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Hello! I was wondering, is there a template that can be applied to articles with stereotypical or offensive content? There have been a few articles lately that have some stereotypical or offensive content lately. Instead of deleting these articles, maybe can we apply a template and let the author edit the article so that it’s less offensive? Thanks!

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Usually, I’ve seen overly offensive articles get deleted, but this could be an option for a slightly less offensive articles.

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Thanks Jaeden. Do you know anyone who makes good templates? I can only make UIBs.

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I’d just copy and paste the wikiMarkup/html from another article template, and replace the actual heading/text with the words for your new template.:slight_smile:

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But for a template like this, maybe it’s best to get community consensus first.

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How do I make a consensus???

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Yeah, you need community consensus before creating article or coaching templates. That’s basically done by opening up a discussion like you’ve done here and asking if other people believe the template would be beneficial. I personally don’t really see a need for it, because I don’t really see this come up (outside of NFD’d content and articles on topics intended to be stereotypical, like on how to be emo or such), but if this is a persistent problem I could be convinced otherwise.

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Hello wikiHowians! I was told that I needed community consensus for an article template idea that I had, so this is the thread where you can post your opinions on the template idea. A Google Form will be attached for the actual consensus.

Lately, I’ve noticed that there have been several articles with stereotypical or offensive content, so I had an idea for a template that will notify users to remove the stereotypical or offensive content. Please fill out my Google Form to give your consensus!

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Just so that you know, community consensus can only be determined via forum comments on this thread. It cannot be done with a Google form because there is no way to verify the results.

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Can you elaborate on what you’d actually like to see happen and provide examples of articles with offensive content where the template would be applied?

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I don’t think that a template like this is necessary. If an article is offensive, then I think that {{nfd|hat}} is appropriate. If the editor did not mean to write an offensive article, then they have a week to fix it, and they can apply an {{inuse}} template if they need more time. I don’t think that we should be keeping hateful articles around for any extended amount of time.

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I think that R2’s point is a good reminder - if an nfd template is applied, the author does have 7 days to work on it before it goes into the nfd guardian. I think this is plenty of time to encourage a good faith author, so I don’t think a new template is necessary:slight_smile:

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