Template:Verify quote/doc

The Verify quote template will automatically place tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia articles needing factual verification.

Usage


Use this inline template tag to label an ostensibly sourced quotation, to request verification with the original source. This is most often needed when: If the quotation does seem reliable, but simply lacks proper citations, then use Cite quote instead. In general, add the Verify quote template only after a good faith attempt to verify the quotation has already been made. If the article has broader sourcing problems, a banner template like Refimprove may be more appropriate.
 * The quotation is misformatted, ungrammatical, or has other problems that suggest it was not properly transcribed from the original.
 * The quotation may have been edited down or taken out of context to imply something the original author/speaker did not actually mean
 * The quotation looks like it may have been entirely falsified.

Regarding unsourced or poorly sourced information:
 * 1) If it is doubtful but unlikely to be harmful to the whole article, use a template like this to ask for source verification.
 * 2) If it is doubtful and potentially harmful, move the information to the talk page and ask for a source.
 * 3) If it is very doubtful and very harmful, remove the information immediately, without the need of moving it to the talk page first.
 * 4) If it is doubtful and potentially harmful with regard to a living person, remove the information immediately, without the need of moving it to the talk page first.
 * 5) If it is not doubtful, use Cite quote (or Citation needed for non-quotation material) to request a citation to improve the article's verifiability.

To find all the articles that use this template, please visit What links here. For more articles which lack sources, please visit Category:Articles lacking sources.

This template is a self-reference, as it is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content and it should not be substituted.

Parameters

 * date You may append a date to the template in the following format:




 * type You may add a type, such as "paraphrase" or "transliteration" in the following format:


 * becomes [verify paraphrase].


 * text The hover text of the tag can be changed with this parameter.



{	"params": { "type": { "description": "A string to append to the tag. For example, \"paraphrase\". This renders as \"[verify paraphrase]\".", "type": "string" },		"text": { "description": "Text that appears in a tooltip when hovering the mouse cursor over the tag.", "type": "string" },		"date": { "description": "The date this tag was added. Format should be: [MONTHNAME] [YEAR]", "example": "June 2016", "autovalue": " ", "required": true, "type": "string" }	},	"description": "Use this inline template tag to label an ostensibly sourced quotation, to request verification with the original source.", "format": "inline" }

Related redirects
(These all redirect to Template:Verify quote)
 * Vq
 * VQ
 * 1) Verify quotation