Template:Primary sources/doc

• This template will categorize tagged articles into Category:Articles lacking reliable references.
• This template is a self-reference, and thus is not appropriate for Wikipedia:Subst.
• There is currently no consensus on where on the article to place templates such as this.

Usage

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The first permits the user to specify whether the entire article or a specific section inappropriately relies solely on primary sources. For instance, if the entire article needs third-party sources, a user would enter {{primarysources|article}}; but should the user wish to be more specific on which section of the article needs third-party sources, then the user could enter {{primarysources|section called "Childhood"}}. Leaving the parameter undefined is acceptable, as it will print out the default text "article or section".

The second field is a date parameter, entered as "date=month year". Adding this new (as of November 2006) parameter sorts the article into subcategories of Category:Articles lacking reliable references and out of the parent category, allowing the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first. If the date parameter is omitted, a bot will add it later.

Note that order does not matter with respect to the above optional parameters. Both {{primarysources|section|date=September 2024}} and {{primarysources|date=September 2024|section}} will produce the same result.

Redirects

1. {{Reliablesources}}
2. {{PrimarySources}}
3. {{Reliable sources}}
4. {{Primary sources}}
5. {{Primary Sources}}
6. {{Primary}}

See also

• Primary source templates
  • {{Primary source claim}} — inline with text, to make a specific claim based on a primary source
  • {{Bible-Primary}} — message box, like {{primary sources}}, but for the Bible in particular
• {{Unreliable sources}} — Dependence on unreliable sources
• {{One source}} — Dependence on a single source
• {{Unreferenced}} — No sources at all
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles