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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Better source.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Contents

1 How to use
2 When to use
3 When not to use this template
4 See also

How to use

This template is used in articles to identify sentences or short passages which have an inline citation but reference insufficient sources. It produces a superscripted notation like the following:

Most people believe in ghosts.^[1]^{[better source needed]}

References

1. Random tabloid

You can also include a |reason= note, which displays as a tooltip upon mouse hover, to leave a better record for future editors. For example, the following usage might be appropriate to the arguable claim that "Most people believe in ghosts...":

{{Better source|reason=citation is the Ghostbusters company website, there must be more objective sources for this|date=December 2024}}

General template for copy-pasting:

{{Better source|reason=|date=December 2024}}

Adding this template to an article places the article into one of a family of categories identifying articles with sourcing issues. To find all such articles, see Category:Wikipedia articles with sourcing issues.

When to use

Use this template to "tag" information or analysis that you believe is insufficiently supported by sources that are lacking in quality, so that other editors can see whether this use is appropriate and/or replace it with references to proper, reliable sources.

When not to use this template

Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced should be removed immediately. Do not tag it: remove it. For more information, see the section on contentious material in the Biography of Living Persons policy.

Material which is doubtful and harmful may be removed immediately, rather than tagged. See Unsourced material.

If no citation is given, use the {{Citation needed}} tag instead. If the source given is self-published, use {{Self-published inline}}. If you think the author has a conflict of interest or is otherwise too close to the subject, use {{Third-party-inline}}.

If you have the time and ability to find a better reference, please do so. Then correct the citation yourself, or correct the article text. After all, the ultimate goal is not to merely identify problems, but to fix them.

See also

{{Cite check}}, article/section may have inappropriate or misinterpreted citations
{{Refimprove}}, article/section has weak or incomplete sources/references/citations
{{Unreferenced}}, article/section has no sources/references/citations given at all
Wikipedia:Citing sources, especially Unsourced material
Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources
Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup#Verifiability and sources
Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles
Wikipedia:Verifiability
Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check

Inline cleanup tags

Attribution

* {{According to whom}}

Clarity

* {{Ambiguous}}

{{Clarify span}}

{{Clarify timeframe}}

{{Context inline}}

{{Expand acronym}}

{{Incomprehensible inline}}

{{Non sequitur}}

{{Which calendar}}

Precision

* {{By how much}} {{Definition}} {{Definition needed}} {{Example needed}} {{Explain}} {{How}} {{How often}} {{Quantify}} {{Specify}} {{Vague}} {{When}} {{Where}} {{Which}} {{Who else}} {{Why}} {{Year needed}}

Excessive	* {{Duplication span}} {{Importance inline}} {{Relevance inline}} {{Undue weight inline}}

Miscellaneous

* {{Chinese script needed inline}}

{{Copyright violation}}

{{Copyvio link}}

{{Disambiguation needed}}

{{Original research inline}}

{{Pronunciation needed}}

{{Synthesis inline}}

{{Synthesis inline span}}

{{Verify spelling}}

{{Whose translation}}

Neutrality

* {{Buzzword inline}}

{{Peacock term}}

{{POV statement}}

{{Weasel inline}}

{{Weasel word some span}}

Time-sensitivity

* {{Anachronism inline}}

{{Clarify timeframe}}

{{Is this date calibrated?}}

{{Update after}}

{{Update inline}}

{{Update inline span}}

Verifiability

Dubious	* {{Contradict-inline}} {{Disputed inline}} {{Dubious}} {{Dubious span}} {{Inconsistent}}

Missing or problematic reference	* {{Additional citation needed}} {{Better source}} {{Better source example}} {{Check quotation}} {{Chronology citation needed}} {{Citation needed}} {{Citation needed lead}} {{Citation needed span}} {{Citation not found}} {{COI source}} {{Excessive citations inline}} {{Failed verification}} {{Failed verification span}} {{Irrelevant citation}} {{Medical citation needed}} {{Medical citation needed span}} {{Nonspecific}} {{Obsolete source}} {{Primary source inline}} {{Promotional source}} {{Quote without source}} {{Request quotation}} {{Retracted}} {{Scientific citation needed}} {{Self-published inline}} {{Tertiary source inline}} {{Third-party inline}} {{Unreliable fringe source}} {{Unreliable medical source}} {{Unreliable source?}} {{Verify quote}} {{Verify source}}

Incomplete or broken citation	* {{Author incomplete}} {{Author missing}} {{Bare URL inline}} {{Date missing}} {{Dead link}} {{Edition needed}} {{Episode needed}} {{Full citation needed}} {{Incomplete short citation}} {{ISBN missing}} {{Page needed}} {{Place missing}} {{Publisher missing}} {{Season needed}} {{Time needed}} {{Title incomplete}} {{Title missing}} {{Volume needed}} {{Year missing}}

Wording

* {{Awkward}}

{{Buzzword inline}}

{{Copy edit inline}}

{{Technical statement}}

General advice

* Citing sources

Reliable sources

Maintenance template removal

Citation needed

Combining sources

Referencing styles

*

Inline cleanup templates

WikiProject Inline Templates

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