Template:Undue weight

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When to use

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=October 2024}}

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

Parameters

• |date=October 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

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). Example June 2023 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	String	suggested
Affected area	1	Text to replace the word "article", usually "section". Example section	String	optional
Further explanation	reason	Optional further explanation for the reason for the tag.	String	optional
Text replacing "certain ideas, incidents, or controversies"	to	The text here will replace the generic wording "certain ideas, incidents, or controversies". Example the hypothesis of a particular author	String	optional
Make template small	small	Enter any text here to make the template box small and aligned to the left. Example y Auto value y	String	optional
2	2	no description	Unknown	optional

See also

• Template:Undue weight inline
• Template:Undue weight section
• Template:Unbalanced section
• Template:Generalize

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