Wikipedia:Template index/Sources of articles

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This page contains the following:

Issues with sources: this is for tagging issues with sources; they are either inline tags, or message boxes for sections or entire pages. You could also leave a note on the talk page asking for a source, or move the material to the talk page and ask for a source there. There are also some templates for search links to find sources. Transcluded from Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup/Verifiability and sources.
Including third-party content: these are templates for referencing content for some specific sources: United States government, public domain and wikis.
Citations of specific sources: inline citation templates for a few specific sources.
Citations of generic sources: general inline citation templates transcluded from Wikipedia:Citation templates

Issues with sources

=Is the article worth it?=

Before placing templates on a page it is worthwhile to consider whether it should in fact be included in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. Some articles can be tagged for speedy deletion or marked as an article for deletion.

=Dates=

It is useful to add the date of the request (or sometimes, a bot will assist by doing it automatically) by appending |date=month year to the template code, like this: {{Unreferenced|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}} to produce this: {{Unreferenced|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}

Overarching copyright issues

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{{tlrow\|copypaste\|article\|category=Copied and pasted articles and sections}}
{{tlrow\|unattributed translation\|article\|category=Wikipedia articles with possible unattributed translations}}

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

{{tlrow|copypaste|article|category=Copied and pasted articles and sections}}

{{tlrow|unattributed translation|article|category=Wikipedia articles with possible unattributed translations}}

Combined message boxes

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{{tlp\|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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|align="center" style="background:#F2F2F2;"|Tag

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

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

|{{multiple issues|section=yes|

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

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Verifiability and sources

{{hatnote|Transcluded from Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup/Verifiability and sources}}

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Including third-party content

= United States federal government attribution templates =

These templates can be added to articles (close to the end of the article, in the References or External links section, for example). Before adding the template to an article, check the details of the usage—some templates require parameters such as a URL. Most of these templates add the articles to the category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from public domain works of the United States Government.

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{{tl\|US Air Force}} Talk	{{US Air Force}}
{{tl\|AFHRA}} Talk	{{AFHRA}}
{{tl\|Bioguide}} Talk	{{Bioguide}}
{{tl\|CDC}} Talk	{{CDC}}
{{tl\|CIA World Factbook}} Talk	{{CIA World Factbook}}
{{tl\|USCG}} Talk	{{USCG}}
{{tl\|Country study}} Talk	{{Country study}}
{{tl\|DADS}} Talk	{{DADS}}
{{tl\|DANFS}} Talk	{{DANFS}}
{{tl\|DHS}} Talk	{{DHS}}
{{tl\|DoE}} Talk	{{DoE}}
{{tl\|FJC Bio}} Talk	{{FJC Bio\|nid=1381166\|name=John Joseph Gibbons}}
{{tl\|FS1037C}} Talk	{{FS1037C}}
{{tl\|FS1037C MS188}} Talk	{{FS1037C MS188}}
{{tl\|GHR}} Talk	{{GHR}}
{{tl\|Marine Corps}} Talk	{{Marine Corps}}
{{tl\|NARA}} Talk	{{NARA}}
{{tl\|NASA}} Talk	{{Include-NASA}}
{{tl\|NCBI-handbook}} Talk	{{NCBI-handbook}}
{{tl\|NCBI-scienceprimer}} Talk	{{NCBI-scienceprimer}}
{{tl\|NCI-cancer-dict}} Talk	{{NCI-cancer-dict}}
{{tl\|NHC}} Talk	{{NHC}}
{{tl\|NIMH}} Talk	{{NIMH}}
{{tl\|NIOSH}} Talk	{{NIOSH}}
{{tl\|NIST-PD}} Talk	{{NIST-PD}}
{{tl\|NLM content}} Talk	{{NLM content}}
{{tl\|NPS}} Talk	{{NPS}}
{{tl\|NTSB}} Talk	{{NTSB}}
{{tl\|NVR}} Talk	{{NVR}}
{{tl\|OSGguide}} Talk	{{OSGguide}}
{{tl\|Recreation.Gov}} Talk	{{Recreation.Gov}}
{{tl\|US DOS}} Talk	{{US DOS}}
{{tl\|US DOS Background Notes}} Talk	{{US DOS Background Notes}}
{{tl\|US Army}} Talk	{{US Army}}
{{tl\|USACE.Army.Mil}} Talk	{{USACE.Army.Mil}}
{{tl\|USDA}} Talk	{{USDA}}
{{tl\|HHS content}} Talk	{{HHS content}}
{{tl\|USGS}} Talk	{{USGS}}
{{tl\|USGovernment}} Talk	{{USGovernment}}
{{tl\|USGovernment-Navy}} Talk	{{USGovernment-Navy}}
{{tl\|USGovernment-courts}} Talk	{{USGovernment-courts}}
{{tl\|Usgs-gazetteer}} Talk	{{Usgs-gazetteer\|name= }}

