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A self-published source can be independent, authoritative, high-quality, accurate, fact-checked, and expert-approved. Self-published sources can be reliable, and they can be used (but not for third-party claims about living people). Sometimes, a self-published source is even the best possible source or among the best sources. For example:
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A template for citing content posted on Instagram Template parameters [Edit template data] This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status Post ID postid Alpha-numeric ID of the post Example CHDzGgCs568 Line required Username user Instagram account name, without the @ Example instagram Line required Post title Partial or entire content of the post, optionally including ...
A secondary source is significantly separated from these primary sources. A reporter's notebook is an (unpublished) primary source, and the news story published by the reporter based on those notes is also a primary source. This is because the sole purpose of the notes in the notebook is to produce the news report.
{{Self-published source|date=December 2024}} This is an inline citation annotation template used inside <ref>...</ref> to flag a source as self-published and thus potentially unreliable, per WP:Verifiability#Self-published sources (WP:Identifying reliable sources#Self-published sources and WP:Neutral point of view are also relevant, but the link produced by the template goes to that section at ...
A template for citing tweets posted on Twitter. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status Tweet number number Numerical ID of the tweet Number required User handle user Twitter account name, without the @ String required Tweet contents title Partial or entire content of the tweet, optionally including hashtags (#), at signs ...
This template generates a tag to indicate that the article needs additional inline citations that do not fall under "self-sourcing examples". Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers block formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Type (typically section) 1 Something to replace "article" in the template, typically "section" String optional Date date The ...
If the source given is self-published, use {{self-published inline}}. This template also has special features for: Citing self-published material by recognized experts, which is sometimes permissible for limited purposes. Citing biography subjects' non-controversial statements about themselves, which can also be appropriate within certain limits.