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Some topics on Wikipedia have been designated as contentious topics. Users editing in these areas may be alerted about the contentious topics system. If this is the editor's first alert, you must instead use {{Contentious topics/alert/first}}.

Alerts ensure a user knows what is expected of them. Alerts are a neutral courtesy; never use them to intimidate, coerce, or shame another editor.

To alert a user, open a new section on their user talk page. Paste the following code into it, replacing topic code here – select from list with the corresponding code from the table below. Type an appropriate subject line, then save the page.

{{[[Wikipedia:Substitution|subst]]:Contentious topics/alert|<u>''topic code here'' – select from [[#Codes|list]]</u>}} ~~~~

You also should not issue alerts to editors who have posted a {{Contentious topics/aware}} notice on their talk page for a particular topic area, thus declaring they are already aware of the topic sanctions. If that is the case, the filter will remind you that leaving an alert for this user is not necessary.

The template is flexible through the parameters |2=, which adds text to the box, and |sig=, which adds your signature.

{{subst:Contentious topics/alert|<u>''topic code here'' – select from [[#Codes|list]]</u>|2=If you have questions, please contact me or ask at the [[WP:AC/CN|Arbitration Committee Clerks Noticeboard]].|sig=yes}}

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Parameter		Description	Type	Status
The contentious topic code	`1` `topic` `t`	What contentious topic applies to this page. Specified using a shorthand code listed on this template's documentation page.	String	required
Extra content	`2`	Extra content that is appended to the alert but placed before your signature.	String	optional
Add your signature?	`sig`	Whether to include your signature at the end of the message. Any text as the value adds your signature.	String	optional

Topic code	Area of conflict	Decision linked to	Topic specific subpage edit
`{{subst:alert\|a-a}}`	Armenia, Azerbaijan, or related conflicts	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan 2	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Armenia-Azerbaijan
`{{subst:alert\|a-i}}`	the Arab–Israeli conflict	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Index/Palestine-Israel articles	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Arab–Israeli conflict
`{{subst:alert\|aa2}}`	Armenia, Azerbaijan, or related conflicts	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan 2	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Armenia-Azerbaijan
`{{subst:alert\|ab}}`	abortion	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Abortion	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Abortion
`{{subst:alert\|acu}}`	complementary and alternative medicine	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Acupuncture	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Complementary and Alternative Medicine
`{{subst:alert\|ap}}`	post-1992 politics of the United States and closely related people	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/American politics 2	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/American politics
`{{subst:alert\|at}}`	the English Wikipedia article titles policy and Manual of Style	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Article titles and capitalisation	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Manual of Style and article titles
`{{subst:alert\|mos}}`	the English Wikipedia Manual of Style and article titles policy	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Article titles and capitalisation	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Manual of Style and article titles
`{{subst:alert\|b}}`	the Balkans or Eastern Europe	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Eastern Europe	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Balkans or Eastern Europe
`{{subst:alert\|blp}}`	articles about living or recently deceased people, and edits relating to the subject (living or recently deceased) of such biographical articles	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Editing of Biographies of Living Persons	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Biographies of Living Persons
`{{subst:alert\|cam}}`	complementary and alternative medicine	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Acupuncture	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Complementary and Alternative Medicine
`{{subst:alert\|cc}}`	climate change	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Climate change	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Climate change
`{{subst:alert\|cid}}`	discussions about infoboxes and to edits adding, deleting, collapsing, or removing verifiable information from infoboxes	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility in infobox discussions	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Infoboxes
`{{subst:alert\|covid}}`	COVID-19, broadly construed	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/COVID-19	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/COVID-19
`{{subst:alert\|e-e}}`	Eastern Europe or the Balkans	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Eastern Europe	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Balkans or Eastern Europe
`{{subst:alert\|fg}}`	Falun Gong	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Falun Gong	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Falun Gong
`{{subst:alert\|gc}}`	governmental regulation of firearm ownership; the social, historical and political context of such regulation; and the people and organizations associated with these issues	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gun control	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Gun control
`{{subst:alert\|gg}}`	gender-related disputes or controversies or people associated with them	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Gender and sexuality
`{{subst:alert\|ggtf}}`	gender-related disputes or controversies or people associated with them	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Gender and sexuality
`{{subst:alert\|gap}}`	gender-related disputes or controversies or people associated with them	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Gender and sexuality
`{{subst:alert\|gas}}`	gender-related disputes or controversies or people associated with them	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Gender and sexuality
`{{subst:alert\|gmo}}`	genetically modified organisms, commercially produced agricultural chemicals and the companies that produce them, broadly construed	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Genetically modified organisms	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Genetically modified organisms
`{{subst:alert\|horn}}`	the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes)	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Horn of Africa	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Horn of Africa
`{{subst:alert\|ipa}}`	India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/India-Pakistan	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
`{{subst:alert\|irp}}`	post-1978 Iranian politics	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Iranian politics	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Iranian politics
`{{subst:alert\|iranpol}}`	post-1978 Iranian politics	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Iranian politics	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Iranian politics
`{{subst:alert\|kurd}}`	the topics of Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Kurds and Kurdistan	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Kurds and Kurdistan
`{{subst:alert\|pa}}`	gender-related disputes or controversies or people associated with them	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Gender and sexuality
`{{subst:alert\|ps}}`	pseudoscience and fringe science	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Pseudoscience	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Pseudoscience and fringe science
`{{subst:alert\|r-i}}`	the intersection of race/ethnicity and human abilities and behaviour	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Race and intelligence	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Race and intelligence
`{{subst:alert\|sl}}`	Sri Lanka	Special:Permalink/1219893542#Sri_Lanka_motion	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Sri Lanka
`{{subst:alert\|tpm}}`	post-1992 politics of the United States and closely related people	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/American politics 2	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/American politics
`{{subst:alert\|tt}}`	the Troubles	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/The Troubles	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/The Troubles

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