Usage
{{Verify quote|date=May 2026}}
Use this inline template tag to label an ostensibly sourced quotation, to request verification with the original source. This is most often needed when:
- The quotation is misformatted, ungrammatical, or has other problems that suggest it was not properly transcribed from the original.
- The quotation may have been edited down or taken out of context to imply something the original author/speaker did not actually mean
- The quotation looks like it may have been entirely falsified.
If the quotation does seem reliable, but simply lacks proper citations, then use {{Cite quote}} instead. In general, add the {{Verify quote}} template only after a good faith attempt to verify the quotation has already been made. If the article has broader sourcing problems, a banner template like {{More citations needed}} may be more appropriate.
Regarding unsourced or poorly sourced information:
- If it is doubtful but unlikely to be harmful to the whole article, use a template like this to ask for source verification.
- If it is doubtful and potentially harmful, move the information to the talk page and ask for a source.
- If it is very doubtful and very harmful, remove the information immediately, without the need of moving it to the talk page first.
- If it is doubtful and potentially harmful with regard to a living person, remove the information immediately, without the need of moving it to the talk page first.
- If it is not doubtful, use {{Cite quote}} (or {{Citation needed}} for non-quotation material) to request a citation to improve the article's verifiability.
To find all the articles that use this template, please visit What links here. For more articles which lack sources, please visit Category:Articles lacking sources.
This template is a self-reference, as it is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content and it should not be substituted.
Parameters
|date= You may append a date to the template in the following format:
{{Verify quote|date=May 2026}}
|type= You may add a type, such as "paraphrase" or "transliteration" in the following format:
{{Verify quote|type=paraphrase}}
|text= The hover text of the tag can be changed with this parameter.
{{Verify quote|text=Desired text to display on hover}}
Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status |
|---|
| type | type | A string to append to the tag. For example, "paraphrase". This renders as "[verify paraphrase]".
| String | optional |
|---|
| text | text | Text that appears in a tooltip when hovering the mouse cursor over the tag.
| String | optional |
|---|
| date | date | The date this tag was added. Format should be: [MONTHNAME] [YEAR] - Example
- June 2016
- Auto value
{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}
| String | required |
|---|
