Template:Contentious topics/welcome/doc

This welcomes an editor with an explanation of the contentious topic procedure.

Usage

• {{subst:ct/welcome|<code>}}

Codes

Contentious topics

Use	Area of conflict	Decision linked to	Topic specific subpage
{{Contentious topics/welcome|topic=a-a}}	Armenia, Azerbaijan, or related conflicts	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan 2#Final decision	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Armenia-Azerbaijan
{{Contentious topics/welcome|topic=a-i}}	the Arab–Israeli conflict	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Index/Palestine-Israel articles#Final decision	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Arab–Israeli conflict
{{Contentious topics/welcome|topic=ab}}	abortion	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Abortion#Final decision	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Abortion
{{Contentious topics/welcome|topic=ap}}	post-1992 politics of the United States and closely related people	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/American politics 2#Final decision	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/American politics
{{Contentious topics/welcome|topic=at}}	article titles and capitalisation	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Article titles and capitalisation 2#Final decision	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Article titles and capitalisation
{{Contentious topics/welcome|topic=blp}}	living or recently deceased subjects of biographical content on Wikipedia articles	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Editing of Biographies of Living Persons#Final decision	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Biographies of Living Persons
{{Contentious topics/welcome|topic=cam}}	complementary and alternative medicine	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Acupuncture#Final decision	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Complementary and Alternative Medicine
{{Contentious topics/welcome|topic=cid}}	discussions about infoboxes, and edits adding, deleting, collapsing, or removing verifiable information from infoboxes	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility in infobox discussions#Final decision	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Infoboxes
{{Contentious topics/welcome|topic=covid}}	COVID-19	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/COVID-19#Final decision	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/COVID-19
{{Contentious topics/welcome|topic=ee}}	the Balkans or Eastern Europe	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Eastern Europe#Final decision	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Balkans or Eastern Europe
{{Contentious topics/welcome|topic=gg}}	gender-related disputes or controversies or people associated with them	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality#Final decision	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Gender and sexuality
{{Contentious topics/welcome|topic=gmo}}	genetically modified organisms, commercially produced agricultural chemicals and the companies that produce them	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Genetically modified organisms#Final decision	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Genetically modified organisms
{{Contentious topics/welcome|topic=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#Final decision	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Horn of Africa
{{Contentious topics/welcome|topic=irp}}	post-1978 Iranian politics	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Iranian politics#Final decision	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Iranian politics
{{Contentious topics/welcome|topic=kurd}}	the topics of Kurds and Kurdistan	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Kurds and Kurdistan#Final decision	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Kurds and Kurdistan
{{Contentious topics/welcome|topic=ps}}	pseudoscience and fringe science	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Pseudoscience#Final decision	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Pseudoscience and fringe science
{{Contentious topics/welcome|topic=r-i}}	the intersection of race/ethnicity and human abilities and behaviour	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Race and intelligence#Final decision	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Race and intelligence
{{Contentious topics/welcome|topic=rne}}	the results of any national or sub-national election	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Historical elections#Final decision	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Historical elections
{{Contentious topics/welcome|topic=sa}}	the region of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal), including but not limited to history, politics, ethnicity, and social groups	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Indian military history#Final decision	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/South Asia
{{Contentious topics/welcome|topic=tt}}	the Troubles	Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/The Troubles#Final decision	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/The Troubles
{{Contentious topics/welcome|topic=ya}}	Yasuke	Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Yasuke#Final decision	Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Yasuke

Find uses

Advanced editors: Find subst count and examples of this template on User talk pages using this advanced search.^{[2026; 2025; 2024]}

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Contentious topics/welcome in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Contentious topics/welcome

A template to welcome new editors and explain the contentious topics procedure to them.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Topic code	topic t 1	Contentious topic code. See [[Template:Contentious topics/welcome#Codes]] for possible values. Example blp	Line	required
heading	heading	If true, suppresses the automatic heading	Boolean	optional
Heading text	headtext	Changes the contents of the heading Default Welcome!	String	optional
border	border	Adds a border around the message in a specified color or hex triplet Example DarkViolet, #9400D3	Line	optional
Border radius	borderradius	Specifies the rounding of the border Default 2px Example 15px	Line	optional
image	image	Adds an image to go with the welcome (no need for brackets) Example File:Chocolate chip cookies.jpg	File	optional
Image caption	imagecaption	Specifies a caption to go with the image Example Here, enjoy some cookies! [[File:Face-smile.svg|20px|link=|alt=Smiley emoji]]	String	optional
New user	newuser	Uses alternate text not linking to the editor's contributions Example y	Boolean	optional
Article	art article	Mentions and links to an article the editor has contributed to	Page name	suggested
Custom start	customstart	Adds a custom message at the end of the first paragraph Default I hope you like it here and decide to stay.	String	suggested
Custom end	customend	Adds a custom ending to the message Default Happy editing!	String	suggested
Demonstration	demo	If given any content, hides the "this template must be substituted" warning. This should *only* be used for demonstration and testing.	Boolean	optional