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Usage

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Some pages and topics on Wikipedia are covered by contentious topics. Users editing these pages may be alerted about the contentious topics system. If this is the editor's first alert, you must use this template if you alert them. Otherwise you can use Template:Contentious topics/alert for alerts after their first alert, or Template:Contentious topics/alert/DS if their last alert was for the old "discretionary sanctions" system.

Alerts ensure a user knows what is expected of them. Alerts are a neutral courtesy; never use them to intimidate, coerce, or shame another editor.

To alert a user, open a new section on their user talk page. Paste the following code into it, replacing topic code here – select from list with the corresponding code from the table below. Type an appropriate subject line, then save the page.

{{subst:alert/first|topic code here – select from list}} ~~~~

You also should not issue alerts to editors who have posted a {{Contentious topics/aware}} notice on their talk page for a particular topic area, thus declaring they are already aware of the topic sanctions. If that is the case, the filter will remind you that leaving an alert for this user is not necessary.

The template is flexible through the parameters |2=, which adds text to the box, and |sig=, which adds your signature.

{{subst:alert/first|topic code here – select from list|2=If you have questions, please contact me or ask at the [[WP:AC/CN|Arbitration Committee Clerks Noticeboard]].|sig=yes}}

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
The contentious topic code1 topic t

What contentious topic applies to this page. Specified using a shorthand code listed on this template's documentation page.

Stringrequired
Extra content2

Extra content that is appended to the alert but placed before your signature.

Stringoptional
Add your signature?sig

Whether to include your signature at the end of the message. Any text as the value adds your signature.

Stringoptional
Include a heading?heading

Whether a heading to the message should be included. Default is that it is included.

Booleanoptional
Custom heading textheadtext

Text for the heading that is used instead of the default.

Stringoptional

Logging

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Using this template will trigger EditFilter 602. As a result, your edit containing the alert will be tagged with "contentious topics alert". Edits with this tag can be searched for in user contributions, user talk page histories, Special:RecentChanges, and the log of EditFilter 602.

Therefore, an automatic system log of all alerts is maintained. You need not do anything except leave the alert.

To see whether a user has been Alerted for a contentious topic, load the history of their user talk page and search for contentious topics alert under the 'tag filter' field. You can use the {{Contentious topics/log}} template (usually alongside {{user}} in noticeboard reports) to quickly generate links for conducting searches of issued alerts.

If your alert does not log, please seek assistance at Template talk:Contentious topics.

Codes

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When leaving a user an Alert, you must replace |topic code – select from list with the relevant topic code:

