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Place this template at the top of the article or section tagged.

The simplest way to add this template to an article is to copy and paste ((Cite check section|date=April 2024)) at the top of the article.

This template will categorise tagged articles into Category:All articles lacking reliable references and either Category:Articles lacking reliable references or a monthly category like Category:Articles lacking reliable references from April 2024, if a date is supplied.

This template is a self-reference.
Please do not subst: this template.

Usage[edit]

This template alerts readers that citations in article's section may be inappropriate or misinterpreted. Examples include quotations taken out of context and false assertions about a source's facts or conclusions, or false page numbers included.

When using this template the text should have:

Citations in footnote, Harvard referencing, or some other standard format.
Multiple citations (or one key citation) that an editor tried to verify and found that the article passage misstated or misconstrued the original source's content.

Please try to improve the article or make a good faith attempt to verify the citations in question before adding this template, and discuss the matter on the talk page. If only one citation is problematic, or there is a desire to tag particular citations, consider using ((Verify source)) or ((Failed verification)) instead.

Articles that merely lack references or have POV problems should be flagged with some other template.

Additional options[edit]

To specify the month and year of adding the template, use |date=month year. Adding this sorts the article into subcategories of Category:Articles lacking sources, allowing the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first. If the date parameter is omitted, a bot will add it later.
To specify a talk page section, use |talk=talk page section, e.g. ((Cite check|article|talk=Some section on talk page)).
To specify a reason, use |reason=reason, e.g. ((Cite check|article|reason=some reason.)).

TemplateData[edit]

Use this cleanup template to indicate that a section of an article possibly contains inappropriate or misinterpreted citations that do not verify the text.

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 automatically. Example January 2013 Auto value `((subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME)) ((subst:CURRENTYEAR))`	Line	suggested
Talk page section	`talk`	Section name on the talk page for further discussion	Line	optional
Reason	`reason`	The reason why the section contains inappropriate or misinterpreted citations	String	optional

See also[edit]

((Verify source)) in-line version
Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles
Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup

v t e Citation and verifiability article maintenance templates
Sourcing	((Circular)) ((Dubious)) ((Excessive citations)) ((Further reading cleanup)) ((More citations needed)) ((More citations needed section)) ((More footnotes needed)) ((No footnotes)) ((No significant coverage)) ((One source)) ((One source section)) ((Only primary sources)) ((NRIS only)) ((Primary sources)) ((Primary sources section)) ((Religious text primary)) ((Self-published)) ((Self-reference cleanup)) ((Self-sourcing examples)) ((Refexample section)) ((Sources exist)) ((Text-source)) ((Third-party)) ((Unreferenced)) ((Unreferenced section)) ((Unreferenced category)) ((Unreliable sources)) ((Unreliable sources section)) ((User-generated))
BLP-specific	((BLP unreferenced)) ((BLP unreferenced section)) ((BLP primary sources)) ((BLP self-published)) ((BLP sources)) ((BLP sources section)) ((BLP IMDb-only refimprove)) ((BLP IMDb refimprove)) ((BLP no footnotes)) ((BLP more footnotes needed)) ((BLP one source))
Topic specific	((Localist)) ((Media IMDb refimprove)) ((More medical citations needed)) ((More science citations needed)) ((Neologism)) ((Science review)) ((Unreferenced law)) ((Unreferenced-law section)) ((Unreferenced medical section))
Dispute-related	((Cite check)) ((Cite check section)) ((Content)) ((Disputed)) ((Dispute about)) ((Disputed section)) ((Disputed chem)) ((Disputed list)) ((Disputed map)) ((Expert needed)) ((Hoax)) ((Original research)) ((Original research section)) ((Speculation)) ((Speculation section)) ((Synthesis)) ((Verifiability)) ((Verify sources))
Citation improvements	((Citation style)) ((Citations broken)) ((Cleanup bare URLs)) ((Format footnotes)) ((Full citations needed)) ((Ibid)) ((Page numbers improve)) ((Page numbers needed)) ((Shallow references))
General advice	Citing sources Reliable sources Maintenance template removal Citation needed Find sources Combining sources Referencing styles

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Cite check section/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.