Template:Verify credibility/doc

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Overview Directory

This template will categorize tagged articles into Category:All articles lacking reliable references. Add this template only after a good faith attempt to verify the reliability of the source in question.

This template takes three optional parameters:

• date: which should be set to the month and year when the article was tagged. Use: {{Verify credibility|date=April 2025}}
• certain: which if set to "y" or "yes" will remove the question mark from the template's output, noting a degree of certainty that the source is unreliable; please use this with the reason parameter (below): {{Verify credibility|certain=y|reason=your WP:RS-based reason here.}}
• reason: A note explaining why you think the source is unreliable. It is not displayed in the article, only in the source code. Keep it short (one sentence); longer material belongs on the talk page. It is good to reiterate the reason in your edit summary.

For whole sections or articles, use {{refimprove}}.

For sources which have failed verification (at least as to the material being cited), use {{failed verification}}.

Usage guidelines

This tag is intended to be used when a statement is sourced, but it is questionable whether the source used is reliable for supporting the statement.

This tag should not be used on contentious statements about living persons; if the source is not credible and reliable, the statement should be removed immediately.

The template should be placed outside the reference (<ref> ... </ref>), within the article's text:

Potentially controversial statement.<ref>some alleged source for this</ref>{{Verify credibility|date=April 2025}} Next sentence.

Shortcuts and aliases

1. {{rs}}
2. {{rs?}}
3. {{vc}}
4. {{unreliable source}}
5. {{unreliable source?}}
6. {{verify credibility?}}
7. {{reliable source}}

See also

• 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
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check