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This template indicates that a claim has been made without attributing it to anyone. Problematic language includes:
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Do not Use this template, add a citation instead or an alternate view and citation on the talk page. --[[User:Admin|Admin]] ([[User talk:Admin|talk]]) 17:21, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
 
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: Many people say ... {{by whom}}
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: Such-and-such has been criticized ... {{by whom}}
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: BDSM practitioners agree ... {{by whom}}
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The template doesn't mean that the claim is false. It just means that "weasel words" are being used to suggest authority, without actually specifying ''whose'' authority.
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For example, anyone could edit a page and make a claim such as above. But without backing it up with a reference, the wiki would soon become full of these unsubstantiated claims.
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Finally, the phrasing above often leads to passive voice sentences, '''which are considered bad writing'''. (see what I did there?) For example:
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: It has been claimed that ... {{by whom}}
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Latest revision as of 17:28, 26 March 2014

Do not Use this template, add a citation instead or an alternate view and citation on the talk page. --Admin (talk) 17:21, 26 March 2014 (UTC)