Template:Cite check
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Purpose
This template alerts readers that citations in an article or section may be inappropriate or misinterpreted. Examples include quotations taken out of context and false assertions about a source's facts or conclusions. Please try to improve the article or make a good faith attempt to verify the citations in question before adding this template, and discuss the matter on the talk page. If only one citation is problematic, or there is a desire to tag particular citations, consider using {{Verify source}} instead. Articles that merely lack references or have POV problems should be flagged with some other template.
Usage
When using this template, the text should have either Inline citations, and Multiple citations (or one key citation) that an editor tried to verify and found that the article passage misstated or misconstrued the original source's content.
Place this template at the top of the article or section tagged.
The simplest way to add this template to an article is to copy and paste {{Cite check}} at the top of the article.
Additional options
This template has four optional fields.
- The first field is a date parameter, entered as
|date=month year. - The second permits the user to specify the affected area. For instance, if the entire article needs to be cited, a user would enter
{{cite check|article}}; but should the user wish to be more specific on which section of the article needs to be cited, then the user could enter{{cite check|section called "Childhood"}}. Leaving the parameter undefined is acceptable, as it will print out the default text "article or section".
- Note that order does not matter with respect to the above optional parameters. Both
{{Cite check|section}}} and{{cite check|section}}will produce the same result.
- Note that order does not matter with respect to the above optional parameters. Both
- To specify a talk page section, use
|talk=talk page section, e.g.{{Cite check|article|talk=Some section on talk page}}. - To specify a reason, use
|reason=reason, e.g.{{Cite check|article|reason=some reason.}}.
Tracking
This template will categorise tagged articles into Category:Articles lacking reliable references.
TemplateData
Use this cleanup template to indicate that an article possibly contains inappropriate or misinterpreted citations that do not verify the text.
| 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 |
| Talk page section | talk | Section name on the talk page for further discussion | Line | optional |
| Reason | reason | The reason why the article contains inappropriate or misinterpreted citations | String | optional |
| Affected area | 1 | Text to replace the word "article", usually "section". This is a legacy feature that has been replaced by the separate {{Cite check section}} template.
| Line | deprecated |