వికీపీడియా:Template messages/Sources of articles

See also: WP:Citing sources, WP:Template messages/Cleanup/Verifiability and sources, and WP:Cleanup resources

Is the article worth it?

Before placing templates on a page it is worthwhile to consider whether it should in fact be included in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. Some articles can be tagged for speedy deletion or marked as an article for deletion.

Dates

It is useful to add the date of the request (or sometimes, a bot will assist by doing it automatically) by appending |date=month year to the template code, like this: {{Unreferenced|date=నవంబరు 2024}} to produce this:

Including third-party content

United States government attribution templates

These templates can be added to articles (close to the end of the article, in the References or External links section, for example). Before adding the template to an article, check the details of the usage—some templates require parameters such as a URL. Most of these templates add the articles to the category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from public domain works of the United States Government.

Template	Display
{{US Air Force}} Talk	మూస:US Air Force
{{AFHRA}} Talk	మూస:AFHRA
{{Bioguide}} Talk	మూస:Bioguide
{{CDC}} Talk	మూస:CDC
{{CIA World Factbook}} Talk	మూస:CIA World Factbook
{{USCG}} Talk	మూస:USCG
{{DADS}} Talk	మూస:DADS
{{DANFS}} Talk	మూస:DANFS
{{DHS}} Talk	మూస:DHS
{{DoE}} Talk	మూస:DoE
{{FJC Bio}} Talk	మూస:FJC Bio
{{FS1037C}} Talk	మూస:FS1037C
{{FS1037C MS188}} Talk	మూస:FS1037C MS188
{{GHR}} Talk	మూస:GHR
{{Loc}} Talk	మూస:Loc
{{Marine Corps}} Talk	మూస:Marine Corps
{{NARA}} Talk	మూస:NARA
{{NASA}} Talk	మూస:Include-NASA
{{NCBI-handbook}} Talk	మూస:NCBI-handbook
{{NCBI-scienceprimer}} Talk	మూస:NCBI-scienceprimer
{{NCI-cancer-dict}} Talk	మూస:NCI-cancer-dict
{{NHC}} Talk	మూస:NHC
{{NIMH}} Talk	మూస:NIMH
{{NIST-PD}} Talk	మూస:NIST-PD
{{NLM content}} Talk	మూస:NLM content
{{NPS}} Talk	మూస:NPS
{{NPS.Gov}} Talk	మూస:NPS.Gov
{{NTSB}} Talk	మూస:NTSB
{{NVR}} Talk	మూస:NVR
{{OSGguide}} Talk	మూస:OSGguide
{{Recreation.Gov}} Talk	మూస:Recreation.Gov
{{US DOS}} Talk	మూస:US DOS
{{US DOS Background Notes}} Talk	మూస:US DOS Background Notes
{{US Army}} Talk	మూస:US Army
{{USACE.Army.Mil}} Talk	మూస:USACE.Army.Mil
{{USDA}} Talk	మూస:USDA
{{USDHHS-PD}} Talk	మూస:USDHHS-PD
{{USGS}} Talk	మూస:USGS
{{USGovernment}} Talk	మూస:USGovernment
{{USGovernment-Navy}} Talk	మూస:USGovernment-Navy
{{USGovernment-courts}} Talk	మూస:USGovernment-courts
{{Usgs-gazetteer}} Talk	మూస:Usgs-gazetteer

Other

Some of the reference types below use named fields (such as Title=Electric Power Monthly). In these references, you must use the exact field name (capitalization matters). Fields are separated with pipe (|) characters. The order of the fields does not matter.

