Template:Systemic bias

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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=December 2025}}

Output:

Category:

Category:Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes from December 2025

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.

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TemplateData

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

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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