Template:Primary sources/doc

Usage

This template also has several optional fields.

If you pass in an unnamed parameter, it specifies which part of the article inappropriately relies solely on primary sources. By default, it reports the entire article as using primary sources. To be more specific on which section of the article needs secondary sourcing, add the following to the top of the relevant section:

{{Primary sources|section|date=April 2024}}

Specifying the |date= parameter (month year) sorts the article into subcategories of Category:Articles lacking reliable references and out of the parent category. This in turn allows the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first.

Other notes

• This template will categorise tagged articles into Category:Articles lacking reliable references.
• This template is a self-reference, and shouldn't be substituted.

Related pages

• {{Primary source-inline}} — inline with text, to object to the inappropriate use of a primary source (regardless of whether the primary source is independent of the subject)
• {{Third-party sources}} — To request independent sources (regardless of whether they are primary or secondary sources)
• {{Unreliable sources}} — Dependence on unreliable sources
• {{One source}} — Dependence on a single source
• {{Unreferenced}} — No sources at all