Template:Contradicts other

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Not to be confused with Template:Contradicts others.

This template will categorise tagged articles into Category:Articles contradicting other articles.

Usage

{{Contradicts other|article|here,there|section|date=May 2025}}

All parameters are optional.

Parameters:

first: The first is an article name; providing this argument adds a link to the article
second: The second optional parameter specifies which talk page is linked to; provide here to link to the talk page of the article on which the template appears, or provide there to link to the talk page of the article given in the first argument. This will default to "Talk:" namespace; if you need "Wikipedia talk:", etc., use the talk parameter below to name the talk page.
third: The third optional parameter is the name of a specific section on the specified talk page.
fourth: An optional replacement for the word article in reference to the current page, such as section or list. Alternatively, |section=yes (or any other value like |section=y) can be used to change "article" to "section" in particular.
fifth: An optional replacement for the word article in reference to the other page, such as page or Wikipedia policy.
date: A further optional date parameter may be supplied in the format date=<month> <year>. If the date is not included it may be added later by a bot.
talk or discuss: Specify the exact talk page name, with namespace; use this when the talk page is not in the "Talk:" namespace, e.g. |talk=Wikipedia talk:Consensus. This prevents |there= from trying to incorrectly link to something like "Talk:Wikipedia:Consensus".

Example:

{{Contradicts other|Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary|there|Conflict with another article|date=May 2025}} becomes

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Template parameters
This template prefers block formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
article	`1`	The title of the other article. Used for linking.	Page name	required
which talk page	`2`	"here" to link to this article's talk page. "there" to link to the article's talk page.	String	suggested
talk page section	`3`	The heading name on the talk page.	String	optional
this article or something else	`4`	If this parameter is not given, the box will say "This article". If a parameter value is given, it will show that value (e.g. "section" or "list") after the word "This".	String	optional
other article or something else	`5`	If a parameter value is given here, and the first parameter is not blank, the value of this parameter (e.g. "page" or "guideline") will replace the second occurrence of the word "article", the one referring to the other page.	String	optional
language code	`lang`	If this parameter is given, and the first parameter is not blank, the link will point to an article in another language, and that language's name will be shown.	String	optional
talk page name	`talk` `discuss`	The name of the talk page (option; use when talk page is not in the "Talk:" namespace).	String	optional
date	`date`	Current month and year Auto value `{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}`	String	suggested
section	`section`	Change the word "article" to the word "section" in the template's output Suggested values `yes`	String	optional