Template:Self-published inline
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Usage
{{Self-published inline|date=June 2026}}
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 Preferences → Appearance → Advanced options → 
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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=yesor|certain=y
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.
| 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
| Boolean | optional |
| Month and year | date | Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'
| String | suggested |
Redirects
- Any hyphenation will work:
{{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
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