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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. 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.

Usage

Place {{POV}} 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 page section name}}. Articles using this template as shown above are placed into Category:NPOV disputes.

This template can take an optional date parameter in the format {{POV|date = <month> <year>}} or {{POV|talk page section name|date = <month> <year>}}. If the date is not included it will probably be added later by a WP:BOT. Articles using this template with a date are added to Category:NPOV disputes from <month> <year>.

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 similar pages.

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

Example using current date

Template:

{{POV|date=December 2009}}

Output:

The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see the discussion on the talk page. Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved. (December 2009)

Category:

Category:NPOV disputes from December 2009

Redirects

1. {{Npov}}
2. {{Pov}}
3. {{NPOV}}
4. {{RPOV}}
5. {{POVabout}}
6. {{NPOVabout}}
7. {{NPOV-because}}
8. {{Neutrality}}
9. {{NPOV-date}}
10. {{POV-date}}
11. {{POVmany}}
12. {{Point Of View}}
13. {{POV-body}}
14. {{POV-because}}
15. {{NPOV-religion}}
16. {{Npov-date}}
17. {{PoV}}
18. {{Neutral}}
19. {{bias}}

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 suspected POV issues which are not disputed, consider the {{POV-check}} template instead. See Wikipedia:NPOV dispute for more info.

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