Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup/Verifiability and sources

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Message boxes

  • For quotations used out of context, references to unrelated material, and other misuse of citations.
  • Message boxes may be used at the top of an article, or in a specific section of an article.
  • Individual message boxes may be combined.

= Combined message boxes =

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!width=100%|Text that will be shown (and usage notes) — multiple issues (top of article)

{{tlg|multiple issues}}

{{Lts/|Multiple issues}}

|{{multiple issues|

{{POV|date=May 2009}}

{{no footnotes|date=Aug 2010}}

{{self-published|date=March 2011}}

{{BLP sources|date=March 2012}}

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|width=100% align="center" style="background:#F2F2F2;"|Text that will be shown (and usage notes) — multiple issues (section)

{{tlg|multiple issues|section{{=}}yes}}

{{Lts/|Multiple issues}}

|{{multiple issues|section=yes|

{{Unreferenced section|date=January 2008}}

{{Disputed section|date=June 2009}}

{{Expand section|1=examples and additional citation|date=June 2012}}

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= Expert needed=

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!width=100%|Text that will be shown (and usage notes)

{{tlrow|expert needed|PROJECTNAME|article|category=Articles needing expert attention}}

  • Before adding this template, start a section on the article discussion page describing what you wish the expert to address, and put the section name in the {{para|talk}} parameter. {{tl|Expert needed talk}} may be used on the talk page for this purpose.

= Individual message boxes: Biographies of living persons =

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!width=100%|Individual message boxes, text that will be shown, and usage notes.
(Boxes for both the top of an article, or a specific section of an article)

{{tlrow|BLP IMDb refimprove|category=Articles sourced by IMDb}}

{{tlrow|BLP primary sources|category=BLP articles lacking sources}}

{{tlrow|BLP self-published|category=Unreferenced BLPs}}

{{tlrow|BLP sources|category=Articles lacking reliable references}}

{{tlrow|BLP sources section|category=Articles lacking reliable references}}

{{tlrow|BLP unreferenced|category=Unreferenced BLPs}}

{{tlrow|BLP unreferenced section|category=Unreferenced BLPs}}

= Individual message boxes: Issues with citations and sources =

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!width=100%|Individual message boxes, text that will be shown, and usage notes.
(Boxes for both the top of an article, or a specific section of an article)

{{tlrow|cite check|article|category=All articles lacking reliable references}}

{{tlrow|cite check section|section|category=All articles lacking reliable references}}

{{tlrow|excessive citations|article|category=Wikipedia references cleanup}}

{{tlrow|media IMDb refimprove|category=Articles sourced by IMDb}}

{{tlrow|more citations needed|article|category=Articles needing additional references}}

{{tlrow|more citations needed section|category=Articles needing additional references}}

{{tlrow|More medical citations needed|category=Articles requiring reliable medical sources}}

{{tlrow|more science citations needed|category=Articles needing additional references}}

{{tlrow|old news|article|category=Articles lacking sources}}

{{tlrow|one source|article|category=Articles lacking sources}}

{{tlrow|original research|article|category=Articles that may contain original research}}

{{tlrow|primary sources|article|category=Articles lacking reliable references}}

{{tlrow|Self-sourcing examples|category=Articles needing additional references}}

{{tlrow|religious text primary|article|category=All articles lacking sources}}

{{tlrow|self-published|article|category=Accuracy disputes}}

{{tlrow|speculation|category=Articles containing predictions or speculation}}

{{tlrow|tertiary sources|article|category=Articles lacking reliable references}}

{{tlrow|third-party|article|category=All articles with unsourced statements}}

{{tlrow|unreferenced category|category=Articles with uncited categories}}

{{tlrow|unreferenced|article|category=Articles lacking sources}}

{{tlrow|unreferenced section|category=Articles needing additional references}}

{{tlrow|unreliable sources|article|category=Articles lacking reliable references}}

{{tlrow|user-generated|article|category=Accuracy disputes}}

= Individual message boxes: Issues with style or format =

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!width=100%|Individual message boxes, text that will be shown, and usage notes.
(Boxes for both the top of an article, or a specific section of an article)

