Template:Clarify
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Use this template on a page as a request for other editors to clarify text, image, or usage that is difficult to understand.
This is an in-line template, place the template immediately after the material in question, as one would do with a footnote. For example:
This sentence needs clarification.
{{Clarify|date=January 2025}}
The above text will cause the tag [clarification needed] to appear inline. The tag links to Wikipedia:Please clarify for further information.
See also[edit source]
- Disputed / inaccurate:
{{Disputed}}
– copyright tag{{Wrong license}}
– for use in file namespace /{{Wrong license note}}
in user namespace
{{Low quality chem}}
{{Disputed chem}}
– for inaccurate chemical structures
{{Fact disputed}}
– generally for files where the description (or filename) does not seem to match the content
{{Disputed coat of arms}}
– for coat of arms where the correctness or accuracy is disputed{{Disputed diagram}}
– for diagrams where the factual correctness or accuracy is disputed{{Inaccurate-map-disputed}}
– for maps where the factual correctness or accuracy is disputed{{Inaccurate paleoart}}
for paleontological restorations
{{Inaccurate description}}
– an in-line template − but it should kept{{Factual accuracy}}
– generally when there are issues with files themselves
- Disputed / something missing:
{{Clarify}}
– an in-line template{{Lacking insignia source}}
– insignia{{References missing}}
– generally for files where the description or depiction needs references{{No source since}}
– deletion warning for missing essential source information{{Sourcefield}}
- produces a warning that a file appears to have an invalid entry in its "Source" parameter; for use on user talk pages, not file pages; less serious than the {{No source since}} warning; does not threaten deletion
- Fictional (consciously):
{{Fake sports logo}}
– for potentially serious confusion{{Fictional}}
– insignia ("flag", "sign", "seal", "CoA", …){{Fictitious flag}}
– for potentially serious confusion
- Generally:
{{Removed caption read}}
– from the image itself (more like a info){{Warning}}
– a template box