Template:Self-published inline/doc

Usage

This is an inline template used to flag facts in an article as being cited to self-published sources and thus potentially unreliable, per WP:Verifiability#Self-published sources (WP:Identifying reliable sources#Self-published sources and WP:Neutral point of view are also relevant, but the link to goes to that section at the Verifiability policy).

This template will categorize tagged articles into Category:Accuracy disputes.

To flag citations themselves as being to such questionable sources, use Template:Self-published source, inside of <ref>...</ref>. For whole sections or articles, use Template:Self-published.

This template takes a compulsory parameter (which if not set by the editor will be set by a bot):

• |date=date—in the format "Month Year" or "YYYY-MM-DD" etc.

If there is concrete proof that the source is self-published, you can use a parameter to remove the "?" from the template's output:

• |certain=yes or |certain=y

See also

• {{Self-published source}} – a similar inline template for flagging the citation itself as being to a self-published source (use inside <ref>)
• {{User-generated inline}} – a similar inline template for flagging facts in the article as being reliant on a user-generated source or sources (use outside <ref>)
• {{User-generated source}} – a similar inline template for flagging the citation itself as being to a user-generated source (use outside <ref>)
• {{Self-published}} – an article- or section-level banner
• {{Primary source inline}} – a similar inline template for flagging inappropriate use of a primary source
• {{Primary sources}} – an article- or section-level banner
• {{Third-party}} or {{third-party-inline}}, when an independent or third-party source is needed
• {{Tertiary}} – a similar inline template for flagging sources that are tertiary and do not sufficiently or at all cite their own sources (usually used inside <ref>)
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles