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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.

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}}

The default is a detailed message:

{{Contentious topics/talk notice|tpm}} gives:

Alternatively there is a more concise, bold-print message:

{{Contentious topics/talk notice|tpm|brief=yes}} gives:

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.

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=yes indicates 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=yes or |{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 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.

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 (1,040) – add the appropriate |placed-date=
• Category:Wikipedia pages with an invalid contentious topic code (4) – {{Contentious topics/list}} contains all valid contentious topic codes
• Category:Wikipedia pages about a contentious topic mislabelled as protected (487) – 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

• {{Gs/talk notice}}: an equivalent for when any general sanction is in use (for instance, Wikipedia community general sanctions).

This section transcluded from: Template:Contentious topics/list/single notice [] [Contentious topics template subpages]