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For quotations used out of context, references to unrelated material, and other misuse of citations.
Message boxes may be used at the top of an article, or in a specific section of an article.
Individual message boxes may be combined.

Overarching copyright issues

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Combined message boxes

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((multiple issues\|section=yes)) links talk edit	This section has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This section's factual accuracy is disputed. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help to ensure that disputed statements are reliably sourced. (June 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This section needs expansion with: examples and additional citation. You can help by adding to it. (June 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Expert needed

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Individual message boxes: Biographies of living persons

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((BLP sources)) category links talk edit	This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous.Find sources: "Verifiability and sources" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (Learn how and when to remove this message)
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Individual message boxes: Issues with citations and sources

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((more citations needed)) category links talk edit	This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this article. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "Verifiability and sources" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (Learn how and when to remove this message)
((more citations needed section)) category links talk edit	This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (Learn how and when to remove this message)
((More medical citations needed)) category links talk edit	This article needs more reliable medical references for verification or relies too heavily on primary sources. Please review the contents of the article and add the appropriate references if you can. Unsourced or poorly sourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Verifiability and sources" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR
((more science citations needed)) category links talk edit	This scientific article needs additional citations to secondary or tertiary sources. Help add sources such as review articles, monographs, or textbooks. Please also establish the relevance for any primary research articles cited. Unsourced or poorly sourced material may be challenged and removed. (Learn how and when to remove this message)
((old news)) category links talk edit	This article may be excessively based on contemporary reporting. Please use newer secondary sources; articles on events that lack lasting impact may be merged, redirected, or deleted. (Learn how and when to remove this message)
((one source)) category links talk edit	This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources.Find sources: "Verifiability and sources" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR
((original research)) category links talk edit	This article possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. (Learn how and when to remove this message)
((primary sources)) category links talk edit	This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Find sources: "Verifiability and sources" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (Learn how and when to remove this message)
((Self-sourcing examples)) category links talk edit	This article gives self-sourcing popular culture examples. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources and remove less pertinent examples. Unsourced or poorly sourced material may be challenged or removed. (Learn how and when to remove this message)
((religious text primary)) category links talk edit	This article uses texts from within a religion or faith system without referring to secondary sources that critically analyze them. Please help improve this article. (Learn how and when to remove this message)
((self-published)) category links talk edit	This article may contain excessive or inappropriate references to self-published sources. Please help improve it by removing references to unreliable sources where they are used inappropriately. (Learn how and when to remove this message)
((speculation)) category links talk edit	This article possibly contains unsourced predictions, speculative material, or accounts of events that might not occur. Information must be verifiable and based on reliable published sources. Please help improve it by removing unsourced speculative content. (Learn how and when to remove this message)
((third-party)) category links talk edit	This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral. Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable, independent, third-party sources. (Learn how and when to remove this message)
((unreferenced category)) category links talk edit	This article contains unreferenced categories. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced categories may be challenged and removed. (Learn how and when to remove this message)
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Individual message boxes: Issues with style or format

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((Citation style)) category links talk edit	This article has an unclear citation style. The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation and footnoting. (Learn how and when to remove this message)
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((Duplicated citations)) category links talk edit	This article lists the same citations more than once. Please consider using named references to identify unique citations. (Learn how and when to remove this message)
((Format footnotes)) category links talk edit	This article includes inline citations, but they are not properly formatted. Please improve this article by correcting them. (Learn how and when to remove this message)
((Full citations needed)) category links talk edit	This article needs more complete citations for verification. Please help add missing citation information so that sources are clearly identifiable. (Learn how and when to remove this message)
((Ibid)) category links talk edit	Constructs such as ibid., loc. cit. and idem are discouraged by Wikipedia's style guide for footnotes, as they are easily broken. Please improve this article by replacing them with named references (quick guide), or an abbreviated title. (Learn how and when to remove this message)
((More footnotes needed)) category links talk edit	This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (Learn how and when to remove this message)
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((according to whom)) links talk edit	^{[according to whom?]}
((additional citation needed)) links talk edit	^{[additional citation(s) needed]}
((attribution needed)) links talk edit	^{[attribution needed]}
((better source needed)) links talk edit	^{[better source needed]}
((better source needed example)) links talk edit	^{[better source needed]} Links to self-sourcing examples
((by whom)) links talk edit	^{[by whom?]}
((chronology citation needed)) links talk edit	^{[chronology citation needed]}
((circular reference)) links talk edit	^{[circular reference]} When the sources copy Wikipedia material directly
((circular reporting)) links talk edit	^{[circular reporting?]} For the subtler case when you suspect the sources are based on facts first published at Wikipedia, but they didn't copy it directly
((citation needed)) links talk edit	^{[citation needed]}
((citation needed span)) links talk edit	The sun is hot.^{[citation needed]}
((clarify)) links talk edit	^{[clarification needed]}
((copyvio link)) links talk edit	^{[infringing link?]}
((dead link)) links talk edit	^{[dead link]}
((disambiguation needed)) links talk edit	^{[disambiguation needed]}
((disputed inline)) links talk edit	^{[disputed – discuss]}
((dubious)) links talk edit	^{[dubious – discuss]}
((episode needed)) links talk edit	^{[episode needed]}
((example needed)) links talk edit	^{[example needed]}
((example needed span)) links talk edit	This is a claim that needs one or more examples.^{[example needed]}
((excessive citations inline)) category links talk edit	For abuse of citations, per Wikipedia:Citation overkill. ^{[excessive citations]}
((explain)) links talk edit	^{[further explanation needed]}
((failed verification)) links talk edit	^{[failed verification]}
((full citation needed)) links talk edit	^{[full citation needed]}
((how)) links talk edit	^[how?]
((medical citation needed)) links talk edit	^{[medical citation needed]}
((medical citation needed span)) links talk edit	This is an uncited biomedical claim.^{[medical citation needed]}
((nonspecific)) links talk edit	^{[not specific enough to verify]}
((not verified in body)) links talk edit	^{[not verified in body]}
((original research inline)) links talk edit	^{[original research?]}
((page needed)) links talk edit	^{[page needed]}
((primary source inline)) links talk edit	^{[non-primary source needed]}
((quantify)) links talk edit	^[quantify]
((quote without source)) links talk edit	^{[This quote needs a citation]}
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((season needed)) links talk edit	^{[season and episode needed]}
((self-published inline)) category links talk edit	^{[self-published source?]}
((self-published source)) category links talk edit	^{[self-published source]}
((specify)) category links talk edit	^[specify]
((synthesis inline)) links talk edit	^{[improper synthesis?]}
((third-party inline)) links talk edit	^{[third-party source needed]}
((unreliable medical source)) links talk edit	^{[unreliable medical source?]}
((unreliable source?)) links talk edit	^{[unreliable source?]}
((update after)) links talk edit	^{[needs update]}
((user-generated inline)) category links talk edit	^{[user-generated source?]}
((user-generated source)) category links talk edit	^{[user-generated source]}
((vague)) links talk edit	^[vague]
((verify quote)) links talk edit	^[verify]
((verify source)) links talk edit	^{[verification needed]}
((volume needed)) links talk edit	^{[volume & issue needed]}
((when)) links talk edit	^[when?]
((where)) links talk edit	^[where?]
((which)) links talk edit	^[which?]
((who)) links talk edit	^[who?]
((whose quote)) links talk edit	^{[who said this?]}
((why)) links talk edit	^[why?]
((year missing)) links talk edit	^{[year missing]} Use when the year of publication of a source is needed
((year needed)) links talk edit	^{[year needed]} Use when the date of an event is needed

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((find sources)) links talk edit	Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
((search)) links talk edit	( wp g b )