Template:Self-published inline/doc

Usage

{{Self-published inline|date=December 2024}}

This is an inline template used to flag statements with self-published sources such as a personal web page or a self-published book, which, due to the lack of oversight on such works, are therefore potentially unreliable.

When the template is added to a line of text in an article, the resulting clean-up tag links to the relevant policy page and section: Wikipedia:Verifiability § Self-published sources. (While Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources § Self-published sources and WP:Neutral point of view are also relevant, the template does not create a link to them.)

This template categorizes its tagged articles into the maintenance category, Category:All articles with self-published sources, which is hidden in mainspace articles by a default setting in the user preferences. A logged-in user may view this and all other hidden categories by checking Show hidden categories on the Appearance tab of Preferences.

Note: Use this template outside the <ref>...</ref> markup.

To flag an individual citation itself as being to such a questionable source, use Template:Self-published source, inside of <ref>...</ref>. For whole sections or articles, use Template:Self-published.

This template takes a compulsory parameter (which a bot will set if the editor doesn't):

• |date=date—in the format "Month Year"

If there is no doubt at all that the source is self-published, you can use a parameter to remove the "?" from the template's output:

• |certain=yes or |certain=y

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Self-published inline

Used when a statement is sourced but it is questionable whether the source used is reliable for supporting the statement.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Certain?	certain sure failed	If set to "y" or "yes" will remove the question mark from the template's output to denote a degree of certainty that the source is self-published Default no Example yes	Boolean	optional
Month and year	date	Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13' Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	String	suggested

Redirects

• Any hyphenation will work:
  • {{Self published inline}}
  • {{Self published-inline}}
  • {{Self-published-inline}}
• {{Sps}}

See also

• {{Self-published source}} – a similar inline template for flagging the citation itself as being to a self-published source (use inside <ref>)
• {{User-generated inline}} – a similar inline template for flagging facts in the article as being reliant on a user-generated source or sources (use outside <ref>)
• {{User-generated source}} – a similar inline template for flagging the citation itself as being to a user-generated source (use inside <ref>)
• {{Self-published}} – an article- or section-level banner for self-published sourcing
• {{User-generated}} – an article- or section-level banner for user-generated sourcing
• {{Deprecated inline}} – a similar inline template for flagging use of a deprecated source
• {{Primary source inline}} – a similar inline template for flagging inappropriate use of a primary source
• {{Primary sources}} – an article- or section-level banner
• {{Third-party}} or {{third-party inline}}, when an independent or third-party source is needed
• {{Tertiary source inline}} – a similar inline template for flagging inappropriate use of a tertiary source
• {{Tertiary}} – for noting a citation to a tertiary source that does not sufficiently or at all cite its own sources (use inside <ref>)
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles