrality templates

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

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

Wiki

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:POV/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.