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imported>Treetear
m (tweak text on reason popup/mouse-over tooltip; it is technically displayed in the article but only when hovering with mouse)
imported>Dan Harkless
(==Redirects== and ==See also== were previously incorrectly nested under ==Template data==. 'talkpage' was not documented in the latter, potentially confusing people into thinking a different page's talk section can be specified in the talk= parameter. Light copyediting.)
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or to a discussion elsewhere with
 
or to a discussion elsewhere with
  
:<code>|talkpage={{var|Talk:Pagename}}</code>
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:<code>|talkpage={{var|Talk:Page name}}</code>
  
 
or
 
or
  
:<code>|talkpage={{var|Talk:Pagename}}#{{var|Section title}}</code>
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:<code>|talkpage={{var|Talk:Page name}}#{{var|Section title}}</code>
  
 
Add a {{em|brief}} note on the nature of the verification failure with
 
Add a {{em|brief}} note on the nature of the verification failure with
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<templatedata>
 
<templatedata>
 
{
 
{
     "description": "The template will categorize articles into '[[Category:All articles with failed verification]]'",
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     "description": "The template will categorize articles into '[[Category:All articles with failed verification]].'",
 
     "params": {
 
     "params": {
 
         "date": {
 
         "date": {
 
             "label": "Month and year",
 
             "label": "Month and year",
             "description": "Provides the month and year; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'",
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             "description": "Provides the month and year (e.g. 'January 2013', but not 'jan13').",
 
             "type": "string",
 
             "type": "string",
 
             "autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}",
 
             "autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}",
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         },
 
         },
 
       "talk": {
 
       "talk": {
             "label": "Talk page section",
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             "label": "Current page's relevant talk section",
             "description": "The section title of the current page's talk page or a link to another article's talk page (ex. Talk:Another#Article)",
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             "description": "Title of the appropriate section of the current page's talk page, for further discussion of the verification failure (e.g. 'Section title').",
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            "type": "string"
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      },
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      "talkpage": {
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            "label": "Another page's relevant talk section",
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            "description": "Title of the appropriate section of another page's talk page, for further discussion of the verification failure (e.g. 'Talk:Page name#Section title').",
 
             "type": "string"
 
             "type": "string"
 
       },
 
       },
 
       "reason": {
 
       "reason": {
 
             "label": "Reason",
 
             "label": "Reason",
               "description": "A brief note; displayed as a mouse-over tooltip; may be of use to later editors",
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               "description": "A brief note, displayed as a mouse-over tooltip.  May be of use to later editors.",
 
               "type": "string"
 
               "type": "string"
 
         }
 
         }
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</templatedata>
 
</templatedata>
  
===Redirects===
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==Redirects==
 
#{{Tl|Badref}}
 
#{{Tl|Badref}}
 
#{{Tl|Failed ref}}
 
#{{Tl|Failed ref}}
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#{{Tl|Verification-failed}}
 
#{{Tl|Verification-failed}}
  
===See also===
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==See also==
 
*{{tlx|Failed verification}} (inline citation) use when an inline citation to a source is given, the sources has been checked and the source does not support what is contained in the article.
 
*{{tlx|Failed verification}} (inline citation) use when an inline citation to a source is given, the sources has been checked and the source does not support what is contained in the article.
 
*{{tlx|Text-source inline}} (inline citation) use when multiple inline citations to a source are given, but not all of them support the same information
 
*{{tlx|Text-source inline}} (inline citation) use when multiple inline citations to a source are given, but not all of them support the same information

Revision as of 05:44, 5 March 2019

The {{Failed verification}} tag will categorise tagged articles into Category:All articles with failed verification. This template is a self-reference and thus is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.

When to use

Use this tag only if:

  1. an inline citation to a source is given,
  2. you have checked the source,
  3. the source does not support what is contained in the article, and
  4. despite the source not supporting the article, the source still contains useful information on the topic.

For example, if the article says that 26% of statistics are made up, and the source says that statistics are made up without giving a percentage, then that information has failed verification. If you are unable to fix the error, then you should tag the information as not matching the named source. If the discrepancy between the source and the article isn't obvious, then please explain the situation in detail on the talk page.

If the source given is an unreachable website, keep the source and mark it with {{Dead link}} instead. See Wikipedia:Link rot and WP:DEADREF for more information.

If no source is given, and you believe that an inline citation is necessary for that information, then use {{Citation needed}}.

If the source has absolutely no relevance to any part of the article, delete the reference and replace with {{Citation needed}}.

How to use

Placement

The template should be placed outside the reference (<ref> ... </ref>), within the article's text:

... 26% of statistics are made up.<ref>some alleged source for this</ref>{{Failed verification|date=January 2026}} Next sentence in the article.

Common form (with current date)

{{Failed verification|date=January 2026}}

Link to the section title on the current page's talk page with

|talk=Section title

or to a discussion elsewhere with

|talkpage=Talk:Page name

or

|talkpage=Talk:Page name#Section title

Add a brief note on the nature of the verification failure with

|reason=A sentence here.

This is displayed as a mouse-over tooltip, and may be of use to later editors trying to resolved verification issue with the article. It must not contain any markup, like italics, links, etc., and any use of the double-quote character (") must be escaped, e.g. as &quot; – otherwise the tooltip will break. This is a limitation of HTML, not of the template.

Template data

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

TemplateData for Failed verification

The template will categorize articles into '[[Category:All articles with failed verification]].'

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Month and yeardate

Provides the month and year (e.g. 'January 2013', but not 'jan13').

Auto value
{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}
Stringsuggested
Current page's relevant talk sectiontalk

Title of the appropriate section of the current page's talk page, for further discussion of the verification failure (e.g. 'Section title').

Stringoptional
Another page's relevant talk sectiontalkpage

Title of the appropriate section of another page's talk page, for further discussion of the verification failure (e.g. 'Talk:Page name#Section title').

Stringoptional
Reasonreason

A brief note, displayed as a mouse-over tooltip. May be of use to later editors.

Stringoptional

Redirects

  1. {{Badref}}
  2. {{Failed ref}}
  3. {{Failed reference}}
  4. {{Failedverification}}
  5. {{Fails verification}}
  6. {{FV}}
  7. {{Fv}}
  8. {{Nicg}}
  9. {{Not in citation}}
  10. {{Not in citation given}}
  11. {{Not in ref}}
  12. {{Not in reference}}
  13. {{Not in source}}
  14. {{Not in source given}}
  15. {{Not specifically in source}}
  16. {{Notincitation}}
  17. {{Notincitationgiven}}
  18. {{Notinref}}
  19. {{Notinsource}}
  20. {{Notinsourcegiven}}
  21. {{Verification failed}}
  22. {{Verification-failed}}

See also