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|date=December 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 December 2024, if a date is supplied.
This template alerts readers that citations in an article or section may be inappropriate or misinterpreted. Examples include quotations taken out of context and false assertions about a source's facts or conclusions.
When using this template the text should have:
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.
This template has four optional fields.
|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.{{cite check|article}}
; but should the user wish to be more specific on which section of the article needs to be cited, then the user could enter {{cite check|section called "Childhood"}}
. Leaving the parameter undefined is acceptable, as it will print out the default text "article or section".{{Cite check|section|date=December 2024}}
and {{cite check|date=December 2024|section}}
will produce the same result.|talk=talk page section
, e.g. {{Cite check|article|talk=Some section on talk page}}
.|reason=reason
, e.g. {{Cite check|article|reason=some reason.}}
.Use this cleanup template to indicate that an article possibly contains inappropriate or misinterpreted citations that do not verify the text.
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.
| Line | suggested |
Talk page section | talk | Section name on the talk page for further discussion | Line | optional |
Reason | reason | The reason why the article contains inappropriate or misinterpreted citations | String | optional |
Affected area | 1 | Text to replace the word "article", usually "section". This is a legacy feature that has been replaced by the separate {{Cite check section}} template.
| Line | deprecated |