Template:Disputed inline

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Usage

{{Disputed inline|Talk page section|date=October 2026}}

To link to a centralized discussion on a page other than the article's talk page, use the <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|talk= parameter (a.k.a. <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|talkpage=, <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|discuss=, <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|discussion=) to give the location:

{{Disputed inline|talk=Talk:Topic#Talk page section|date=October 2026}}

The parameter <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|for= can be used to give a short reason that displays in the tag (do not use this for editorializing, or else any other editor may refactor such a comment out); the comment added here will be preceded by "for:" and the entire comment put in a round-bracketed parenthetical:

{{Disputed inline|Talk page section|for=conflict with sources cited above|date=October 2026}}

{{Disputed inline}} should not be used without also raising the issue on the talk page and, as a general practice, should remain in place while the talk page discussion is active.

Articles with disputed statements

This inline template helps highlight a particular disputed statement or alleged fact, in contrast to the {{Disputed}} and {{Disputed section}} templates which mark a whole article or section as disputed. This is particularly helpful when there are reliable sources supporting two or more different claims. {{Disputed inline}} should not be used without also raising the issue on the talk page. When used on an article page, the word "disputed" links to Wikipedia:Disputed statement, and the article is placed in Category:Accuracy disputes or one of its dated sub-categories. This template is a more strongly worded version of {{Dubious}}, which indicates a potential dispute, most often a question about reliable sourcing for the statement/fact at issue; {{Disputed inline}} indicates that at least one editor believes there is no question that the statement has a verifiability problem.

Other pages

If this tag is used outside the article namespace, it will not be categorized in an article cleanup category, and the word "disputed" links to Wikipedia:Consensus. It can be used to indicate an unresolved dispute and a talk page topic about the dispute, e.g. an issue at a guideline or WikiProject page.

For pages other than articles, use {{Under discussion inline}}, which categorizes differently.

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Disputed inline

<templatedata> { "params": { "1": { "label": "Talk page section", "description": "Talk page section where the issue is discussed.", "type": "line", "suggested": true, "example": "Possibly incorrect facts" }, "for": { "description": "More info about the tag's inclusion.", "example": "Conflict between sources used" }, "talkpage": { "aliases": [ "talk", "discuss", "discussion" ], "description": "The page where the dispute is discussed.", "type": "wiki-page-name", "label": "A different discussion page?", "example": "Talk:Lorem ipsum#Possibly incorrect facts" }, "date": { "description": "Date issue was raised.", "example": "May 2016", "type": "string", "autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" } }, "description": "Inline template used to mark the content being disputed.", "format": "inline" } </templatedata>

See also

• Template:Dispute templates

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