Template:Contentious topics/talk notice
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This template is used on the talk pages of pages covered under a contentious topic to notify editors to take care editing the page.
The template requires you to declare what contentious topic the page is covered under, by specifying a #decision code. If the page is covered by more than one contentious topic, you can include multiple parameters (for example, {{Contentious topics/talk notice|a-i|blp}})
You should place the template at the top of the talk page, below the header (if used) but above all other templates.
Anyone may place a contentious topics talk page notice, but only administrators may specify restrictions.[1]
The page it is placed on must be within the topic area of the contentious topic. Keep in mind that many topic areas are "broadly construed". Clarification of whether a page is in a topic area can be requested at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment.
Use
You may use this on the article talk page.
{{Contentious topics/talk notice|code1|code2|code3}}etc.
{{Contentious topics/talk notice|code1|code2|brief=yes|1RR=yes|0RR=yes|BRD=yes|placed-date=June 1, 2025}}
Styles
The default is a detailed message:
{{Contentious topics/talk notice|tpm}} gives:
| The contentious topics procedure applies to this page. This page relates to post-1992 politics of the United States and closely related people, a contentious topic. Editors are advised to familiarise themselves with the contentious topics procedures before editing this page. Editors who repeatedly or seriously fail to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behaviour, or any normal editorial process may be blocked or restricted by an administrator. |
Alternatively there is a more concise, bold-print message:
{{Contentious topics/talk notice|tpm|brief=yes}} gives:
| The contentious topics procedure applies to this page. This page relates to post-1992 politics of the United States and closely related people, a contentious topic. Editors are advised to familiarise themselves with the contentious topics procedures before editing this page. |
Decision codes
If an article has sanctions but doesn't fit into one of the above topic areas, this template is unsuitable. Use {{Gs/talk notice}} might be applicable in some cases.
Section
To indicate that a contentious topic applies to only part of a section:
- The
|section=parameter to indicates that every single CTOP in the banner only applies to a section.|section=yesindicates that they apply to an unspecified part of the page (useful if it is obvious), or|section=<a description of which parts are covered by the CTOP>will include that description in the banner itself. The description will be the same for every topic. This is most useful if there is only one CTOP in the banner. - To indicate that a specific topic only applies to part of the article, add a
|<code>-section=yesor|<code>-section=<a description of which parts are covered by the CTOP>parameter. For instance,{{contentious topics/talk notice|covid|covid-section=yes}}or{{contentious topics/talk notice|covid|covid-section=the person contracting COVID}}. - When CTOPs only apply to a section, any inherent restrictions (e.g. the extended-confirmed restriction or word limits) are not enabled by default, as often they need to be customized.
- To customize restrictions on a section-by-section basis, use
|other=,|other2=,|other3=etc. to spell out exactly what parts are covered and what exactly the restriction is.
Categorisation
The template places the page into Category:Wikipedia pages about contentious topics unless |nocat=yes is included. nocat should only be used for examples.
Five different errors are tracked in Category:Wikipedia pages about contentious topics with errors:
- Category:Wikipedia pages with contentious topic restrictions without a placed date (1,082) – add the appropriate
|placed-date= - Category:Wikipedia pages with an invalid contentious topic code (3) – {{Contentious topics/list}} contains all valid contentious topic codes
- Category:Wikipedia pages about a contentious topic mislabelled as protected (19) – remove the
|protection=parameter - Category:Wikipedia pages about contentious topics without a code (0) – provide at least one contentious topic code
- Category:Pages using contentious topics/talk notice with unknown parameters (0) – remove the unknown parameters; the WP:SORTKEY is the unknown parameter's name, which can help identifying the culprit
TemplateData
TemplateData for Contentious topics
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The contentious topic code | topic 1 t | What contentious topic applies to this page. Specified using a shorthand code listed on this template's documentation page. | Line | required |
| The 2nd contentious topic code | topic2 t2 2 | An additional contentious topic code which applies to this page. Specified using a shorthand code listed on this template's documentation page. | Line | optional |
| The 3rd contentious topic code | topic3 t3 3 | An additional contentious topic code which applies to this page. Specified using a shorthand code listed on this template's documentation page. | Line | optional |
| The 4th contentious topic code | topic4 t4 4 | An additional contentious topic code which applies to this page. Specified using a shorthand code listed on this template's documentation page. | Line | optional |
| The 5th contentious topic code | topic5 t5 5 | An additional contentious topic code which applies to this page. Specified using a shorthand code listed on this template's documentation page. | Line | optional |
| The 6th contentious topic code | topic6 t6 6 | An additional contentious topic code which applies to this page. Specified using a shorthand code listed on this template's documentation page. | Line | optional |
| The 7th contentious topic code | topic7 t7 7 | An additional contentious topic code which applies to this page. Specified using a shorthand code listed on this template's documentation page. | Line | optional |
