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These templates relate to the verifiability of Wikipedia articles, or their lack thererof. This includes the use of citations and reliable sources. See Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles for guides to usage of some of these templates.
This template can take any number of unnamed parameters as parameters accompanying the template link (or name); see Examples below. Examples Use the displayed value in the code column, not the underlying source code.
The template link template is a simple macro template used to display a template name as a link surrounded by braces, thus showing the template name as code rather than actually invoking it. Its primary use is in instruction and documentation where it is used to refer to a template by name without invoking it.
Once you have made the template—for example Template:foo—you can add {{foo}} to the pages that you want to use it on. Every page using this template uses the same boilerplate text each time that a user visits it. When the template is updated, all pages containing the template tag are automatically updated.
This template can take any number of unnamed parameters as parameters accompanying the template link (or name); see Examples below. Examples Use the displayed value in the code column, not the underlying source code.
This template is used on approximately 15,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage . Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.
If you need a test image for permanent demonstration purposes, for instance in a template's documentation, then instead use for instance the PNG image or Example-serious.jpg. File link button The Ogg file is the example inserted when a user clicks the "file link" button in the edit toolbar.
The Citation template generates a citation for a book, periodical, contribution in a collective work, or a web page. It determines the citation type by examining which parameters are used. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status Last name last last1 author author1 author1-last author-last surname1 author-last1 subject1 ...