Template:Self-published inline/sandbox

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Usage

{{Self-published inline|date=April 2026}}

This is an inline template used to flag statements with self-published sources such as a personal web page or a self-published book, which, due to the lack of oversight on such works, are therefore potentially unreliable.

When the template is added to a line of text in an article, the resulting clean-up tag links to the relevant policy page and section: Wikipedia:Verifiability § Self-published sources. (While Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources § Self-published sources and WP:Neutral point of view are also relevant, the template does not create a link to them.)

This template categorizes its tagged articles into the maintenance category, Category:All articles with self-published sources, which is hidden in mainspace articles by a default setting in the user preferences. A logged-in user may view this and all other hidden categories by checking Preferences → Appearance → Advanced options → Tick Show hidden categories.

Note: Use this template outside the <ref>...</ref> markup.

To flag an individual citation itself as being to such a questionable source, use Template:Self-published source, inside of <ref>...</ref>. For whole sections or articles, use Template:Self-published.

This template takes a compulsory parameter (which a bot will set if the editor doesn't):

• |date=date—in the format "Month Year"

If there is no doubt at all that the source is self-published, you can use a parameter to remove the "?" from the template's output:

• |certain=yes or |certain=y

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Self-published inline in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Self-published inline

Used when a statement is sourced but it is questionable whether the source used is reliable for supporting the statement.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Certain?	certain sure failed	If set to "y" or "yes" will remove the question mark from the template's output to denote a degree of certainty that the source is self-published Default no Example yes	Boolean	optional
Month and year	date	Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13' Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	String	suggested

Redirects

• Any hyphenation will work:
  • {{Self published inline}}
  • {{Self published-inline}}
  • {{Self-published-inline}}
• {{Sps}}

See also

• {{Self-published source}} – a similar inline template for flagging the citation itself as being to a self-published source (use inside <ref>)
• {{User-generated inline}} – a similar inline template for flagging facts in the article as being reliant on a user-generated source or sources (use outside <ref>)
• {{User-generated source}} – a similar inline template for flagging the citation itself as being to a user-generated source (use inside <ref>)
• {{Self-published}} – an article- or section-level banner for self-published sourcing
• {{User-generated}} – an article- or section-level banner for user-generated sourcing
• {{Deprecated inline}} – a similar inline template for flagging use of a deprecated source
• {{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

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