Template:Unreliable sources

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Usage

Add {{Unreliable sources|date=October 2025}} to the top of the article, below any hatnotes.

Consider tagging any specific statements with potentially unreliable sources with {{Verify credibility|date=October 2025}} before tagging the whole article with this template.

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

TemplateData for Unreliable sources

Marks an article as having unreliable sources and adds it to [[Category:Articles lacking reliable references]].

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Type (section)	1	Something to replace the word "article", normally "section". Default article Example section	String	optional
Small	small	Makes the template produce a smaller box Default false	Boolean	optional
Some sources unreliable	some	Changes the text to say that some (rather than all) of the article's sources are unreliable Default false	Boolean	optional
IMDb	imdb	Indicates that IMDb (not a reliable source, per [[WP:IMDB]]) is one of the article's sources Default false	Boolean	optional
Month and year	date	Provides the month and year this was tagged; e.g., 'January 2018', but not 'jan18' Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Date	suggested

Redirects

The following templates redirect here:

• {{unrel}}
• {{Unreliable}}
• {{Badsources}}
• {{Reliable sources}}
• {{Reliable-sources}}
• {{Reliablesources}}
• {{Unreliablesources}}

See also

• {{Unreliable source inline}} (redirects to {{Unreliable source?}})
• {{Better source}}
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles