Template:Self-published inline/doc

Usage


This is an inline template used to flag statements with self-published sources such as a personal web page or a self-published book, which, due to the lack of oversight on such works, are therefore potentially unreliable.

When the template is added to a line of text in an article, the resulting clean-up tag links to the relevant policy page and section: Wikipedia:Verifiability § Self-published sources. (While Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources § Self-published sources and WP:Neutral point of view are also relevant, the template does not create a link to them.)

This template categorizes its tagged articles into the maintenance category, Category:All articles with self-published sources, which is hidden in mainspace articles by a default setting in the user preferences. A logged-in user may view this and all other hidden categories by checking Show hidden categories on the Appearance tab of Preferences.

Note: Use this template the  markup.

To flag an individual citation itself as being to such a questionable source, use Template:Self-published source, of . For whole sections or articles, use Template:Self-published.

This template takes a compulsory parameter (which a bot will set if the editor doesn't):
 * date—in the format "Month Year"

If there is no doubt at all that the source is self-published, you can use a parameter to remove the "?" from the template's output:
 * yes or y

TemplateData
{	"description": "Used when a statement is sourced but it is questionable whether the source used is reliable for supporting the statement.", "params": { "certain": { "aliases": [ "sure", "failed" ],			"label": "Certain?", "description": "If set to \"y\" or \"yes\" will remove the question mark from the template's output to denote a degree of certainty that the source is self-published", "type": "boolean", "default": "no", "example": "yes" },		"date": { "label": "Month and year", "description": "Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'", "type": "string", "autovalue": " ", "suggested": true }	} }

Redirects

 * Any hyphenation will work: