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== Pro and con lists ==

{{hatnote|See also: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Pro and con lists|Wikipedia:Pro and con lists]]}}

These are lists of arguments for and against a particular contention or position. They include lists of ''Advantages and disadvantages'' of a technology or proposal (such as [[Wi-Fi]]) and lists of ''Criticisms and defenses'' of a political position or other view, such as [[libertarianism]] or [[evolution]]. Pro and con lists can encapsulate or bracket [[WP:NPOV|neutrality]] problems in an article by creating separate spaces in which different points of view can be expressed. An alternative method is to thread different points of view into running prose.

These are lists of arguments for and against a particular contention or position. They include lists of ''Advantages and disadvantages'' of a technology or proposal (such as [[Wikipedia:Wi-Fi|Wi-Fi]]) and lists of ''Criticisms and defenses'' of a political position or other view, such as [[Wikipedia:Libertarianism|libertarianism]] or [[Wikipedia:Evolution|evolution]]. Pro and con lists can encapsulate or bracket [[Wikipedia:WP:NPOV|neutrality]] problems in an article by creating separate spaces in which different points of view can be expressed. An alternative method is to thread different points of view into running prose.

Either method needs careful judgment as to whether and how it should be used. In particular, pro and con lists can fragment the presentation of facts, create a binary structure where a more nuanced treatment of the spectrum of facts is preferable, encourage oversimplification, and require readers to jump back and forth between the two sides of the list.

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 == Pro and con lists ==
-{{See also|Wikipedia:Pro and con lists}}
+{{hatnote|See also: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Pro and con lists|Wikipedia:Pro and con lists]]}}
-These are lists of arguments for and against a particular contention or position. They include lists of ''Advantages and disadvantages'' of a technology or proposal (such as [[Wi-Fi]]) and lists of ''Criticisms and defenses'' of a political position or other view, such as [[libertarianism]] or [[evolution]]. Pro and con lists can encapsulate or bracket [[WP:NPOV|neutrality]] problems in an article by creating separate spaces in which different points of view can be expressed. An alternative method is to thread different points of view into running prose.
+These are lists of arguments for and against a particular contention or position. They include lists of ''Advantages and disadvantages'' of a technology or proposal (such as [[Wikipedia:Wi-Fi|Wi-Fi]]) and lists of ''Criticisms and defenses'' of a political position or other view, such as [[Wikipedia:Libertarianism|libertarianism]] or [[Wikipedia:Evolution|evolution]]. Pro and con lists can encapsulate or bracket [[Wikipedia:WP:NPOV|neutrality]] problems in an article by creating separate spaces in which different points of view can be expressed. An alternative method is to thread different points of view into running prose.
 Either method needs careful judgment as to whether and how it should be used. In particular, pro and con lists can fragment the presentation of facts, create a binary structure where a more nuanced treatment of the spectrum of facts is preferable, encourage oversimplification, and require readers to jump back and forth between the two sides of the list.