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This template indicates that the article, itself a part of Wikipedia, cites sources that take information from Wikipedia. Presumably this would be placed at the top of an article.

Usage[edit]

This template also includes support for using the |date= parameter. Adding this parameter sorts the article into subcategories of Category:Articles lacking reliable references and out of the parent category, allowing the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first. A bot will add this parameter if it is omitted. Be careful not to abbreviate the date, because then it will automatically add a redlinked category instead of the correct category. The simplest way to use this parameter manually is ((Circular|((subst:DATE)))) but it can be done more explicitly as ((Circular|date=January 2024)) (both result in the same output). Do not use ((Circular|date=((subst:DATE)))) as ((DATE)) includes the leading date=.

Listed below are four examples of usage:

((Circular))

((Circular|date=January 2024))

((Circular|section))

((Circular|section|((subst:DATE))|talk=y))

See also[edit]

((Circular reference)) (inline version)
((Backwards copy))
((Better source needed))
((Citation needed))
((Circular definition))
Template:Citation needed/doc#Inline templates
Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup/Verifiability and sources

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:Circular/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.