Public domain

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{1728}} Talk	మూస:1728	Articles near bottom
{{1771 Britannica}} Talk	మూస:1771 Britannica	Articles near bottom
{{1911}} Talk	This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). ఎన్‌సైక్లోపీడియా బ్రిటానికా (in ఇంగ్లీష్) (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)	Articles near bottom
{{Sect1911}} Talk	మూస:Sect1911	Articles at the end of a section
{{1913}} Talk	మూస:1913	Articles near bottom
{{A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature}} Talk	మూస:A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature	Articles near bottom
{{Catholic}} Talk	మూస:Catholic	Articles near bottom
{{DCBL}} Talk	మూస:DCBL	Articles near bottom
{{DNB}} Talk	మూస:DNB	Articles near bottom
{{Eastons}} Talk	మూస:Eastons	Articles at top
{{Etude}} Talk	మూస:Etude	Articles near bottom
{{Gray's}} Talk	మూస:Gray's	Articles near bottom
{{Grocers}} Talk	మూస:Grocers	Articles near bottom
{{GSE}} Talk	మూస:GSE	Articles near bottom
{{JargonFile}} Talk	మూస:JargonFile	Articles near bottom
{{JewishEncyclopedia}} Talk	మూస:JewishEncyclopedia	Articles near bottom
{{KeyTarot}} Talk	మూస:KeyTarot	Articles near bottom
{{NHC}} Talk	మూస:NHC	Articles near bottom
{{Owl}} Talk	మూస:Owl	Articles near bottom
{{pg}} Talk	మూస:Pg	Articles near bottom
{{RBD}} Talk	మూస:RBD	Articles near bottom
{{Schaff-Herzog}} Talk	మూస:Schaff-Herzog	Articles near bottom
{{SeyffertDCA}} Talk	మూస:SeyffertDCA	Articles near bottom
{{SmithDGRA}} Talk	మూస:SmithDGRA	Articles near bottom
{{DGRBM}} Talk	మూస:DGRBM	Articles near bottom
{{DGRG}} Talk	మూస:DGRG	Articles near bottom
{{Vectorsite}} Talk	మూస:Vectorsite	Articles Reference

Wikis

For interwiki translation and other copying, see Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{Citizendium}} Talk	మూస:Citizendium	Articles near bottom
{{from Camerapedia}} Talk	మూస:From Camerapedia	Articles bottom
{{from Comixpedia}} Talk	మూస:From Comixpedia	Articles bottom
{{FOLDOC}} Talk	This article is based on material taken from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing prior to 1 November 2008 and incorporated under the "relicensing" terms of the GFDL, version 1.3 or later.	Articles near bottom
{{OpenHistory}} Talk	మూస:OpenHistory	Articles near bottom
{{wookieepedia content}} Talk	మూస:Wookieepedia content	Talk pages
{{WorldCoinGallery}} Talk	మూస:WorldCoinGallery	Articles Reference

Citations for footnotes and for linking

The following examples are examples of Wikipedia:Footnotes from {{Ref/examples}} are rendered as a template in the following table. These references can be used with the citations above to create a link from the text to the references. మూస:Ref/examples

Citations of specific sources

Notes:

• See also Wikipedia:Template messages/Links#External links for components of online citations such as DOIs.
• ISBNs are autolinked by the Wikipedia software; see Wikipedia:ISBN.
• RFC references such as "RFC 2821" are also autolinked.
• PMIDs are also autolinked; see Wikipedia:PMID.

What to type	What it makes
{{ITIS|ID=|taxon=|accessdate=}} Talk	"Genus species". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 జనవరి 2004.
{{FishBase species|genus=|species=|year=|month=}} Talk	Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2004). "Genus species" in FishBase. January 2004 version.
{{FishBase species alt|ID=|taxon=|year=|month=}} Talk
{{FishBase_genus|genus=|year=|month=}} Talk
{{FishBase family|family=|year=|month=}} Talk
{{IUCN|author=|title=|year=|ID=|IUCN_Year=}} Talk
{{Gutenberg | no=6656 | name=The Kiltartan Poetry Book}} Talk	The Kiltartan Poetry Book, available at Project Gutenberg.
{{MathWorld | urlname=PetersenGraph | title=Petersen Graph}} Talk	Weisstein, Eric W., "Petersen Graph", MathWorld.
{{ScienceWorld | urlname=biography/Einstein.html | title=Albert Einstein}} Talk	మూస:ScienceWorld
{{Wipipedia|Wiki_pagename_with_underscores}} Talk	మూస:Wipipedia
The Encyclopedia of World History at Bartleby.com {{worldhistory|section=|quote=}}	section – the portion between http://www.bartleby.com/67/ and .html in the URL of the page you wish to cite. For example, if I wished to cite http://www.bartleby.com/67/716.html, the section is 716. quote – What do you want the first part of the included text to read. The default is Citation. Example: {{worldhistory|section=716|quote=Diderot's encyclopedia banned in 1751}} Creates: Stearns, Peter N. (ed.). Encyclopedia of World History (6th ed.). The Houghton Mifflin Company/Bartleby.com. Diderot's encyclopedia banned in 1751
USGS Geographic Names Information System {{Cite gnis|id|name|type=}}	Example: {{Cite gnis|2410240|Cotati}} Creates: "Cotati". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature {{Gpn|id|name}}	Example: {{Gpn|65876|Stickney}} Creates: మూస:Gpn