=United States state government attribution templates=

From :Category:United States State government attribution templates:

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{{tl\|CAGovernment}}	\|{{CAGovernment}}
{{tl\|California tourist guide}}	{{California tourist guide}}
{{tl\|FLGovernment}}	{{FLGovernment}}
{{tl\|Geological Survey of California}}	{{Geological Survey of California}}
{{tl\|Include-ILCS}}	{{Include-ILCS}}
{{tl\|Natural Wealth of California}}	{{Natural Wealth of California}}
{{tl\|NHStateBuilders}}	{{NHStateBuilders}}

Other

Some of the reference types below use named fields (such as Title=Electric Power Monthly). In these references, you must use the exact field name (capitalization matters). Fields are separated with pipe (|) characters. The order of the fields does not matter.

=Public domain=

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What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{tl\|1728}} Talk \| {{1728}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|1771 Britannica}} Talk \| {{1771 Britannica}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|1911}} Talk \| {{1911}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|Sect1911}} Talk \| {{Sect1911}} \| Articles at the end of a section
{{tl\|WD1913}} Talk \| {{WD1913}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature}} Talk \| {{A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|Catholic}} Talk \| {{Catholic}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|DCBL}} Talk \| {{DCBL}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|DNB}} Talk \| {{DNB}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|Eastons}} Talk \| {{Eastons}} \| Articles at top
{{tl\|Etude}} Talk \| {{Etude}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|Gray's}} Talk \| {{Gray's}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|Grocers}} Talk \| {{Grocers}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|GSE}} Talk \| {{GSE}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|JargonFile}} Talk \| {{JargonFile}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|JewishEncyclopedia}} Talk \| {{JewishEncyclopedia}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|KeyTarot}} Talk \| {{KeyTarot}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|NHC}} Talk \| {{NHC}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|Owl}} Talk \| {{Owl}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|RBD}} Talk \| {{RBD}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|Schaff-Herzog}} Talk \| {{Schaff-Herzog}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|SeyffertDCA}} Talk \| {{SeyffertDCA}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|SmithDGRA}} Talk \| {{SmithDGRA}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|DGRBM}} Talk \| {{DGRBM}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|DGRG}} Talk \| {{DGRG}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|Vectorsite}} Talk \| {{Vectorsite}} \| Articles Reference

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What it makes

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{{tl|1728}}
Talk

| {{1728}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|1771 Britannica}}
Talk

| {{1771 Britannica}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|1911}}
Talk

| {{1911}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|Sect1911}}
Talk

| {{Sect1911}}

| Articles
at the end of a section

{{tl|WD1913}}
Talk

| {{WD1913}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature}}
Talk

| {{A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|Catholic}}
Talk

| {{Catholic}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|DCBL}}
Talk

| {{DCBL}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|DNB}}
Talk

| {{DNB}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|Eastons}}
Talk

| {{Eastons}}

| Articles
at top

{{tl|Etude}}
Talk

| {{Etude}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|Gray's}}
Talk

| {{Gray's}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|Grocers}}
Talk

| {{Grocers}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|GSE}}
Talk

| {{GSE}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|JargonFile}}
Talk

| {{JargonFile}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|JewishEncyclopedia}}
Talk

| {{JewishEncyclopedia}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|KeyTarot}}
Talk

| {{KeyTarot}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|NHC}}
Talk

| {{NHC}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|Owl}}
Talk

| {{Owl}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|RBD}}
Talk

| {{RBD}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|Schaff-Herzog}}
Talk

| {{Schaff-Herzog}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|SeyffertDCA}}
Talk

| {{SeyffertDCA}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|SmithDGRA}}
Talk

| {{SmithDGRA}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|DGRBM}}
Talk

| {{DGRBM}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|DGRG}}
Talk

| {{DGRG}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|Vectorsite}}
Talk

| {{Vectorsite}}

| Articles
Reference

=Wikis=

For interwiki translation and other copying, see Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

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What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{tl\|Citizendium}} Talk \| {{Citizendium}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|from Camerapedia}} Talk \| {{from Camerapedia}} \| Articles bottom
{{tl\|FOLDOC}} Talk \| {{FOLDOC}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|OpenHistory}} Talk \| {{OpenHistory}} \| Articles near bottom
{{tl\|wookieepedia content}} Talk \| {{wookieepedia content}} \| Talk pages

