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This maintenance template should be placed at the top of any article which includes one or more sources, but where all of these sources are what Wikipedia considers to be patently unreliable (e.g., Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, IMDb, Twitter, etc.). The person placing the tag does not need to have conducted a search to establish whether or not ...
Used when a statement is sourced but it is questionable whether the source used is reliable for supporting the statement. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Reason reason Note explaining why you think the source is unreliable as per WP:RS. Displays as a tool tip String optional Certain? certain sure ...
Here's a checklist to help organize your evaluation of a source. Remember, this checklist is useful to identify whether a source is likely to be appropriate for general use in an average article. No source is always unreliable for every statement, and no source is always reliable for any statement.
Use this template to indicate that some of an article's listed sources may not be reliable. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. 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 ...
Reliable. The Stanford Daily is the student newspaper of Stanford University. Reputable student media outlets like The Daily are considered generally reliable sources for news on their school and local community. They can sometimes be considered reliable on other topics, although professional sources are typically preferred when available.
For instance, otherwise unreliable self-published sources are usually acceptable to support uncontroversial information about the source's author. You should always try to use the best possible source, particularly when writing about living people. These are general guidelines, but the topic of reliable sources is a complicated one, and is ...
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This template is intended to be used when a statement about medicine or health (including veterinary, psychiatric, etc.) is sourced but it is questionable whether the source used is medically reliable for supporting the statement. It produces a superscripted notation like the following: