Template:Unreliable sources/doc

Usage

Add {{Unreliable sources|date=April 2024}} to the top of the article, below any hatnotes.

Consider tagging any specific statements with potentially unreliable sources with {{Verify credibility|date=April 2024}} before tagging the whole article with this template.

Parameters

Date (required‍)

|date=(current month and year, as in April 2024)

Some

|some=yes is the default and begins the template with "Some of this article's listed sources..."

|some=no begins the template with "Some or all of this article's listed sources..."

Unnamed

|1=section changes "article" to "section" in the text.

Imdb

|imdb=yes adds the text "It includes attribution to IMDb, which may not be a reliable source for information."

Small

|small=left makes 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

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

TemplateData for Unreliable sources

Use this template to indicate that some of an article's listed sources may not be reliable.

Template parameters

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 automatically. Example January 2013 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Line	suggested
Some or all?	some	Enter "n", "no", "false", "off" or "0" to change "Some" to "Some or all". Example n Auto value n	Line	optional
Affected area	1	Text to replace the word "article", usually "section" Example section Auto value section	Line	optional
Includes IMDb?	imdb	Adds the text "It includes attribution to IMDb, which may not be a reliable source for information." Example y Auto value y	Line	optional
Make template small	small	Enter "left" here to make the template box small and aligned to the left. Example left Auto value 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