Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup/Verifiability and sources

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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

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{{copypaste}}
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Combined message boxes

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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

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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 unreferenced}}
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{{BLP unreferenced section}}
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Individual message boxes: Issues with citations and sources

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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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{{Self-sourcing examples}}
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{{religious text primary}}
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{{self-published}}
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{{speculation}}
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{{tertiary sources}}
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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

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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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Tags inline with article text

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

Links for search

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{{find sources}} links talk edit	Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
{{search}} links talk edit	( wp g b )