Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup/Verifiability and sources
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Message boxes[edit]
- 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.
Overarching copyright issues[edit]
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | ||
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| {{copypaste}} category |
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Combined message boxes[edit]
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) — multiple issues (top of article) | ||||||||||
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| {{multiple issues}}
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| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) — multiple issues (section) | ||||||||
| {{multiple issues|section=yes}}
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Expert needed[edit]
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | ||
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| {{expert needed}} category |
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Individual message boxes: Biographies of living persons[edit]
Individual message boxes: Issues with citations and sources[edit]
| Tag | 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) | |||
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| {{cite check}} category |
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| {{excessive citations}} category |
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| {{media IMDb refimprove}} category |
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| {{medical citations needed}} |
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| {{more citations needed}} category |
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| {{one source}} category |
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| {{original research}} category |
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| {{primary sources}} category |
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| {{refexample}} category |
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| {{refimprove science}} category |
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| {{refimprove section}} category |
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| {{religious text primary}} category |
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| {{self-published}} category |
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| {{speculation}} category |
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| {{third-party}} category |
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| {{unreferenced}} category |
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| {{unreferenced section}} category |
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| {{unreliable sources}} category |
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| {{user-generated}} category |
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Individual message boxes: Issues with style or format[edit]
| Tag | 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) | ||
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| {{citation style}} category |
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| {{citations broken}} category |
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| {{cleanup bare URLs}} category |
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| {{ref expand}} category |
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| {{duplicated citations}} category |
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| {{format footnotes}} category |
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| {{ibid}} category |
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| {{more footnotes}} category |
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| {{no footnotes}} category |
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| {{page numbers improve}} category |
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| {{page numbers needed}} category |
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Tags inline with article text[edit]
| Tag | Background info from Wikipedia namespace |
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| {{according to whom}} |
[according to whom?] |
| {{additional citation needed}} |
[additional citation(s) needed] |
| {{attribution needed}} |
[attribution needed] |
| {{better source}} |
[better source needed] |
| {{better source example}} |
[better source needed] Links to self-sourcing examples |
| {{by whom}} |
[by whom?] |
| {{chronology citation needed}} |
[chronology citation needed] |
| {{citation needed}} |
[citation needed] |
| {{citation needed lead}} |
[not verified in body] |
| {{citation needed span}} |
The sun is hot.[citation needed] |
| {{circular reference}} |
[circular reference] When the sources copy Wikipedia material directly |
| {{circular reporting}} |
[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 |
| {{clarify}} |
[clarification needed] |
| {{copyvio link}} |
[infringing link?] |
| {{dead link}} |
[dead link] |
| {{disambiguation needed}} |
[disambiguation needed] |
| {{Disputed inline}} |
[disputed ] |
| {{dubious}} |
[dubious ] |
| {{episode needed}} |
[episode needed] |
| {{example needed}} |
[example needed] |
| {{explain}} |
[further explanation needed] |
| {{failed verification}} |
[not in citation given] |
| {{full citation needed}} |
[full citation needed] |
| {{how}} |
[how?] |
| {{medical citation needed}} |
[medical citation needed] |
| {{nonspecific}} |
[not specific enough to verify] |
| {{original research inline}} |
[original research?] |
| {{page needed}} |
[page needed] |
| {{primary source inline}} |
[non-primary source needed] |
| {{quantify}} |
[quantify] |
| {{quote without source}} |
[This quote needs a citation] |
| {{registration required}} |
(registration required) |
| {{request quotation}} |
[need quotation to verify] |
| {{season needed}} |
[season & episode needed] |
| {{self-published inline}} category |
[self-published source?] |
| {{self-published source}} category |
[self-published source] |
| {{specify}} category |
[specify] |
| {{synthesis inline}} |
[improper synthesis?] |
| {{third-party inline}} |
[third-party source needed] |
| {{unreliable medical source}} |
[unreliable medical source?] |
| {{unreliable source?}} |
[unreliable source?] |
| {{update after}} |
[needs update] |
| {{user-generated inline}} category |
[user-generated source?] |
| {{user-generated source}} category |
[user-generated source] |
| {{vague}} |
[vague] |
| {{verify quote}} |
[verify] |
| {{verify source}} |
[verification needed] |
| {{volume needed}} |
[volume & issue needed] |
| {{when}} |
[when?] |
| {{where}} |
[where?] |
| {{which}} |
[which?] |
| {{who}} |
[who?] |
| {{whose quote}} |
[who said this?] |
| {{why}} |
[why?] |
| {{year missing}} |
[year missing] Use when the year of publication of a source is needed |
| {{year needed}} |
[year needed] Use when the date of an event is needed |
Links for search[edit]
| Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) | ||
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| {{find sources}} |
Find sources: Google (books · news · newspapers · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · HighBeam · JSTOR · NYT · TWL | ||
| {{friendly search suggestions}} |
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| {{search}} |