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Some of this article's listed sources may not be reliable. Please help this article by looking for better, more reliable sources. Unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted. (December 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
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Contents

  • 1 Usage
  • 2 Redirects
  • 3 TemplateData
  • 4 See also

Usage

Add {{Unreliable sources|date=December 2025}} to the top of the article, below any hatnotes.

Consider tagging any specific statements with potentially unreliable sources with {{Verify credibility|date=December 2025}} before tagging the whole article with this template.

Redirects

The following templates redirect here:

  • {{unrel}}
  • {{Unreliable}}
  • {{Badsources}}
  • {{Reliable sources}}
  • {{Reliable-sources}}
  • {{Reliablesources}}
  • {{Unreliablesources}}

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. Click here to see a monthly parameter usage report for this template based on this TemplateData.

TemplateData for Unreliable sources

Use this template to indicate that some of an article's listed sources may not be reliable.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Month and yeardate

The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically.

Example
January 2013
Auto value
{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}
Linesuggested
Some or all?some

Enter "n", "no", "false", "off" or "0" to change "Some" to "Some or all".

Example
n
Auto value
n
Lineoptional
Affected area1

Text to replace the word "article", usually "section"

Example
section
Auto value
section
Lineoptional
Includes IMDb?imdb

Adds the text "It includes attribution to IMDb, which may not be a reliable source for information."

Example
y
Auto value
y
Lineoptional
Make template smallsmall

Enter "left" here to make the template box small and aligned to the left.

Example
left
Auto value
left
Lineoptional

See also

  • {{Unreliable source inline}} (redirects to {{Unreliable source?}})
  • {{Better source}}
  • {{No reliable sources}}
  • Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
  • Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles
  • v
  • t
  • e
Citation and verifiability article maintenance templates
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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