Elite Dangerous Wiki:Template index/Sources of articles

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 Project:Template index/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 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 Elite Dangerous Wiki according to Article scope. 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=October 2026}} to produce this:

Overarching copyright issues

Tag

Text that will be shown (and usage notes)

{{copypaste}}
category links talk edit

{{unattributed translation}}
category links talk edit

Combined message boxes

Tag

Text that will be shown (and usage notes) — multiple issues (top of article)

links talk edit

Tag

Text that will be shown (and usage notes) — multiple issues (section)

links talk edit

Verifiability and sources

Biographies of living persons

Tag

Text that will be shown (and usage notes)

{{BLP living dead}}
category links talk edit

{{BLP more footnotes needed}}
category links talk edit

{{BLP no footnotes}}
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{{BLP one source}}
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{{BLP primary sources}}
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{{BLP self-published}}
category links talk edit

{{BLP sources}}
category links talk edit

{{BLP unreferenced}}
category links talk edit

Add, improve, remove

Inline with article text

{{according to whom}} links talk edit	^{[according to whom?]}
{{additional citation needed}} links talk edit	^{[additional citation(s) needed]}
{{attribution needed}} links talk edit	^{[attribution needed]}
{{better source needed}} links talk edit	^{[better source needed]}
{{better source needed example}} links talk edit	^{[better source needed]} Links to self-sourcing examples
{{by whom}} links talk edit	^{[by whom?]}
{{chronology citation needed}} links talk edit	^{[chronology citation needed]}
{{circular reference}} links talk edit	^{[circular reference]} When the sources copy Elite Dangerous Wiki material directly
{{circular reporting}} links talk edit	^{[circular reporting?]} For the subtler case when you suspect the sources are based on facts first published at Elite Dangerous Wiki, but they didn't copy it directly
{{citation needed}} links talk edit	^{[citation needed]}
{{citation needed span}} links talk edit	The sun is hot.^{[citation needed]}
{{clarify}} links talk edit	^{[clarification needed]}
{{copyvio link}} links talk edit	^{[infringing link?]}
{{dead link}} links talk edit	^{[dead link]}
{{disambiguation needed}} links talk edit	^{[disambiguation needed]}
{{disputed inline}} links talk edit	^{[disputed – discuss]}
{{dubious}} links talk edit	^{[dubious – discuss]}
{{episode needed}} links talk edit	^{[episode needed]}
{{example needed}} links talk edit	^{[example needed]}
{{example needed span}} links talk edit	This is a claim that needs one or more examples.^{[example needed]}
{{excessive citations inline}} category links talk edit	^{[excessive citations]} For abuse of citations, per Citation overkill.
{{explain}} links talk edit	^{[further explanation needed]}
{{failed verification}} links talk edit	^{[failed verification]}
{{full citation needed}} links talk edit	^{[full citation needed]}
{{how}} links talk edit	^[how?]
{{medical citation needed}} links talk edit	^{[medical citation needed]}
{{medical citation needed span}} links talk edit	This is an uncited biomedical claim.^{[medical citation needed]}
{{nonspecific}} links talk edit	^{[not specific enough to verify]}
{{not verified in body}} links talk edit	^{[not verified in body]}
{{original research inline}} links talk edit	^{[original research?]}
{{page needed}} links talk edit	^{[page needed]}
{{primary source inline}} links talk edit	^{[non-primary source needed]}
{{quantify}} links talk edit	^[quantify]
{{quote without source}} links talk edit	^{[quote needs citation]}
{{registration required}} category links talk edit	(registration required)
{{request quotation}} links talk edit	^{[need quotation to verify]}
{{season needed}} links talk edit	^{[season and episode needed]}
{{self-published inline}} category links talk edit	^{[self-published source?]}
{{self-published source}} category links talk edit	^{[self-published source]}
{{specify}} category links talk edit	^[specify]
{{synthesis inline}} links talk edit	^{[improper synthesis?]}
{{third-party inline}} links talk edit	^{[independent source needed]}
{{unreliable medical source}} links talk edit	^{[unreliable medical source?]}
{{unreliable source?}} links talk edit	^{[unreliable source?]}
{{update after}} links talk edit	^{[needs update]}
{{user-generated inline}} category links talk edit	^{[user-generated source?]}
{{user-generated source}} category links talk edit	^{[user-generated source]}
{{vague}} links talk edit	^[vague]
{{verify quote}} links talk edit	^[verify]
{{verify source}} links talk edit	^{[verification needed]}
{{volume needed}} links talk edit	^{[volume and issue needed]}
{{when}} links talk edit	^[when?]
{{where}} links talk edit	^[where?]
{{which}} links talk edit	^[which?]
{{who}} links talk edit	^[who?]
{{whose quote}} links talk edit	^{[who said this?]}
{{why}} links talk edit	^[why?]
{{year missing}} links talk edit	^{[year missing]} Use when the year of publication of a source is needed
{{year needed}} links talk edit	^{[year needed]} Use when the date of an event is needed

