Template:Verify source/doc

Not to be confused with Template:Verify sources.

"Template:Check" redirects here. For check (tick) mark, see Template:Tick.

The {{verify source}} template will automatically place tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia articles needing factual verification.

Usage

{{Verify source|date=September 2024}}

Request that someone verify that the cited source supports the material in the passage. Add the {{Verify source}} template only after you have made a good faith attempt to verify the information (so making the template unnecessary—see also {{Failed verification}} ).

This template is for cases where for example it is thought that the citation may only cover some of the facts in the preceding sentences in the Wikipedia article, but not all of them; or that given page number in the citation does not seem to contain the information that supports the preceding sentences in the article.

If the information in the preceding sentences appears to be verifiable, but lacks proper citations, then use {{Citation needed}} (or {{Cite quote}}, for quotations) instead. If the article has broader sourcing problems, a banner template like {{Refimprove}} may be more appropriate.

To find all the articles that use this template, visit What links here. For articles which lack sources, please visit Category:Articles lacking sources.

This template is a self-reference, as it is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content and it should not be substituted.

Parameters

• |date= You may append a date to the template in the following format:

{{Verify source|date=September 2024}}

• |type= You may add a type, such as "reprint" or "archive" in the following format:

{{Verify source|type=reprint}} becomes ^{[reprint verification needed]}.

Related redirects

(These all redirect to Template:Verify source)

1. {{Check}}
2. {{Verification needed}}
3. {{Verify-inline}}
4. {{Verifysource}}
5. {{Vn}}
6. {{VN}}
7. {{Vs}}

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Verify source in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Verify source

Use this inline cleanup template to request that someone verify that the cited source supports the associated material.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Typ	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. Example January 2013 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Line	suggested
Pre-text	type	Text to go before "verification needed" Example reprint, archive	Line	optional

See also

• {{Verify quote}}
• {{Failed verification}}
• Wikipedia:Citing sources, especially Unsourced material
• Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup/Verifiability and sources
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles
• Wikipedia:Verifiability