Template:Find sources notice

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Usage

Template:Find sources notice incorporates the styling of the talk page message box meta-template {{Tmbox}} and the coding of the template {{Find sources}} to provide an easy way to tag an article talk page namespace with Google links to potential material for the article. Per Wikipedia:EL#Links normally to be avoided, this template should not be used in article namespace.

Parameters

The template employs seven parameters as described below. Five are unnamed parameter, optional data field parameters. The sixth and seventh is a named parameter.

{{Find sources notice
|1=
|2=
|3=
|4=
|5=
|free=
|small=
}}

Parameters legend

Each of the five unnamed parameters may be referenced implicitly or explicitly. For example, |3= typically will be referenced implicitly by putting the value (such as |pqr ) in the third position among the unnamed parameter definitions. Alternatively, |3= may referenced explicitly, such as with |3=pqr .

• If no parameter value is specified, the Wikipedia name of the article is passed as the search string.
• 1=: this optional parameter operates as the main search term and will be treated as a literal string if multi-part. For example, Albert Einstein will be searched as the single string "Albert Einstein" not as "Albert" and "Einstein".
• 2= to 5=: These may be used to add additional search terms to the search string. Then can be enclosed in double quotation marks, preceded by an unspaced - (hyphen) to exclude them from the search results, or both (e.g. -"Marilyn Monroe" to exclude matches containing the phrase "Marilyn Monroe", but not either name by itself, from the search results). You do not need to add -wikipedia, as the template automatically does this for you. Also, there is no need to add words in plural form unless irregular, as Google will match (for example) billiards as well given a search term of billiard. More details on using these parameters as part of an advaced search string may be found at Google's Advanced Search Made Easy
• free=: If |free=yes is added, Google News will only return free as in beer search results; please note that this can exclude many valuable sources simply because they have a small (or sometimes not so small) price tag. |free= is best used when linking to source material in discussions, rather than when using the template near the top of an article's talk page as a source-finding resource.
• small=: toggles the message box from standard size to small small if |small=yes.

Examples

Type this	What it produces, or searches for	To get this
{{Find sources notice}}	Searches the exact article name. A return of no search hits may be because the article is not using the most easily recognized name and/or the topic may have notability issues
{{Find sources notice|Albert Einstein High}}	Uses the first unnamed parameter to search for "Albert Einstein High" as in Albert Einstein High School, which may be different from the article named Albert Einstein and Albert Einstein High School
{{Find sources notice|Albert Einstein|physics|-"Marilyn Monroe"|relativity|science|free=yes}}	Details on this advanced search string may be found at Google's Advanced Search Made Easy

See also

• {{Find sources}}, a Google search string that is usable on pages other than article talk pages
• {{Search}}
• Wikipedia:Find
• Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Search links