Wikipedia: Disputed statement

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If a wikipedia article links to this page, it is because someone is concerned that the article contains inaccurate statement(s). Such statements are followed by the following warnings: "(disputed - see talk page)".

The accuracy of a statement may be a cause for concern if:

• It contains unlikely information, without providing references.
• It contains information which is particularly difficult to verify.
• It has been written (or edited) by a user who is known to write inaccurately on the topic.

If you come across a statement with an accuracy warning, please do the following:

• Don't remove the warning simply because the material looks reasonable: please take the time to properly verify it.
• visit the talk page to see what the issues are
• correct it right away if you can. Please take the time to properly verify it. Please also add to the article any sources you used to verify the information in it: see cite your sources.

If you come across a statement which seems or is inaccurate, please do the following:

• correct it right away if you can. Please take the time to properly verify it. Please also add to the article any sources you used to verify the information in it: see cite your sources.
• if the neutrality of the statement is in question, please look at Wikipedia:NPOV dispute

• insert {{dubious}} after the relevant sentence or paragraph
• insert a "Disputed" section in the talk page to describe the problem
• request peer review to obtain correct information

• if there are more than 5 dubious statements, or if a dispute arises:
  • insert a "Disputed" section in the talk page to describe the problem. This will help focus contributions from others.
  • paste {{disputed}} in the beginning of the article to add a general warning. Check dispute resolution for ways to resolve it
  • request peer review to obtain correct information
  • if you find that the article remains unnoticed, you can draw more attention to it by listing it on Wikipedia:Pages needing attention.
  • once you've found the correct information, edit the page to correct it, remove the warnings, and put something like the following in your edit summary:

Verified article -- removed accuracy dispute

When you add an accuracy warning, you are invited to also help resolve accuracy disputes by checking the

• list of disputed statements
• recent list of accuracy disputes (or the latest (noisy) list).