Template:Cite check section
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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 section|date=June 2026}} at the top of the article.
This template will categorise tagged articles into Category:Articles lacking reliable references
Usage
This template alerts readers that citations in article's section may be inappropriate or misinterpreted. Examples include quotations taken out of context and false assertions about a source's facts or conclusions, or false page numbers included.
When using this template the text should have:
- Citations in footnote, Harvard referencing, or some other standard format.
- 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.
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.
Additional options
- 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.}}.
TemplateData
Use this cleanup template to indicate that a section of 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 section contains inappropriate or misinterpreted citations | String | optional |