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To use this template, add this code to an article’s talk page: | To use this template, add this code to an article’s talk page: | ||
| − | <code>{<nowiki />{ | + | <code>{<nowiki />{Citation by contributor|<var>username</var>|<var>citation</var>|declared=<var>yes or no</var>}<nowiki />}</code> |
Where <var>username</var> is the person's Wikipedia username, and <var>citation</var> is the full citation or a completed citation template. | Where <var>username</var> is the person's Wikipedia username, and <var>citation</var> is the full citation or a completed citation template. | ||
Revision as of 04:31, 19 December 2011
| 40px | This is a documentation subpage for Template:Citation by contributor. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
Usage
This message should be placed only on article talk pages.
To use this template, add this code to an article’s talk page:
{{Citation by contributor|username|citation|declared=yes or no}}
Where username is the person's Wikipedia username, and citation is the full citation or a completed citation template.
- Example
{{Citation by contributor|Example|
{{cite news| ...}}|declared=yes}}
This produces:
| 40px | This article references a source that one of the article's contributors wrote or published. Citing oneself is allowed on Wikipedia, but may represent a conflict of interest. Contributors should be careful not to place undue weight on their own work, and are discouraged from excessive self-citation. Guidelines relevant to this situation include Wikipedia:Conflict of interest, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view and WP:SELFPUBLISHED.
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See also
- {{Connected contributor}}
- {{Connected contributor multi}}
- {{Maintained}}
- {{COI}}