TEMPLATE:CIRCULAR DOC

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This template indicates that the article, itself a part of Wikipedia, cites sources that take information from Wikipedia. Presumably this would be placed at the top of an article.

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This template also includes support for using the |date= parameter. Adding this parameter sorts the article into subcategories of Category:Articles lacking reliable references and out of the parent category, allowing the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first. A bot will add this parameter if it is omitted. Be careful not to abbreviate the date, because then it will automatically add a redlinked category instead of the correct category. The simplest way to use this parameter manually is {{ Circular|{{ subst:DATE}}}} but it can be done more explicitly as {{Circular|date=May 2024}} (both result in the same output). Do not use {{Circular|date={{subst:DATE}}}} as {{ DATE}} includes the leading date=.

Listed below are four examples of usage:

{{Circular}}

{{Circular|date=May 2024}}

{{Circular|section}}

{{Circular|section|{{subst:DATE}}|talk=y}}

v t e Citation and verifiability article maintenance templates
Sourcing	{{ Circular}} {{ Dubious}} {{ Excessive citations}} {{ Further reading cleanup}} {{ More citations needed}} {{ More citations needed section}} {{ More footnotes needed}} {{ No footnotes}} {{ No significant coverage}} {{ One source}} {{ One source section}} {{ Only primary sources}} {{ NRIS only}} {{ Primary sources}} {{ Primary sources section}} {{ Religious text primary}} {{ Self-published}} {{ Self-reference cleanup}} {{ Self-sourcing examples}} {{ Refexample section}} {{ Sources exist}} {{ Text-source}} {{ Third-party}} {{ Unreferenced}} {{ Unreferenced section}} {{ Unreferenced category}} {{ Unreliable sources}} {{ Unreliable sources section}} {{ User-generated}}
BLP-specific	{{ BLP unreferenced}} {{ BLP unreferenced section}} {{ BLP primary sources}} {{ BLP self-published}} {{ BLP sources}} {{ BLP sources section}} {{ BLP IMDb-only refimprove}} {{ BLP IMDb refimprove}} {{ BLP no footnotes}} {{ BLP more footnotes needed}} {{ BLP one source}}
Topic specific	{{ Localist}} {{ Media IMDb refimprove}} {{ More medical citations needed}} {{ More science citations needed}} {{ Neologism}} {{ Science review}} {{ Unreferenced law}} {{ Unreferenced-law section}} {{ Unreferenced medical section}}
Dispute-related	{{ Cite check}} {{ Cite check section}} {{ Content}} {{ Disputed}} {{ Dispute about}} {{ Disputed section}} {{ Disputed chem}} {{ Disputed list}} {{ Disputed map}} {{ Expert needed}} {{ Hoax}} {{ Original research}} {{ Original research section}} {{ Speculation}} {{ Speculation section}} {{ Synthesis}} {{ Verifiability}} {{ Verify sources}}
Citation improvements	{{ Citation style}} {{ Citations broken}} {{ Cleanup bare URLs}} {{ Format footnotes}} {{ Full citations needed}} {{ Ibid}} {{ Page numbers improve}} {{ Page numbers needed}} {{ Shallow references}}
General advice	Citing sources Reliable sources Maintenance template removal Citation needed Find sources Combining sources Referencing styles

v t e Citation and verifiability article maintenance templates
Sourcing	{{ Circular}} {{ Dubious}} {{ Excessive citations}} {{ Further reading cleanup}} {{ More citations needed}} {{ More citations needed section}} {{ More footnotes needed}} {{ No footnotes}} {{ No significant coverage}} {{ One source}} {{ One source section}} {{ Only primary sources}} {{ NRIS only}} {{ Primary sources}} {{ Primary sources section}} {{ Religious text primary}} {{ Self-published}} {{ Self-reference cleanup}} {{ Self-sourcing examples}} {{ Refexample section}} {{ Sources exist}} {{ Text-source}} {{ Third-party}} {{ Unreferenced}} {{ Unreferenced section}} {{ Unreferenced category}} {{ Unreliable sources}} {{ Unreliable sources section}} {{ User-generated}}
BLP-specific	{{ BLP unreferenced}} {{ BLP unreferenced section}} {{ BLP primary sources}} {{ BLP self-published}} {{ BLP sources}} {{ BLP sources section}} {{ BLP IMDb-only refimprove}} {{ BLP IMDb refimprove}} {{ BLP no footnotes}} {{ BLP more footnotes needed}} {{ BLP one source}}
Topic specific	{{ Localist}} {{ Media IMDb refimprove}} {{ More medical citations needed}} {{ More science citations needed}} {{ Neologism}} {{ Science review}} {{ Unreferenced law}} {{ Unreferenced-law section}} {{ Unreferenced medical section}}
Dispute-related	{{ Cite check}} {{ Cite check section}} {{ Content}} {{ Disputed}} {{ Dispute about}} {{ Disputed section}} {{ Disputed chem}} {{ Disputed list}} {{ Disputed map}} {{ Expert needed}} {{ Hoax}} {{ Original research}} {{ Original research section}} {{ Speculation}} {{ Speculation section}} {{ Synthesis}} {{ Verifiability}} {{ Verify sources}}
Citation improvements	{{ Citation style}} {{ Citations broken}} {{ Cleanup bare URLs}} {{ Format footnotes}} {{ Full citations needed}} {{ Ibid}} {{ Page numbers improve}} {{ Page numbers needed}} {{ Shallow references}}
General advice	Citing sources Reliable sources Maintenance template removal Citation needed Find sources Combining sources Referencing styles

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