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|2=[[File:Yes Check Circle.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Neutral'''. Wikipedia describes reputations, indicating the relative prominence of different viewpoints. When reputations are bad, Wikipedia should say so, without employing [[WP:FALSEBALANCE|false balance]].

For example, {{!xt|Critic A reviewed Cats positively, praising X, while critic B reviewed Cats negatively, criticizing Y}} is verifiably true, but still not acceptable as it isn't neutral. Writing that would be [[WP:FALSEBALANCE|false balance]], as it inaccurately summarizes an overwhelmingly negative critical reception as if it were evenly mixed between positive and negative reviews.

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In 2017, [[Facebook]] partnered with fact-checkers from the [[Poynter Institute]]'s International Fact-Checking Network to identify and mark false content, though most advertisements from political candidates are exempt from this program. Critics of the program accused Facebook of not doing enough to remove false information from its website.

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|2=[[File:Yes Check Circle.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Neutral'''. This is a good example of how to note that a prominent point of view exists (appropriate) without taking that point of view in Wikipedia's voice (inappropriate). A non-neutral wording might look like this: {{!xt|Facebook is falling short of its duty to fact-check the content on its website, it should do more.}}

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|2=[[File:No Cross.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not neutral'''. This phrasing puts these ideas side-by-side, presenting the Holocaust as a matter of opinion rather than historical fact. This is not neutral because David Irving's position of Holocaust denial is a [[WP:FRINGE|fringe viewpoint]] that should not be given [[WP:PARITY|equal standing]] with the consensus among respected historians.

When discussing David Irving, a neutral phrasing might look like this: {{xt|The [[Holocaust]] was a program of extermination of the Jewish people in Germany. [[David Irving]] is a [[Holocaust denier]], meaning he holds the false belief that the Holocaust did not occur.}}

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[[Diana, Princess of Wales|Princess Diana]] died in a Paris hospital in 1997 after being injured in a tragic car crash.

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|2=[[File:No Cross.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not neutral'''. Even though her death is almost universally considered tragic, putting in the word {{!xt|tragic}} like this is still an inappropriate instance of [[WP:EDITORIAL|editorializing]]. Instead, use facts to convey the public response, such as {{xt|Media attention and public mourning were extensive after her death, and an estimated 2.5{{nbsp}}billion people watched her [[Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales|televised funeral]]}}.

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In 1958, [[Mao Zedong]] launched the [[Great Leap Forward]] that aimed to rapidly transform China's economy from [[Agrarian society|agrarian]] to [[Industrial society|industrial]]. However, his cruel disregard for the lives of his citizens led to the [[Great Chinese Famine|deadliest famine in history]] and the deaths of 20–46 million people between 1958 and 1962.

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|2=[[File:No Cross.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not neutral'''. The information here is fine, but the characterization of Mao is not. {{!xt|cruel disregard for the lives of his citizens}} is an opinion and should not be stated as fact.

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