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This tag should be used on articles that discuss one aspect of the article in too much detail. This is especially true if the article focuses on an unimportant aspect of the topic while ignoring items of importance.
Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy requires that we don't giveundue weight to any particular subtopic in an article. For example, the article onEarth does not mention the fringeflat Earth theory. If an article is tagged with this, consider improving the article by adding content important to the topic and trimming or deleting non-important content.
This template is not meant to be a permanent resident on any article. You may remove this template whenever any one of the following is true:
{{Undue weight|date=February 2026}}{{Undue weight|date=February 2026|to=replace with custom text}}|date=February 2026 – to note when the template was added, so the page is put in the correct dated cleanup category|1= (or unnamed first parameter) – to replace the word "article" with something else, usually "section", though it could also be more specific, e.g. "list", "table", "infobox", etc.|to= - The value of this parameter will replace the generic wording "certain ideas, incidents, or controversies" with something more specific, e.g.|to=a single primary source or|to=the hypothesis of a particular author or|to=the private life of the subject or|to=list entries from North America.|reason= Optional further explanation for the reasonThis template sorts articles intoCategory:Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes, or a dated subcategory thereof.
TemplateData for Undue weight
This template generates a tag to indicate that the article, or an area of the article, lends undue weight to a subtopic of the article.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month and year | date | The month and year that the template was placed (in full).
| String | suggested |
| Affected area | 1 | Text to replace the word "article", usually "section".
| String | optional |
| Further explanation | reason | Optional further explanation for the reason for the tag. | String | optional |
| Text replacing "certain ideas, incidents, or controversies" | to2 | The text here will replace the generic wording "certain ideas, incidents, or controversies".
| String | optional |
| Make template small | small | Enter any text here to make the template box small and aligned to the left.
| String | optional |