Use Area of conflict Decision linked to Topic specific subpage
{{subst:alert/first|a-a}} Armenia, Azerbaijan, or related conflicts Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan 2 Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Armenia-Azerbaijan
{{subst:alert/first|aa2}} Armenia, Azerbaijan, or related conflicts Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan 2 Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Armenia-Azerbaijan
{{subst:alert/first|a-i}} the Arab–Israeli conflict Wikipedia:Arbitration/Index/Palestine-Israel articles Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Arab–Israeli conflict
{{subst:alert/first|ab}} abortion Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Abortion Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Abortion
{{subst:alert/first|acu}} complementary and alternative medicine Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Acupuncture Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Complementary and Alternative Medicine
{{subst:alert/first|ap}} post-1992 politics of the United States and closely related people Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/American politics 2 Wikipedia:Contentious topics/American politics
{{subst:alert/first|tpm}} post-1992 politics of the United States and closely related people Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/American politics 2 Wikipedia:Contentious topics/American politics
{{subst:alert/first|at}} the English Wikipedia article titles policy and Manual of Style Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Article titles and capitalisation Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Manual of Style and article titles
{{subst:alert/first|mos}} the English Wikipedia Manual of Style and article titles policy Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Article titles and capitalisation Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Manual of Style and article titles
{{subst:alert/first|b}} the Balkans or Eastern Europe Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Eastern Europe Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Balkans or Eastern Europe
{{subst:alert/first|e-e}} the Balkans or Eastern Europe Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Eastern Europe Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Balkans or Eastern Europe
{{subst:alert/first|blp}} articles about living or recently deceased people, and edits relating to the subject (living or recently deceased) of such biographical articles Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Editing of Biographies of Living Persons Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Biographies of Living Persons
{{subst:alert/first|cam}} complementary and alternative medicine Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Acupuncture Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Complementary and Alternative Medicine
{{subst:alert/first|cc}} climate change Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Climate change Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Climate change
{{subst:alert/first|cid}} discussions about infoboxes, and edits adding, deleting, collapsing, or removing verifiable information from infoboxes Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility in infobox discussions Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Infoboxes
{{subst:alert/first|covid}} COVID-19, broadly construed Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/COVID-19 Wikipedia:Contentious topics/COVID-19
{{subst:alert/first|fg}} Falun Gong Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Falun Gong Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Falun Gong
{{subst:alert/first|gc}} governmental regulation of firearm ownership; the social, historical and political context of such regulation; and the people and organizations associated with these issues Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gun control Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Gun control
{{subst:alert/first|gg}} gender-related disputes or controversies or people associated with them Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Gender and sexuality
{{subst:alert/first|ggtf}} gender-related disputes or controversies or people associated with them Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Gender and sexuality
{{subst:alert/first|gap}} gender-related disputes or controversies or people associated with them Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Gender and sexuality
{{subst:alert/first|gas}} gender-related disputes or controversies or people associated with them Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Gender and sexuality
{{subst:alert/first|pa}} gender-related disputes or controversies or people associated with them Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Gender and sexuality
{{subst:alert/first|gmo}} genetically modified organisms, commercially produced agricultural chemicals and the companies that produce them, broadly construed Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Genetically modified organisms Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Genetically modified organisms
{{subst:alert/first|horn}} the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes) Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Horn of Africa Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Horn of Africa
{{subst:alert/first|ipa}} India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/India-Pakistan Wikipedia:Contentious topics/India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
{{subst:alert/first|irp}} post-1978 Iranian politics Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Iranian politics Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Iranian politics
{{subst:alert/first|iranpol}} post-1978 Iranian politics Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Iranian politics Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Iranian politics
{{subst:alert/first|kurd}} the topics of Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Kurds and Kurdistan Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Kurds and Kurdistan
{{subst:alert/first|ps}} pseudoscience and fringe science Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Pseudoscience Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Pseudoscience and fringe science
{{subst:alert/first|r-i}} the intersection of race/ethnicity and human abilities and behaviour Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Race and intelligence Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Race and intelligence
{{subst:alert/first|rne}} the results of any national or sub-national election Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Historical elections Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Historical elections
{{subst:alert/first|sl}} Sri Lanka Special:Permalink/1219893542#Sri_Lanka_motion Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Sri Lanka
{{subst:alert/first|tt}} the Troubles Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/The Troubles Wikipedia:Contentious topics/The Troubles


Advanced users' notes

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  • Edits containing a substituted instance of this template will trigger AbuseFilter 602. The exact text which triggers the AbuseFilter are declared in the publicly viewable filter conditions.
  • If the parameter |1= fails to display, |topic= or |t= can be used instead.
  • This template will return an error if:
    • |1= or an equivalent is not declared;
    • the template is not substituted; or
    • the template is used outside the user talk or user namespaces.
  • Template:Alert is a redirect to Template:Contentious topics/alert. Instructions for this template, Contentious topics/alert, are often given with reference to the template name Alert. This is for brevity's sake; the two template names refer to the same actual template.
  • Information on adding new topic areas to the index above is given at the bottom of Template:Contentious topics/list/single notice, which is displayed at the bottom of the main template page.
  • This template is included in Category:Wikipedia templates to be automatically substituted, so AnomieBOT will automatically substitute it. (As the template returns an error if used unsubstituted, AnomieBOT will not have to frequently, if ever, do this.)

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This section transcluded from: Template:Contentious topics/list/single notice [edit] [Contentious topics template subpages]