| The 8th contentious topic code | topic8 t8 8 | An additional contentious topic code which applies to this page. Specified using a shorthand code listed on this template's documentation page. | Line | optional |
| The 9th contentious topic code | topic9 t9 9 | An additional contentious topic code which applies to this page. Specified using a shorthand code listed on this template's documentation page. | Line | optional |
| The 10th contentious topic code | topic10 t10 10 | An additional contentious topic code which applies to this page. Specified using a shorthand code listed on this template's documentation page. | Line | optional |
| Brief | brief | If true, keeps the content short | Boolean | optional |
| Should the notice be the smaller version | small | When specified with a value, the template is placed on the right of the page with the content being smaller. | Boolean | optional |
| Are only parts of this page covered | section | Whether only parts of this page are related to the contentious topic
| Boolean | optional |
| Protection level applied, if any | protection aeprotection | Whether the page is protected *as an arbitration enforcement action*. | Boolean | optional |
| Is the 1RR restriction active | 1RR | If true, indicates that the 1RR restriction is active | Boolean | optional |
| Is the 0RR restriction active | 0RR | If true, indicates that the 0RR restriction is active | Boolean | optional |
| Is the consensus required restriction active | consensus-required | If true, indicates that the "consensus required" restriction is active. | Boolean | optional |
| Is the BRD restriction active | BRD | If true, indicates that the BRD restriction is active. | Boolean | optional |
| ECR | ECR | If true, specifies that the extended-confirmed restriction is active for this page. This parameter only functions if the extended-confirmed restriction is authorized for a subtopic of an active contentious topic restriction. If the restriction is active for the entire topic, a note is automatically displayed. If part of the page is in scope for the topic, this is displayed by default, but can be disabled by setting this parameter to false. | Boolean | optional |
| Reliable source consensus-required restriction | RSCR | If true, specifies that the reliable source consensus-required restriction is active for this page. This parameter only functions if the reliable source consensus-required restriction is authorized for a subtopic of an active contentious topic restriction. If the restriction is active for the entire topic, a note is automatically displayed. If part of the page is in scope for the topic, a note is displayed by default, but can be disabled by setting this parameter to false. | Boolean | optional |
| Custom restriction | other | Any content here will be displayed as a restriction. Use this for custom restrictions that don't match any other restriction types accounted for in this template. | String | optional |
| Custom restriction 2 | other2 | Any content here will be displayed as a restriction. Use this for custom restrictions that don't match any other restriction types accounted for in this template. | String | optional |
| Custom restriction 2 | other3 | Any content here will be displayed as a restriction. Use this for custom restrictions that don't match any other restriction types accounted for in this template. | String | optional |
| Whether this template should add categories | nocat | Any content in this parameter prevents this template adding categories to the editnotice page. Should only be used for demonstration purposes, and uses for articles should never use this parameter. | Boolean | optional |
| The date the restrictions were placed | placed-date | The date the restrictions were last modified or placed by an administrator. | Date | suggested |
See also
- {{Gs/talk notice}}: an equivalent for when any general sanction is in use (for instance, Wikipedia community general sanctions).
Standardised Arbitration Enforcement (AE) templates
This section transcluded from: Template:Contentious topics/list/single notice [edit] [Contentious topics template subpages]
Alerting
- {{alert/first}} ({{Contentious topics/alert/first}}), to alert an editor to the CT system which is mandatory for the first time an editor is alerted to contentious topics (except if they've previously been alerted to discretionary sanctions in any topic area)
- {{alert}} ({{Contentious topics/alert}}), to alert an editor to the CT system
- {{alert/DS}} ({{Contentious topics/alert/DS}}), to alert an editor to the CT system who had previously been alerted of DS
- {{Contentious topics/aware}}, to register oneself as already aware of CT
- {{Contentious topics/talk notice}}, for announcing CT in a talk page messagebox
- {{Contentious topics/editnotice}}, for announcing CT in an editnotice
- EditFilter 602, which automates the logging of alerts
- Log of recent alerts
Enforcement
- Individual restrictions
- {{AE sanction}}, for telling a user they have been sanctioned (under CT or otherwise)
- {{AE sanction/topicban}}, specifically for an AE topic ban
- {{Uw-aeblock}}, for notifying users of arbitration enforcement blocks
- {{Uw-aepblock}}, for notifying users of arbitration enforcement partial blocks
- Page restrictions
- {{Contentious topics/page restriction editnotice}}, editnotice that must be used for announcing active page restrictions (except page protection)
- {{Contentious topics/list}} & {{Contentious topics/table}}, the lists of contentious topics
- Contentious topics enforcement templates, the category for all enforcement-related templates created for the current contentious topics template
- Case/decision specific enforcement templates
- {{Contentious topics/log}}, to display links for searching whether a user has ever been alerted; use like/alongside {{user}}.
Whenever contentious topics are (de)authorised for a topic, update these: {{Contentious topics/list}} (edit), WP:GS §3.1 (edit), and {{Contentious topics/table}} (edit).