Template:Only primary sources

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This template should be used on pages on which their ONLY references are primary sources. Pages using this template will be added to Category:Articles lacking reliable references, organized by date.

Parameters

Date

The date parameter is used to specify the date when the template was added to the article. See the following example:

{{Only primary sources|date=March 2026}}

If the date parameter is not specified, a bot will automatically add it shortly after the template was put into the article.

{{{1}}}

The first parameter can be used to make the template apply to a specific section.

{{Only primary sources|section}}

Produces:

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This section only references primary sources. Please help improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources.
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If the template is used on an article in the main namespace, the word "page" will be replaced with "article."

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Sourcing	{{Circular}} {{Excessive citations}} {{Further reading cleanup}} {{More citations needed}} {{More citations needed section}} {{More footnotes needed}} {{No footnotes}} {{One source}} {{One source section}} {{Only primary sources}} {{NRIS-only}} {{Partisan sources}} {{Primary sources}} {{Primary sources section}} {{Refexample}} {{Refexample section}} {{Religious text primary}} {{Self-published}} {{Self reference cleanup}} {{Sources exist}} {{Text-source}} {{Third-party}} {{Unreferenced}} {{Unreferenced section}} {{Unreliable sources}} {{Unreliable sources section}} {{Uncited category}} {{User-generated}}
BLP-specific	{{BLP unsourced}} {{BLP unsourced section}} {{BLP primary sources}} {{BLP self-published}} {{BLP sources}} {{BLP sources section}} {{BLP IMDb-only refimprove}} {{BLP IMDb refimprove}} {{BLP no footnotes}} {{BLP more footnotes needed}} {{BLP one source}}
Topic specific	{{Localist}} {{Media IMDb refimprove}} {{More medical citations needed}} {{More science citations needed}} {{Neologism}} {{Science review}} {{Unreferenced-law}} {{Unreferenced-law section}} {{Unreferenced-medical section}}
Dispute-related	{{Cite check}} {{Cite check section}} {{Content}} {{Disputed}} {{Dispute about}} {{Disputed section}} {{Expert needed}} {{Hoax}} {{Original research}} {{Original research section}} {{Speculation}} {{Speculation section}} {{Synthesis}} {{Verifiability}} {{Verify sources}}
Citation improvements	{{Bad linked references}} {{Citation style}} {{Citations broken}} {{Cleanup bare URLs}} {{Format footnotes}} {{Full citations needed}} {{Ibid}} {{Page numbers improve}} {{Page numbers needed}}
General advice	Citing sources Reliable sources Maintenance template removal Citation needed Find sources Combining sources Referencing styles

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