Template:Unreliable sources
Usage
Add {Unreliable sources|date=January 2025} to the top of the article, below any hatnotes.
Consider tagging any specific statements with potentially unreliable sources with {Verify credibility|date=January 2025} before tagging the whole article with this template.
Parameters
- Date (required)
|date=(current month and year, as in January 2025)- Some
|some=yesis the default and begins the template with "Some of this article's listed sources..."|some=nobegins the template with "Some or all of this article's listed sources..."- Unnamed
|1=sectionchanges "article" to "section" in the text.- Imdb
|imdb=yesadds the text "It includes attribution to IMDb, which may not be a reliable source for information."- Small
|small=leftmakes the template box small and aligned to the left.
Redirects
The following templates redirect here:
- {unrel}
- {Unreliable}
- {Badsources}
- {Reliable sources}
- {Reliable-sources}
- {Reliablesources}
- {Unreliablesources}
TemplateData
TemplateData for Unreliable sources
Use this template to indicate that some of an article's listed sources may not be reliable.
| 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 |
| Some or all? | some | Enter "n", "no", "false", "off" or "0" to change "Some" to "Some or all".
| Line | optional |
| Affected area | 1 | Text to replace the word "article", usually "section"
| Line | optional |
| Includes IMDb? | imdb | Adds the text "It includes attribution to IMDb, which may not be a reliable source for information."
| Line | optional |
| Make template small | small | Enter "left" here to make the template box small and aligned to the left.
| Line | optional |
See also
- {Unreliable source inline} (redirects to {Unreliable source?})
- {Better source needed}
- {No reliable sources}
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles