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Usage
[edit]Add {{Unreliable sources|date=November 2024}} to the top of the article, below any hatnotes.
Consider tagging any specific statements with potentially unreliable sources with {{Verify credibility|date=November 2024}} before tagging the whole article with this template.
Parameters
[edit]- Date (required)
|date=(current month and year, as in November 2024)- Some
|some=yesis the default and begins the template with "Some of this article's listed sources..."|some=nobegins the template with "Some or all of this article's listed sources..."- Unnamed
|1=sectionchanges "article" to "section" in the text.- Imdb
|imdb=yesadds the text "It includes attribution to IMDb, which may not be a reliable source for information."- Small
|small=leftmakes the template box small and aligned to the left.
Redirects
[edit]The following templates redirect here:
- {{unrel}}
- {{Unreliable}}
- {{Badsources}}
- {{Reliable sources}}
- {{Reliable-sources}}
- {{Reliablesources}}
- {{Unreliablesources}}
TemplateData
[edit]TemplateData for Unreliable sources
Use this template to indicate that some of an article's listed sources may not be reliable.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month and year | date | The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically.
| Line | suggested |
| Some or all? | some | Enter "n", "no", "false", "off" or "0" to change "Some" to "Some or all".
| Line | optional |
| Affected area | 1 | Text to replace the word "article", usually "section"
| Line | optional |
| Includes IMDb? | imdb | Adds the text "It includes attribution to IMDb, which may not be a reliable source for information."
| Line | optional |
| Make template small | small | Enter "left" here to make the template box small and aligned to the left.
| Line | optional |
See also
[edit]- {{Unreliable source inline}} (redirects to {{Unreliable source?}})
- {{Better source needed}}
- {{No reliable sources}}
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles