Template:Onesource

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 This article or section relies largely or entirely upon a single source.
Please help improve this article by introducing appropriate citations of additional sources.


[edit] Template documentation
This documentation is transcluded from Template:Onesource/doc. (edit | history)

The simplest way to add this template to an article is to copy and paste one of the following at the top of the article:

  • When only certain sections have a problem: {{onesource|section|date=June 2008}}
This causes the template to display "This section relies largely or entirely upon a single source."
  • When an entire article has a problem: {{onesource|article|date=June 2008}}
This causes the template to display "This article relies largely or entirely upon a single source."
  • Greater precision is possible with: {{onesource|text=provide a caption here|date=June 2008}}
This causes the template to display the caption specified with the text= parameter.

This template will categorise tagged articles into Category:Articles lacking reliable references or a monthly category like Category:Articles lacking reliable references from June 2008, if a date is supplied.

  • This template is a self-reference.
  • Please do not subst: this template.
  • There is currently no consensus as to where on the article to place templates such as this.

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[edit] Usage

This template alerts readers that an article or section may be based largely or entirely on a single source. Examples include articles with only one citation or one listing under references.

When using this template the text should have:

  • Citation in footnote, Harvard referencing, or some other standard format.
  • One key citation that an editor can verify.

Please try to improve the article or make a good faith attempt to find additional citations before adding this template, and discuss the matter on the talk page. If the one citation is problematic consider using {{failed verification}} instead.

Articles that merely lack references or have POV problems should be flagged with some other template, such as {{unreferenced}} or {{refimprove}}

Note that some sections based on a single source may not be a problem, so no tag is necessary. For an example see this section.

[edit] Technical details

This template has two optional fields.

The first permits the user to specify what needs to be cited. For instance, if the entire article needs to be cited, a user would enter {{onesource|article}}; but should the user wish to be more specific on which section of the article needs to be cited, then the user could enter {{onesource|section called "Childhood"}}. Leaving the parameter undefined is acceptable, as it will print out the default text "article or section."

The second field is a date parameter, entered as "date=month year". Adding this sorts the article into subcategories of Category:Articles lacking sources, allowing the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first. If the date parameter is omitted, a bot will add it later.

Note that order does not matter with respect to the above optional parameters. Both {{onesource|section|date=June 2008}} and {{onesource|date=June 2008|section}} will produce the same result.

[edit] Redirects

  1. {{One source}}
  2. {{Singlesource}}
  3. {{Single source}}

[edit] See also