Incubator escapee wiki:Template index/Sources of articles

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This page contains the following:

• Issues with sources: this is for tagging issues with sources; they are either inline tags, or message boxes for sections or entire pages. You could also leave a note on the talk page asking for a source, or move the material to the talk page and ask for a source there. There are also some templates for search links to find sources. Transcluded from Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup/Verifiability and sources.
• Including third-party content: these are templates for referencing content for some specific sources: United States government, public domain and wikis.
• Citations of specific sources: inline citation templates for a few specific sources.
• Citations of generic sources: general inline citation templates transcluded from Wikipedia:Citation templates

Issues with sources

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=August 2025}} to produce this: {{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= Template:Ambox }}

Overarching copyright issues

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Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)

Combined message boxes

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes) — multiple issues (top of article)
Template:Tlp	Template:Multiple issues

Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes) — multiple issues (section)
Template:Tlp	Template:Multiple issues

Verifiability and sources

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Including third-party content

United States federal 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
Template:Tl Talk	Template:US Air Force
Template:Tl Talk	Template:AFHRA
Template:Tl Talk	wrap|_template=Include-USGov|_alias-map=title:article,accessdate:access-date|agency=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov}}
Template:Tl Talk	Template:CDC
Template:Tl Talk	Template:CIA World Factbook
Template:Tl Talk	Template:USCG
Template:Tl Talk	Template:Country study
Template:Tl Talk	Template:DADS
Template:Tl Talk	File:PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.{{#if:|{{#if:| The entries can be found [{{#if:1|{{{1}}}}} here] and [{{#if:1|{{{2}}}}} here].| The entry can be found [{{#if:1|{{{1}}}}} here].}}}}
Template:Tl Talk	Template:DHS
Template:Tl Talk	Template:DoE
Template:Tl Talk	Template:FJC Bio
Template:Tl Talk	Template:FS1037C
Template:Tl Talk	Template:FS1037C MS188
Template:Tl Talk	Template:GHR
Template:Tl Talk	Template:Marine Corps
Template:Tl Talk	Template:NARA
Template:Tl Talk	Template:Include-NASA
Template:Tl Talk	wrap|_template=Include-USGov	agency=National Center for Biotechnology Information	url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowTOC&rid=handbook.TOC&depth=2	article=NCBI Handbook	NCBI Handbook}}}}
Template:Tl Talk	wrap|_template=Include-USGov	agency=NCBI	url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/index.html	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208004309/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/index.html	archive-date=2009-12-08	title=Science Primer	Science Primer}} }}
Template:Tl Talk	Template:NCI-cancer-dict
Template:Tl Talk	Template:NHC
Template:Tl Talk	Template:NIMH
Template:Tl Talk	Template:NIOSH
Template:Tl Talk	Template:NIST-PD
Template:Tl Talk	Template:NLM content
Template:Tl Talk	Template:NPS
Template:Tl Talk	Template:NTSB
Template:Tl Talk	Template:NVR
Template:Tl Talk	Template:OSGguide
Template:Tl Talk	wrap|_template=Include-USGov|_alias-map=sourceURL:url	url=https://recreation.gov	title=Recreation.gov	policy=https://www.recreation.gov/disclaimers}}
Template:Tl Talk	Template:US DOS
Template:Tl Talk	Template:US DOS Background Notes
Template:Tl Talk	Template:US Army
Template:Tl Talk	Template:USACE.Army.Mil
Template:Tl Talk	Template:USDA
Template:Tl Talk	Template:HHS content
Template:Tl Talk	Template:USGS
Template:Tl Talk	Template:USGovernment
Template:Tl Talk	Template:USGovernment-Navy
Template:Tl Talk	Template:USGovernment-courts
Template:Tl Talk	Template:Usgs-gazetteer

United States state government attribution templates

From Category:United States State government attribution templates:

Template	Display
Template:Tl	Template:CAGovernment
Template:Tl	Template:California tourist guide
Template:Tl	Template:FLGovernment
Template:Tl	Template:Geological Survey of California
Template:Tl	Template:Include-ILCS
Template:Tl	Template:Natural Wealth of California
Template:Tl	Template:NHStateBuilders

