Template:Assumption/doc
Documentation
This template is used to mark text that goes beyond known facts and may well be found to be false in the future (i.e., an inference). It (currently) does not mark the text in any way that is visible to the reader (although this may change in the future), so any text so marked should be phrased in a way that makes the uncertainty obvious (using, for example, a word like "presumably").
Articles containing calls to this template are listed in Category:Articles containing assumptions so they may be improved in the future (for example, by seeking out evidence for or against the marked statement).
For convenience, similar templates called {{uncertain}} and {{unknown}} are available for statements of those types (mostly because the creator of this template kept forgetting what it was called and repeatedly tried to use those other names.) Which template is appropriate in a given situation can be determined simply by considering the phrasing of the statements they mark. For example, the conclusion that Angelina "was probably already 12 when she moved to Los Angeles" might be marked with {{assumption}}, whereas the similar statement that it is "uncertain whether she was already 12 when she moved to Los Angeles" could be marked with {{uncertain}}, and the statement that "her exact age when she moved to Los Angeles is not known" could be marked with {{unknown}}. Don't worry too much about using the "wrong" template in cases such as these.
There is also the somewhat less similar template {{open question}}, which is intended to mark specific unknowns that will likely only be cleared up by directly asking Angelina or some other specific person about them.
Usage
{{assumption}}{{assumption|text}}
The first form is intended to go at the end of a phrase or sentence, whereas the second form contains the relevant text in the template call itself. If you use the first form, make sure that it is sufficiently clear what part of the text is an assumption.
Examples
She probably does.{{assumption}}⇒ She probably does. !She {{assumption|probably does}}.⇒ She probably does.
See also
{{uncertain}}– for statements that express uncertainty (which might change if additional research is done){{unknown}}– for statements pointing out specific unknowns (which might be cleared up if additional research is done){{open question}}– for specific questions/unknowns that are likely only answerable by Angelina herself, or by some other specific person