Links for search

{{find sources}} links talk edit	Find sources: Google (books⧼Dot-separator⧽news⧼Dot-separator⧽scholar⧼Dot-separator⧽free images⧼Dot-separator⧽WP refs)⧼Dot-separator⧽FENS⧼Dot-separator⧽JSTOR⧼Dot-separator⧽TWL
{{search}} links talk edit	( wp g b )

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
{{DADS}} Talk	This article incorporates public domain material from Paul E. Black. Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures. NIST.
{{DoE}} Talk	This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Department of Energy.
{{FS1037C}} Talk	This article incorporates public domain material from Federal Standard 1037C. General Services Administration. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022.
{{FS1037C MS188}} Talk	This article incorporates public domain material from Federal Standard 1037C. General Services Administration. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. (in support of MIL-STD-188).
{{NASA}} Talk	This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
{{NIST-PD}} Talk	This article incorporates public domain material from the National Institute of Standards and Technology
{{USGS}} Talk	This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.
{{USGovernment}} Talk	This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States government.

United States state government attribution templates

From Category:United States State government attribution templates:

Template	Display

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
{{1728}} Talk	This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al. `{{cite encyclopedia}}`: Missing or empty `\|title=` (help)	Articles near bottom
{{1771 Britannica}} Talk	This article incorporates text from the 1771 Encyclopædia Britannica, which is in the public domain.	Articles near bottom
{{1911}} Talk	This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (in English) (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. `{{cite encyclopedia}}`: Missing or empty `\|title=` (help)	Articles near bottom
{{Sect1911}} Talk	This section incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Encyclopædia Britannica (in English) (11th ed.). 1911. `{{cite encyclopedia}}`: Missing or empty `\|title=` (help)	Articles at the end of a section
{{WD1913}} Talk	This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Porter, Noah, ed. (1913). Webster's Dictionary. Springfield, Massachusetts: C. & G. Merriam Co. `{{cite encyclopedia}}`: Missing or empty `\|title=` (help)	Articles near bottom
{{DNB}} Talk	This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Dictionary of National Biography (in English). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. `{{cite encyclopedia}}`: Missing or empty `\|title=` (help)	Articles near bottom
{{GSE}} Talk	GSE: {{{1}}}	Articles near bottom
{{JargonFile}} Talk	This article is based in part on the Jargon File, which is in the public domain.	Articles near bottom
{{Owl}} Talk	This article contains content from the Owl Edition of Nordisk familjebok, a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1904 and 1926, now in the public domain.	Articles near bottom
{{RBD}} Talk	This article includes content derived from the Russian Biographical Dictionary, 1896–1918.	Articles near bottom
{{Vectorsite}} 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 Copying within this wiki.

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes

Citations of specific sources

Notes:

See also Project:Template index/Links#External links for components of online citations such as DOIs.
ISBNs are autolinked by the Elite Dangerous Wiki software, though this feature is deprecated; see 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 PMID.

What to type	What it makes
{{Gutenberg \| no=6656 \| name=The Kiltartan Poetry Book}} Talk	The Kiltartan Poetry Book at Project Gutenberg
{{MathWorld \| urlname=PetersenGraph \| title=Petersen Graph}} Talk	Weisstein, Eric W. "Petersen Graph". MathWorld.
{{ScienceWorld \| urlname=biography/Einstein.html \| title=Albert Einstein}} Talk	Weisstein, Eric Wolfgang (ed.). "Albert Einstein". ScienceWorld.
USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature {{Gpn\|id\|name}}	Example: {{Gpn\|65876\|Stickney}} Creates: "Stickney". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

Citations of generic sources

Citation guidance