Drive-by tagging is strongly discouraged. The editor who adds the tag should discuss concerns on the talk page, pointing to specific issues that are actionable within the content policies. In the absence of such a discussion, or where it remains unclear what theNPOV violation is, the tag may be removed by any editor.
The purpose of this group of templates is to attract editors with different viewpoints to edit articles that need additional insight. This template should not be used as abadge of shame. Do not use this template to"warn" readers about the article.
This template should only be applied to articles that are reasonably believed to lack a neutral point of view. The neutral point of view is determined by the prevalence of a perspective inhigh-quality, independent, reliable secondary sources, not by its prevalence among Wikipedia editors or the public.
Anybreaking changes to this template, including moving it or nominating it for deletion,must be communicated in advance toTwinkle's users and maintainers atWikipedia talk:Twinkle. The standard installation of Twinkle relies on this template. Thank you.
When to use
Place this template on an article when you have identified a serious issue of balance and the lack of aWP:Neutral point of view, and you wish to attract editors with different viewpoints to the article. Please also explain on the article's talk page why you are adding this tag, identifying specific issues that are actionable within Wikipedia's content policies.
An unbalanced or non-neutral article is one that does not fairly represent the balance of perspectives of high-quality, reliablesecondary sources. A balanced article presents mainstream views as being mainstream, and minority views as being minority views. The personal views of Wikipedia editors or the public are irrelevant.
When to remove
This template is not meant to be a permanent resident on any article. You are allowed (but not required) to remove this template whenever any one of the following is true:
There is consensus on the talkpage or theNPOV Noticeboard that the issue has been resolved.
It is not clear what the neutrality issue is, and no satisfactory explanation has been given.
In the absence of any discussion, or if the discussion has become dormant.
How to use
Place{{POV|date=December 2025}} at the top of the disputed article, then explain your reasons on the article'stalk page. To specify the section of the talk page, use{{POV|talk=talk page section name|date=December 2025}}. If the date is not included it will likely be added later by abot.
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 pages.
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
Talk page section
talk
Section name on the talk page for further discussion
Line
optional
Lead
lead
Any value will change the text to indicate that the issue is with the article's introduction.
Auto value
yes
Boolean
optional
Affected area
what
Text to replace the word "article", usually "section". This is a legacy feature that has been replaced by the separate {{POV section}} template.
Example
section
Auto value
section
Line
deprecated
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
CSS
style
For custom CSS properties (without quotations) that affect the whole template.
