On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Neil Harris wrote:
Controversial issue #REDIRECT [[Wikipedia:List of controversial issues]] that can be used as a tracker link. That way, an article can contain something like the words: (Name of issue here) is a [[controversial issue]], with widely differing points of view... &c.
Hm. I think the idea of having a page called "controversial issue", and describing the problem there is a good idea. I also think that linking to this page early in a controversial article is a good idea.
I _don't_ think listing them up is a good idea. The page should be an explanation as to why we chose to flag certain articles as controversial, what it implies (that one should be prepared for slanted content, etc.), and how to ultimately solve the controversy (npov tactics).
Linking from each article, instead of linking _to_ each article will also make it easier for the random reader (just arrived from Google) to know whether these are cold encyclopedic "facts" or contested viewpoints. (Of course, the system can be abused, but it is more dangerous for people to have too little skepticism, than too much. (And a flame war of people turning on and off the "controversial issue"-link is far less intrusive than one where they rewrite large sections for every update.))
If you need to track down controversial issues to work on, use the funky "pages that link here" gizmo.
-- Daniel