Template talk:Contentious topics

Non-XC template showing for XC editors?

At Talk:2026 Iran war, I'm seeing a big red notice that says that I can only submit edit requests as I'm "not an extended confirmed user", and that pages related to the Arab-Israeli conflict are subject to ECR etc.
Is there a bug with the {{Contentious topics/talk notice|a-i}} template causing this warning to incorrectly show to XC users? nil ^nz 07:06, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

@Nil NZ: I'm not able to reproduce this issue from an extended-confirmed account. Can you upload a WP:WPSHOT of what you are seeing? Best, HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 14:53, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Curious, I have had this same issue before and I recall it was fixed, but unfortunately I do not recall how. Slomo666 (talk) 20:25, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

@HouseBlaster Sure thing! Looks like it's not just a-i – here's the same notice, but at Talk:Zak Smith (with zs as the parameter):

It's also visible at Talk:2025 India–Pakistan crisis, which uses ipa. nil ^nz 22:06, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! I'm looking into this :) HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 23:29, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

@Nil NZ: I've been banging my head against the wall for a while. Can you try uninstalling all of your scripts and CSS, bypassing your cache, and viewing it? Thanks, HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 03:23, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

@HouseBlaster Ahhh, found the problem! It was this line in my CSS that was triggering it – Special:Diff/1348755217. I've disabled it and reactivated everything else, and the template is no longer showing for me. nil ^nz 03:51, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Ahh-haaaa! Glad we sorted this out :) HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:04, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

"false positives report"

I was told to make a "false positives report" and the link I clicked lead here. So hereby: The warning came up when i made the following contribution: User talk:Danlaycock#c-Slomo666-20260414192700-Introduction to contentious topics. I checked all the logs it mentioned, and concluded there must have been a false positive.

Thank you and happy editing,

Slomo666 (talk) 19:29, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

The warning shows up when you attempt to alert an editor to a contentious topic, under all circumstances. This was not a false positive because you did issue an alert. Best, HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 19:37, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 17 May 2026: category change

On line 30, please change:

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{{#if:{{{nocat|}}}||[[Category:Pages with contentious topics editnotice|{{SUBPAGENAME}}]]}}{{#if:{{{protection|}}}{{{1RR|}}}{{{0RR|}}}{{{consensus-required|}}}{{{BRD|}}}{{{other|}}}|{{#switch:{{{topic|{{{t|{{{1|}}}}}}}}}|gmo|a-i|tt=|#default={{Error|Administrator must use {{tl|Contentious topics/page restriction editnotice}} if active page restrictions are imposed.}}}}}}</includeonly><noinclude>

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{{#if:{{{nocat|}}}||[[Category:Contentious topics editnotices|{{SUBPAGENAME}}]]}}{{#if:{{{protection|}}}{{{1RR|}}}{{{0RR|}}}{{{consensus-required|}}}{{{BRD|}}}{{{other|}}}|{{#switch:{{{topic|{{{t|{{{1|}}}}}}}}}|gmo|a-i|tt=|#default={{Error|Administrator must use {{tl|Contentious topics/page restriction editnotice}} if active page restrictions are imposed.}}}}}}</includeonly><noinclude>

per the CfD discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 4#Category:Pages with editnotices. Staraction (talk · contribs) 04:05, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

 Done. ~ Jenson (SilverLocust 💬) 14:34, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 1 June 2026

Add support for the redirect= editnotice parameter for Template:Contentious topics/editnotice, Template:COVID-19 AE/Edit notice, Template:Gs/editnotice, Template:Editnotice 0RR, and Template:Contentious topics/gmo editnotice. Template:Contentious topics/page restriction editnotice and Template:Contentious topics/Arab-Israeli editnotice already have one. Actually, the code should be reformatted so that all the unset parameters accepted by {{editnotice}} can be passed to CT and GS editnotices, just like the latter two editnotices. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 09:11, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Note: I've marked this as a template-protected edit request. Implementation requires an admin or template editor. Kodning 🌸 (talk) 03:09, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

I have removed Template:COVID-19 AE/Edit notice, Template:Contentious topics/gmo editnotice and Template:Editnotice 0RR because they don't appear to be protected. Would you like to edit those ones yourself? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:06, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Done. I figured a template editor could get them all in one go. Hopefully I didn't screw something up Kodning 🌸 (talk) 20:45, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Partly done: Template:COVID-19 AE/Edit notice, Template:Contentious topics/gmo editnotice, Template:Editnotice 0RR. Kodning 🌸 (talk) 20:44, 4 June 2026 (UTC)