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Create a section on How to Fix with three common options discussed in the Talk page.

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== Usage ==
{{tlx|Excessive citations inline|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}

=== When to use ===
{{tlr|eci|excess cite inl|overcite|over-citation|citekill|refbomb}}
This template should be used to indicate that there are [[Wikipedia:Citation overkill|an excessive number of citations]] for the same claim or sentence. Such a large number of citations can be aesthetically unappealing and may make the article unreadable or may lead to confusion about what exactly each citation is used in support of.

This template may be removed by anyone who fixes the problem.

=== How to fix ===

* If all the citations are useful for the associated sentence, consider [[Wikipedia:Citing sources#Bundling citations|bundling citations]].
* If some of the citations relate to content earlier in the paragraph or article, consider moving the citations closer to the content they verify.
* For multiple primary citations, consider if they can be replaced with an equivalent [[WP:PSTS|secondary source]].

=== Limitations ===
'''This template should be used only on articles that have sources.'''

It may be used with {{tlb|More citations needed}} or other check references templates. This template should not be used with [[WP:Stub|stubs]].

=== Operation ===
This template will categorise tagged articles into [[:Category:Citation overkill]] and [[:Category:Articles tagged with the inline citation overkill template]], or the latter category's subcategories thereof.

This template is a [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Self-references to avoid|self-reference]].

This template should not be [[Help:Substitution|substituted]].

== TemplateData ==
{{TemplateData header}}
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"reason": {
"label": "Reason",
"suggested": true,
"description": "A short explanation of why the claim has excessive citations.",
"type": "string"
},
"date": {
"label": "Month and year",
"type": "string",
"autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}",
"suggested": true,
"description": "Provides the month and year of the citation request; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'"
}
},
"description": "This inline template is used to mark places in an article where there are excessive citations.",
"format": "inline"
}
</templatedata>

== See also ==
* [[Template:Excessive citations]]

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