{{Tlrow|Citation style|article|category=Wikipedia references cleanup}}

{{Tlrow|Citations broken|article|category=Pages where post-expand include size is exceeded}}

{{Tlrow|Citations broken from PEIS limit|article|category=Pages where post-expand include size is exceeded}}

{{Tlrow|Cleanup bare URLs|article|category=Articles with bare URLs for citations}}

{{Tlrow|Duplicated citations|article|category=Articles needing cleanup}}

{{Tlrow|Format footnotes|article|category=Articles needing footnote reformatting}}

{{Tlrow|Full citations needed|article|category=Articles with incomplete citations}}

{{Tlrow|Ibid|article|category=Articles with ibid}}

{{Tlrow|More footnotes needed|article|category=Articles lacking in-text citations}}

{{Tlrow|No footnotes|article|category=Articles lacking in-text citations}}

{{Tlrow|Page numbers improve|article|category=Articles lacking page references}}

{{Tlrow|Page numbers needed|article|category=Articles lacking page references}}

=Tags inline with article text=

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!width=100%|Background info from Wikipedia namespace

{{tlrow|according to whom}}

{{tlrow|additional citation needed}}

{{tlrow|attribution needed}}

{{tlrow|better source needed}}

{{tlrow|better source needed example}} Links to self-sourcing examples

{{tlrow|by whom}}

{{tlrow|chronology citation needed}}

{{tlrow|circular reference}} When the sources copy Wikipedia material directly

{{tlrow|circular reporting}} For the subtler case when you suspect the sources are based on facts first published at Wikipedia, but they didn't copy it directly

{{tlrow|citation needed}}

{{tlrow|citation needed span|The sun is hot.}}

{{tlrow|clarify}}

{{tlrow|copyvio link}}

{{tlrow|dead link}}

{{tlrow|disambiguation needed}}

{{tlrow|disputed inline}}

{{tlrow|dubious}}

{{tlrow|episode needed}}

{{tlrow|example needed}}

{{tlrow|example needed span|This is a claim that needs one or more examples.}}

{{tlrow|excessive citations inline|notes=For abuse of citations, per Wikipedia:Citation overkill.|category=Articles tagged with the inline citation overkill template}}

{{tlrow|explain}}

{{tlrow|failed verification}}

{{tlrow|full citation needed}}

{{tlrow|how}}

{{tlrow|medical citation needed}}

{{tlrow|medical citation needed span|This is an uncited biomedical claim.}}

{{tlrow|nonspecific}}

{{tlrow|not verified in body}}

{{tlrow|original research inline}}

{{tlrow|page needed}}

{{tlrow|primary source inline}}

{{tlrow|quantify}}

{{tlrow|quote without source}}

{{tlrow|registration required|category=Pages with login required references or sources}}

{{tlrow|request quotation}}

{{tlrow|season needed}}

{{tlrow|self-published inline|category=Accuracy disputes}}

{{tlrow|self-published source|category=Accuracy disputes}}

{{tlrow|specify|category=Articles needing more detailed references

}

{{tlrow|synthesis inline}}

{{tlrow|third-party inline}}

{{tlrow|unreliable medical source}}

{{tlrow|unreliable source?}}

{{tlrow|update after|2000|01|01}}

{{tlrow|user-generated inline|category=Accuracy disputes}}

{{tlrow|user-generated source|category=Accuracy disputes}}

{{tlrow|vague|optional message}}

{{tlrow|verify quote}}

{{tlrow|verify source}}

{{tlrow|volume needed}}

{{tlrow|when}}

{{tlrow|where}}

{{tlrow|which}}

{{tlrow|who}}

{{tlrow|whose quote}}

{{tlrow|why}}

{{tlrow|year missing}} Use when the year of publication of a source is needed

{{tlrow|year needed}} Use when the date of an event is needed

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=Links for search=

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!width=100%|Text that will be shown (and usage notes)

{{tlrow|find sources|example}}

valign="top" | {{tl|search}}
{{lts/|search}}
{{search}}

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