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Usage

{{verify spelling|reason=text to replace default message on mouseover|date=January 2023|pre-text=text to be displayed before the text in the reason parameter|post-text=text to be displayed after the text in the reason parameter}}

This should be used in articles where the correctness of a word, term or phrase's spelling or rendering is unknown. See also {{clarify}} for other text that is difficult to understand. This template is a self-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.

Tracking categories

  • Category:Wikipedia articles needing clarification (199)

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Verify spelling

This should be used in articles where the correctness of a word, term or phrase's spelling or rendering is unknown.

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Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
mouseover textreason

explanation of why spelling must be verified

Example
spelling not attested in sources cited
Auto value
Please check the spelling/rendering of the word, term or phrase preceding this tag.
Lineoptional
month and yeardate

the month and year the tag was added

Default
{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}
Example
March 2018
Auto value
{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}
Datesuggested

See also

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Inline cleanup tags
Attribution
  • {{According to whom}}
  • {{Attribution needed}}
  • {{By whom}}
  • {{From whom?}}
  • {{Like whom?}}
  • {{To whom?}}
  • {{Who}}
  • {{With whom}}
Clarity
  • {{Ambiguous}}
  • {{Clarify}}
  • {{Clarify span}}
  • {{Clarify timeframe}}
  • {{Context inline}}
  • {{Expand acronym}}
  • {{Incomprehensible inline}}
  • {{Incomprehensible inline span}}
  • {{Non sequitur}}
  • {{Sentence fragment}}
  • {{Which calendar}}
Miscellaneous
  • {{Chinese script needed inline}}
  • {{Copyright violation}}
  • {{Copyvio link}}
  • {{Data missing}}
  • {{Disambiguation needed}}
  • {{External links inline}}
  • {{Improve caption}}
  • {{Needs IPA}}
  • {{Original research inline}}
  • {{Original research span}}
  • {{Pronunciation needed}}
  • {{Siadn}}
  • {{Spam link}}
  • {{Synthesis inline}}
  • {{Synthesis inline span}}
  • {{Under discussion inline}}
  • {{Verify spelling}}
  • {{Whose translation}}
Neutrality
  • {{Buzzword inline}}
  • {{Compared to?}}
  • {{Editorializing}}
  • {{Fact or opinion}}
  • {{Opinion}}
  • {{Peacock inline}}
  • {{POV statement}}
  • {{Promotion inline}}
  • {{Unbalanced opinion}}
  • {{Weasel inline}}
  • {{Weasel word some span}}
Precision
  • {{By how much}}
  • {{Definition}}
  • {{Definition needed}}
  • {{Example needed}}
  • {{Example needed span}}
  • {{Explain}}
  • {{How}}
  • {{How often}}
  • {{Misquoted}}
  • {{Quantify}}
  • {{Specify}}
  • {{Vague}}
  • {{When}}
  • {{Where}}
  • {{Which}}
  • {{Who else}}
  • {{Why}}
  • {{Year needed}}
Excessive
  • {{Duplication span}}
  • {{Importance inline}}
  • {{Relevance inline}}
  • {{Undue weight inline}}
  • {{Globalize-inline}}
Time-sensitivity
  • {{Anachronism inline}}
  • {{Clarify timeframe}}
  • {{Current event inline}}
  • {{Is this date calibrated?}}
  • {{Update after}}
  • {{Update inline}}
  • {{Update inline span}}
Verifiability
Dubious
  • {{Contradict-inline}}
  • {{Disputed inline}}
  • {{Dubious}}
  • {{Dubious span}}
  • {{Inconsistent}}
  • {{Needs independent confirmation}}
  • {{Speculation inline}}
Bare URLs
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  • {{Bare URL AV media}}
  • {{Bare URL PDF}}
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  • {{Bare URL DOC}}
  • {{Bare URL plain text}}
  • {{Bare URL spreadsheet}}
Incomplete or
broken citation
  • {{Author incomplete}}
  • {{Author missing}}
  • {{Date missing}}
  • {{Dead link}}
  • {{Edition needed}}
  • {{Episode needed}}
  • {{Full citation needed}}
  • {{Incomplete short citation}}
  • {{ISBN missing}}
  • {{Moved resource}}
  • {{Page needed}}
  • {{Place missing}}
  • {{Publisher missing}}
  • {{Season needed}}
  • {{Time needed}}
  • {{Title incomplete}}
  • {{Title missing}}
  • {{Volume needed}}
  • {{Year missing}}
Missing or
problematic
reference
  • {{Additional citation needed}}
  • {{Better source needed}}
  • {{Better source needed example}}
  • {{Check quotation}}
  • {{Chronology citation needed}}
  • {{Citation needed}}
  • {{Citation needed span}}
  • {{Citation not found}}
  • {{COI source}}
  • {{Deprecated inline}}
  • {{Excessive citations inline}}
  • {{Failed verification}}
  • {{Failed verification span}}
  • {{Imagefact}}
  • {{Irrelevant citation}}
  • {{Medical citation needed}}
  • {{Medical citation needed span}}
  • {{Nonspecific}}
  • {{Not verified in body}}
  • {{Obsolete source}}
  • {{Page range too broad}}
  • {{Primary source inline}}
  • {{Promotional source}}
  • {{Quote without source}}
  • {{Request quotation}}
  • {{Request quotation span}}
  • {{Retracted}}
  • {{Scientific citation needed}}
  • {{Self-published inline}}
  • {{Tertiary source inline}}
  • {{Third-party inline}}
  • {{Unreliable fringe source}}
  • {{Unreliable medical source}}
  • {{Unreliable source?}}
  • {{Verify quote}}
  • {{Verify source}}
Wording
  • {{Buzzword inline}}
  • {{Colloquialism}}
  • {{Copy edit inline}}
  • {{Neologism inline}}
  • {{Technical inline}}
  • {{Tone inline}}
General advice
  • Citing sources
  • Reliable sources
  • Maintenance template removal
  • Citation needed
  • Find sources
  • Combining sources
  • Referencing styles
  • Inline cleanup templates
  •  WikiProject Inline Templates
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