Template:Systemic bias

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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, and specifically because of systemic bias problems (for more unusual forms of bias, such as a heavily Bostonian or UFO-believing or anti-Nietzsche or whatever POV, use {{POV}}. 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, and is furthest from systemic bias when these sources are culturally diverse.

Usage

Place {{Systemic bias|bias=Topic or type of bias}} 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 {{Systemic bias|1=Talk page section name|bias=Topic/type of bias}}. Articles using this template as shown above are placed into Category:Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes. The |bias= parameter automatically italicizes whatever is specified there, and wikicode can be used (e.g. to link to a relevant article).

This template can take an optional date parameter in the format |date=Monthname YYYY or |date={{subst:DATE}}. If the date is not included it will probably be added later by a bot. Articles using this template with a date are added to Category:Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes from Monthname YYYY.

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 non-article pages.

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

Example using current date and other features

Template:

{{Systemic bias|1=European slant|bias=Western cultural values|date=April 2026}}

Output:

Category:

Category:Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes from April 2026

Alternatives

To mark only a section as disputed, rather than a whole article, use {{POV section}}. It is not WP:BIAS-specific. See below for a list of other WP:NPOV-related templates.

See Wikipedia:NPOV dispute for more info.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Systemic bias

Use this cleanup template to indicate that the neutrality of an article is questioned because it may show systemic bias.

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). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically. Example January 2013 Auto value `{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}`	Line	suggested
Bias	`bias`	What the article is biased in favour of. Shows in the template as "In particular, there may be a strong bias in favor of <bias>." Example the United States	String	optional
Talk page section	`1`	Section name on the talk page for further discussion	Line	optional
Affected area	`what`	Text to replace the word "article", usually "section" Example section Auto value `section`	String	optional
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

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