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{{tl|Citizendium}}
Talk

| {{Citizendium}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|from Camerapedia}}
Talk

| {{from Camerapedia}}

| Articles
bottom

{{tl|FOLDOC}}
Talk

| {{FOLDOC}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|OpenHistory}}
Talk

| {{OpenHistory}}

| Articles
near bottom

{{tl|wookieepedia content}}
Talk

| {{wookieepedia content}}

| Talk pages

Citations of specific sources

Notes:

See also Wikipedia:Template messages/Links#External links for components of online citations such as DOIs.
ISBNs are autolinked by the Wikipedia software, though this feature is deprecated; see Wikipedia:ISBN.
RFC references such as "RFC 2821" are also autolinked, though this feature is deprecated.
PMIDs are also autolinked, though this feature is deprecated; see Wikipedia:PMID.

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\| {{ITIS\|ID=\|taxon=\|accessdate=}} Talk \| {{ITIS\|ID=123456\|taxon=Genus species\|accessdate=1 January 2004}}
\| {{FishBase species\|genus=\|species=\|year=\|month=}} Talk \| {{FishBase species\|genus=Genus\|species=species\|year=2004\|month=January}}
\| {{FishBase species alt\|ID=\|taxon=\|year=\|month=}} Talk \| {{FishBase species alt\|ID=1234\|taxon=Genus species\|year=2004\|month=January}}
\| {{FishBase_genus\|genus=\|year=\|month=}} Talk \| {{FishBase genus\|genus=Genus\|year=Year\|month=Month}}
\| {{FishBase family\|family=\|year=\|month=}} Talk \| {{FishBase family\|family=Family\|year=Year\|month=Month}}
\| {{Cite iucn\|author=\|title=\|year=\|ID=}} Talk \| {{Cite iucn\|author=Lastname, Firstname Initial\|title=Title\|year=2022\|ID=1234}}
{{Gutenberg \| no=6656 \| name=The Kiltartan Poetry Book}} Talk \| {{Gutenberg\| no=6656 \| name=The Kiltartan Poetry Book}}
{{MathWorld \| urlname=PetersenGraph \| title=Petersen Graph}} Talk \| {{MathWorld \| urlname=PetersenGraph \| title=Petersen Graph}}
{{ScienceWorld \| urlname=biography/Einstein.html \| title=Albert Einstein}} Talk \| {{ScienceWorld \| urlname=biography/Einstein.html \| title=Albert Einstein}}
The Encyclopedia of World History at Bartleby.com {{worldhistory\|section=\|quote=}} \| section – the portion between http://www.bartleby.com/67/ and .html in the URL of the page you wish to cite. For example, if I wished to cite [http://www.bartleby.com/67/716.html http://www.bartleby.com/67/716.html], the section is 716. quote – What do you want the first part of the included text to read. The default is Citation. Example: {{worldhistory\|section=716\|quote=Diderot's encyclopedia banned in 1751}} Creates: {{worldhistory\|section=716\|quote=Diderot's encyclopedia banned in 1751}}
USGS Geographic Names Information System {{Cite gnis\|id\|name\|type=}} \| Example: {{Cite gnis\|2410240\|Cotati}} Creates: {{Cite gnis\|2410240\|Cotati}}
USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature {{Gpn\|id\|name}} \| Example: {{Gpn\|65876\|Stickney}} Creates: {{Gpn\|65876\|Stickney}}
UDOT Traffic Statistics {{UDOT AADT\|year=}} \| Example: {{UDOT AADT\|year=2023}} Creates: {{UDOT AADT\|year=2023}}

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| {{ITIS|ID=|taxon=|accessdate=}}
Talk

