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{{User-generated inline|date=April 2026}}
This is an inline template used to flag facts in an article as being cited to sources that user-generated content (e.g. other wikis, content farms, or user-editable databases like IMDb), and thus potentially unreliable, per WP:Identifying reliable sources#User-generated content (WP:Verifiability#Self-published sources and WP:Neutral point of view are also relevant, but the template’s link to goes to that anchor at the reliable sources guideline).
This template will categorize tagged articles into Category:Accuracy disputes.
To flag citations themselves as being to such questionable sources, use Template:User-generated source, inside of <ref>...</ref>. For whole sections or articles, use Template:Self-published.
This template takes a compulsory parameter (which if not set by the editor will be set by a bot):
|date=date—in the format “Month Year” or “YYYY-MM-DD” etc.
If there is concrete proof that the source is user-generated, you can use a parameter to remove the “?” from the template’s output:
|certain=yesor|certain=y
Redirects
- Any hyphenation will work:
{{user-generated content}}{{ugc}}{{UGC}}{{ugs}}
Templatedata
TemplateData for User-generated inline
Places text after a citation to inform the reader that the source is user-generated.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certain? | certain | If there is no doubt the source is user-generated, setting this field to ‘y’ or ‘yes’ removes the question mark.
| String | optional |
| Month and year | date | Provides the month and year of the UGC tag
| String | suggested |
See also
- {{User-generated source}} – a similar inline template for flagging the citation itself as being to a user-generated source (use inside <ref>)
- {{Self-published inline}} – a more general variant of this template for flagging facts in the article as being reliant on some other kind of self-published source[s] (use outside <ref>)
- {{Self-published source}} – a similar inline template for flagging the citation itself as being to some other kind of self-published source (use inside <ref>)
- {{User-generated}} – an article- or section-level banner for user-generated sourcing
- {{Self-published}} – an article- or section-level banner for self-published sourcing
- {{Primary source inline}} – a similar inline template for flagging inappropriate use of a primary source
- {{Primary sources}} – an article- or section-level banner
- {{Third-party}} or {{third-party inline}}, when an independent or third-party source is needed
- {{Tertiary source inline}} – a similar inline template for flagging inappropriate use of a tertiary source
- {{Tertiary}} – for noting a citation to a tertiary source that does not sufficiently or at all cite its own sources (use inside <ref>)
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles