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
Template:Tl Talk	Template:1728	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	Template:1771 Britannica	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	Template:1911	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	Template:Sect1911	Articles at the end of a section
Template:Tl Talk	{{#if:	Template:Source-attribution }}Template:Cite encyclopedia{{#ifeq: Incubator_escapee_wiki	{{#if:	}}}}	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	wrap|_template=cite wikisource	_exclude = noicon,inline,short,wslink,plaintitle,year	_alias-map = authorlink:author-link, archiveurl:archive-url, archivedate:archive-date,wspage:page,nopp:no-pp, 1:chapter,title:chapter,wstitle:chapter,laysummary:lay-summary,laydate:lay-date	firsticon = {{#if:	1}}	noicon = 1	One or more of the preceding sentences|This article}} incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:	last = {{#if:	Cousin}}	first = {{#if:	John William}}	author-link = {{#if:	John William Cousin}}	wslink = A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature	plaintitle = A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature	year = 1910	publisher = {{#if:	J. M. Dent & Sons}}	location = {{#if:	London}} }}Template:Main other	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	Template:Catholic	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	Template:DCBL	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	Template:DNB	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	Template:Eastons	Articles at top
Template:Tl Talk	File:PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from a publication that prior to 1923, is in the public domain: Template:Citation }}	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	Template:Gray's	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	Template:Grocers	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	Template:GSE	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	This article is based in part on the Jargon File{{#if:|, version {{{1}}}}}, which is in the public domain.	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	Template:JewishEncyclopedia	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	Template:KeyTarot	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	Template:NHC	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	Template:Owl	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	Template:RBD	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk		{{{wstitle}}}| }}|		File:PD-icon.svg	File:Wikisource-logo.svg  }}	File:Wikisource-logo.svg  }} }}{{#ifeq: |		This article	One or more of the preceding sentences }} incorporates text from a publication in the public domain:  }}{{#invoke:template wrapper|{{#if:|list|wrap}}|_template=cite Schaff-Herzog	_exclude=inline, no-prescript, _debug	noicon=1 }}{{#ifeq: Incubator_escapee_wiki |		}}	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	Template:SeyffertDCA	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	Template:SmithDGRA	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	Template:DGRBM	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	Template:DGRG	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	The initial version of this article was based on a public domain article from Greg Goebel's Vectorsite.	Articles Reference

Wikis

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

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
Template:Tl Talk	Template:Citizendium	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	Template:From Camerapedia	Articles bottom
Template:Tl Talk	Template:Talk other	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	This article incorporates text from OpenHistory.	Articles near bottom
Template:Tl Talk	Template:Wookieepedia content	Talk pages

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, though this feature is deprecated; see Wikipedia:ISBN.
• RFC references such as "RFC 2821" are also autolinked, though this feature is deprecated.
• PMIDs are also autolinked, though this feature is deprecated; see Wikipedia:PMID.

What to type	What it makes
{{ITIS|ID=|taxon=|accessdate=}} Talk	{{#if:123456	wrap|_template=cite web|_exclude=id,ID,taxon	url = https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=123456	title = Genus species	publisher = Integrated Taxonomic Information System }}	Template:Citation error }}
{{FishBase species|genus=|species=|year=|month=}} Talk
{{FishBase species alt|ID=|taxon=|year=|month=}} Talk	Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2004). Genus species in FishBase. January 2004 version.
{{FishBase_genus|genus=|year=|month=}} Talk	{{#invoke:Cite taxon|main|fishbase|genus=|species=|subspecies=}}
{{FishBase family|family=|year=|month=}} Talk	{{#invoke:Cite taxon|main|fishbase|genus=|species=|subspecies=}}
{{Cite iucn|author=|title=|year=|ID=}} Talk
{{Gutenberg | no=6656 | name=The Kiltartan Poetry Book}} Talk	Template:Gutenberg
{{MathWorld | urlname=PetersenGraph | title=Petersen Graph}} Talk	{{#if:|list|wrap}}|_template=cite web	_exclude=urlname, _debug, id	PetersenGraph.html}}	title = Petersen Graph	author = Weisstein, Eric W.	website = MathWorld	access-date =	ref = Template:SfnRef }}
{{ScienceWorld | urlname=biography/Einstein.html | title=Albert Einstein}} Talk	Template:ScienceWorld
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: Template:Worldhistory
USGS Geographic Names Information System {{Cite gnis|id|name|type=}}	Example: {{Cite gnis|2410240|Cotati}} Creates: Template:Cite gnis
USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature {{Gpn|id|name}}	Example: {{Gpn|65876|Stickney}} Creates: Template:Gpn
UDOT Traffic Statistics {{UDOT AADT|year=}}	Example: {{UDOT AADT|year=2023}} Creates: Template:UDOT AADT

Citations of generic sources

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