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 |talk= parameter (a.k.a. |talkpage=, |discuss=, |discussion=) to give the location:

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

The parameter |for= can be used to give a short reason that displays in the tag (do not use this for editorializing or 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 BattleIntelligence: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 {{Disputed inline}} as it 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 BattleIntelligence: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.

Template Data

TemplateData for Disputed inline

Inline template used to mark the content being disputed.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Talk page section	1	Talk page section where the issue is discussed. Example Possibly incorrect facts	Line	suggested
for	for	no description	Unknown	optional
A different discussion page?	talkpage talk discuss discussion	The page where the dispute is discussed. Example Talk:Lorem ipsum#Possibly incorrect facts	Page name	optional
date	date	Date issue was raised. Example May 2016	Date	optional

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