| {{FishBase species|genus=|species=|year=|month=}}
Talk

{{FishBase species|genus=Genus|species=species|year=2004|month=January}}

| {{FishBase species alt|ID=|taxon=|year=|month=}}
Talk

{{FishBase species alt|ID=1234|taxon=Genus species|year=2004|month=January}}

| {{FishBase_genus|genus=|year=|month=}}
Talk

| {{FishBase family|family=|year=|month=}}
Talk

| {{Cite iucn|author=|title=|year=|ID=}}
Talk

{{Cite iucn|author=Lastname, Firstname Initial|title=Title|year=2022|ID=1234}}

{{Gutenberg | no=6656 | name=The Kiltartan Poetry Book}}
Talk

| {{Gutenberg| no=6656 | name=The Kiltartan Poetry Book}}

{{MathWorld | urlname=PetersenGraph | title=Petersen Graph}}
Talk

| {{MathWorld | urlname=PetersenGraph | title=Petersen Graph}}

{{ScienceWorld | urlname=biography/Einstein.html | title=Albert Einstein}}
Talk

| {{ScienceWorld | urlname=biography/Einstein.html | title=Albert Einstein}}

The Encyclopedia of World History at Bartleby.com

section – the portion between http://www.bartleby.com/67/ and .html in the URL of the page you wish to cite. For example, if I wished to cite [http://www.bartleby.com/67/716.html http://www.bartleby.com/67/716.html], the section is 716.
quote – What do you want the first part of the included text to read. The default is Citation.

Example: {{worldhistory|section=716|quote=Diderot's encyclopedia banned in 1751}}

Creates: {{worldhistory|section=716|quote=Diderot's encyclopedia banned in 1751}}

USGS Geographic Names Information System

Example: {{Cite gnis|2410240|Cotati}}

Creates: {{Cite gnis|2410240|Cotati}}

USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Example: {{Gpn|65876|Stickney}}

Creates: {{Gpn|65876|Stickney}}

UDOT Traffic Statistics

Example: {{UDOT AADT|year=2023}}

Creates: {{UDOT AADT|year=2023}}

Citations of generic sources

Category:Wikipedia template administration

ja:Wikipedia:Template メッセージ/検証可能性

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{{tl\|US Air Force}} Talk	{{US Air Force}}
{{tl\|AFHRA}} Talk	{{AFHRA}}
{{tl\|Bioguide}} Talk	{{Bioguide}}
{{tl\|CDC}} Talk	{{CDC}}
{{tl\|CIA World Factbook}} Talk	{{CIA World Factbook}}
{{tl\|USCG}} Talk	{{USCG}}
{{tl\|Country study}} Talk	{{Country study}}
{{tl\|DADS}} Talk	{{DADS}}
{{tl\|DANFS}} Talk	{{DANFS}}
{{tl\|DHS}} Talk	{{DHS}}
{{tl\|DoE}} Talk	{{DoE}}
{{tl\|FJC Bio}} Talk	{{FJC Bio\|nid=1381166\|name=John Joseph Gibbons}}
{{tl\|FS1037C}} Talk	{{FS1037C}}
{{tl\|FS1037C MS188}} Talk	{{FS1037C MS188}}
{{tl\|GHR}} Talk	{{GHR}}
{{tl\|Marine Corps}} Talk	{{Marine Corps}}
{{tl\|NARA}} Talk	{{NARA}}
{{tl\|NASA}} Talk	{{Include-NASA}}
{{tl\|NCBI-handbook}} Talk	{{NCBI-handbook}}
{{tl\|NCBI-scienceprimer}} Talk	{{NCBI-scienceprimer}}
{{tl\|NCI-cancer-dict}} Talk	{{NCI-cancer-dict}}
{{tl\|NHC}} Talk	{{NHC}}
{{tl\|NIMH}} Talk	{{NIMH}}
{{tl\|NIOSH}} Talk	{{NIOSH}}
{{tl\|NIST-PD}} Talk	{{NIST-PD}}
{{tl\|NLM content}} Talk	{{NLM content}}
{{tl\|NPS}} Talk	{{NPS}}
{{tl\|NTSB}} Talk	{{NTSB}}
{{tl\|NVR}} Talk	{{NVR}}
{{tl\|OSGguide}} Talk	{{OSGguide}}
{{tl\|Recreation.Gov}} Talk	{{Recreation.Gov}}
{{tl\|US DOS}} Talk	{{US DOS}}
{{tl\|US DOS Background Notes}} Talk	{{US DOS Background Notes}}
{{tl\|US Army}} Talk	{{US Army}}
{{tl\|USACE.Army.Mil}} Talk	{{USACE.Army.Mil}}
{{tl\|USDA}} Talk	{{USDA}}
{{tl\|HHS content}} Talk	{{HHS content}}
{{tl\|USGS}} Talk	{{USGS}}
{{tl\|USGovernment}} Talk	{{USGovernment}}
{{tl\|USGovernment-Navy}} Talk	{{USGovernment-Navy}}
{{tl\|USGovernment-courts}} Talk	{{USGovernment-courts}}
{{tl\|Usgs-gazetteer}} Talk	{{Usgs-gazetteer\|name= }}