Template:User-generated inline

Usage

{{User-generated inline|date=January 2025}}

This is an inline template used to flag facts in an article as being cited to sources that user-generated content (e.g. other wikis, content farms, or user-editable databases like IMDb), and thus potentially unreliable, per WP:Identifying reliable sources#User-generated content (WP:Verifiability#Self-published sources and WP:Neutral point of view are also relevant, but the template's link to goes to that anchor at the reliable sources guideline). This template will categorize tagged articles into Category:Accuracy disputes. To flag citations themselves as being to such questionable sources, use Template:User-generated source, inside of <ref>...</ref>. For whole sections or articles, use Template:Self-published. This template takes a compulsory parameter (which if not set by the editor will be set by a bot):

If there is concrete proof that the source is user-generated, you can use a parameter to remove the "?" from the template's output:

TemplateData for User-generated inline

Places text after a citation to inform the reader that the source is user-generated.

Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Certain?	`certain`	If there is no doubt the source is user-generated, setting this field to 'y' or 'yes' removes the question mark. Example yes Auto value `yes`	String	optional
Month and year	`date`	Provides the month and year of the UGC tag Example January 2013 Auto value `{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}`	String	suggested

{{User-generated source}} – a similar inline template for flagging the citation itself as being to a user-generated source (use inside <ref>)
{{Self-published inline}} – a more general variant of this template for flagging facts in the article as being reliant on some other kind of self-published source[s] (use outside <ref>)
{{Self-published source}} – a similar inline template for flagging the citation itself as being to some other kind of self-published source (use inside <ref>)
{{User-generated}} – an article- or section-level banner for user-generated sourcing
{{Self-published}} – an article- or section-level banner for self-published sourcing
{{Primary source inline}} – a similar inline template for flagging inappropriate use of a primary source
{{Primary sources}} – an article- or section-level banner
{{Third-party}} or {{third-party inline}}, when an independent or third-party source is needed
{{Tertiary source inline}} – a similar inline template for flagging inappropriate use of a tertiary source
{{Tertiary}} – for noting a citation to a tertiary source that does not sufficiently or at all cite its own sources (use inside <ref>)
Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:User-generated inline/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.