If an article links to this page, it is because someone is concerned that the article may be significantly inaccurate. Such articles have the following warning at the top: "The factual accuracy of this article is disputed: see talk:ARTICLENAME".

The accuracy of an article may be a cause for concern if:

• It contains a lot of unlikely information, without providing references.
• It contains information which is particularly difficult to verify.
• In, for example, a long list, some errors have been found, suggesting that the list as a whole may need further checking.
• It has been written (or edited) by a user who is known to write inaccurately on the topic.

A related collaboration mechanism is concerned with disputed statements.

If you come across an article with an accuracy warning, please do the following:

• Don't remove the warning simply because the material looks reasonable: please take the time to properly verify it.
• visit the talk page to see what the issues are
• correct it right away if you can. Please take the time to properly verify it. Please also add to the article any sources you used to verify the information in it: see cite your sources.

If you come across an article whose content seems or is inaccurate, please do the following:

• correct it right away if you can. Please take the time to properly verify it. Please also add to the article any sources you used to verify the information in it: see cite your sources.
• if the neutrality of the content is in question, please look at Ireland Information Guide:NPOV dispute

• if only a few statements seem inaccurate:
  • insert {{dubious}} after the relevant sentence or paragraph
  • insert a "Disputed" section in the talk page to describe the problem
  • request peer review to obtain correct information

• if there are more than 5 dubious statements, or if a dispute arises:
  • insert a "Disputed" section in the talk page to describe the problem. This will help focus contributions from others.
  • paste {{disputed}} in the beginning of the article to add a general warning. Check dispute resolution for ways to resolve it
  • request peer review to obtain correct information
  • if you find that the article remains unnoticed, you can draw more attention to it by listing it on Ireland Information Guide:Pages needing attention.
  • once you've found the correct information, edit the page to correct it, remove the warnings, and put something like the following in your edit summary:

Verified article -- removed accuracy dispute

When you add an accuracy warning, you are invited to also help resolve accuracy disputes by checking the

• list of disputed statements
• Information Guide.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%22The+factual+accuracy+of+this+article+is+Ireland Information Guide%22&fulltext=Search&limit=100 recent list of disputed articles (http://en.Ireland) (or the latest (noisy) list).

Current disputes