Wikipedia:Template index/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]
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{{copypaste}}
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Combined message boxes[edit]
Tag Text that will be shown (and usage notes) — multiple issues (top of article)
{{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]
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{{expert needed}}
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  • 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 |talk= parameter. {{Expert needed talk}} may be used on the talk page for this purpose.
Individual message boxes: Biographies of living persons[edit]
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{{BLP IMDb refimprove}}
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{{BLP primary sources}}
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{{BLP self-published}}
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{{BLP sources}}
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{{BLP sources section}}
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{{BLP unsourced}}
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{{BLP unsourced section}}
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Individual message boxes: Issues with citations and sources[edit]
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{{cite check}}
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{{cite check section}}
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{{excessive citations}}
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{{media IMDb refimprove}}
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{{more citations needed}}
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{{more citations needed section}}
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{{More medical citations needed}}
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{{more science citations needed}}
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{{old news}}
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{{one source}}
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{{original research}}
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{{primary sources}}
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{{refexample}}
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{{religious text primary}}
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{{self-published}}
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{{speculation}}
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{{third-party}}
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{{unreferenced category}}
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{{unreferenced}}
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{{unreferenced section}}
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{{unreliable sources}}
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{{user-generated}}
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Individual message boxes: Issues with style or format[edit]
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{{Citation style}}
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{{Citations broken}}
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{{Citations broken from PEIS limit}}
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{{Cleanup bare URLs}}
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{{Duplicated citations}}
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{{Format footnotes}}
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{{Full citations needed}}
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{{Ibid}}
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{{More footnotes needed}}
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{{No footnotes}}
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{{Page numbers improve}}
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{{Page numbers needed}}
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Note list


Tags inline with article text[edit]

Tag Background info from Wikipedia namespace
{{according to whom}}
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[according to whom?]
{{additional citation needed}}
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[additional citation(s) needed]
{{attribution needed}}
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[attribution needed]
{{better source needed}}
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[better source needed]
{{better source needed example}}
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[better source needed] Links to self-sourcing examples
{{by whom}}
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[by whom?]
{{chronology citation needed}}
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[chronology citation needed]
{{circular reference}}
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[circular reference] When the sources copy Wikipedia material directly
{{circular reporting}}
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[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
{{citation needed}}
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[citation needed]
{{citation needed span}}
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The sun is hot.[citation needed]
{{clarify}}
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[clarification needed]
{{copyvio link}}
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[infringing link?]
{{dead link}}
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[dead link]
{{disambiguation needed}}
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[disambiguation needed]
{{disputed inline}}
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[disputed ]
{{dubious}}
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[dubious ]
{{episode needed}}
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[episode needed]
{{example needed}}
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[example needed]
{{example needed span}}
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This is a claim that needs one or more examples.[example needed]
{{excessive citations inline}}
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For abuse of citations, per Wikipedia:Citation overkill.
[excessive citations]
{{explain}}
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[further explanation needed]
{{failed verification}}
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[failed verification]
{{full citation needed}}
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[full citation needed]
{{how}}
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[how?]
{{medical citation needed}}
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[medical citation needed]
{{medical citation needed span}}
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This is an uncited biomedical claim.[medical citation needed]
{{nonspecific}}
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[not specific enough to verify]
{{not verified in body}}
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[not verified in body]
{{original research inline}}
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[original research?]
{{page needed}}
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[page needed]
{{primary source inline}}
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[non-primary source needed]
{{quantify}}
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[quantify]
{{quote without source}}
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[This quote needs a citation]
{{registration required}}
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(registration required)
{{request quotation}}
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[need quotation to verify]
{{season needed}}
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[season and episode needed]
{{self-published inline}}
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[self-published source?]
{{self-published source}}
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[self-published source]
{{specify}}
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[specify]
{{synthesis inline}}
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[improper synthesis?]
{{third-party inline}}
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[third-party source needed]
{{unreliable medical source}}
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[unreliable medical source?]
{{unreliable source?}}
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[unreliable source?]
{{update after}}
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[needs update]
{{user-generated inline}}
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[user-generated source?]
{{user-generated source}}
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[user-generated source]
{{vague}}
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[vague]
{{verify quote}}
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[verify]
{{verify source}}
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[verification needed]
{{volume needed}}
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[volume & issue needed]
{{when}}
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[when?]
{{where}}
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[where?]
{{which}}
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[which?]
{{who}}
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[who?]
{{whose quote}}
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[who said this?]
{{why}}
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[why?]
{{year missing}}
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[year missing] Use when the year of publication of a source is needed
{{year needed}}
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[year needed] Use when the date of an event is needed

Links for search[edit]

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{{find sources}}
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Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs· FENS · JSTOR · TWL
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