Template:Original research

This article may contain original research . Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. (August 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

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For the template that tags inline statements, see Template:Original research inline.

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Usage

This template will categorize articles into Category:Articles that may contain original research or one of the dated sub-categories.

Note: This template should not be applied without explanation on the talk page, and should be removed if the original research is not readily apparent when no explanation is given.

The default word "article" is replaceable: {{Original research|table}} produces:

This table may contain original research . Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. (August 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

The |date= parameter can be used to inform other editors of the time the tag has been in place: {{Original research|date=August 2026}} produces:

This article may contain original research . Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. (August 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

The |discuss= parameter can be used to specify a custom talk link: {{Original research|discuss=Template talk:Original research#discuss parameter}} produces:

This article may contain original research . Relevant discussion may be found on Template talk:Original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. (August 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

which links to the specified section on the talk page (not just the talk page).

The |reason= parameter can be used to specify a custom reason: {{Original research|reason=Paragraph two is unsourced content on a niche subject.}}

This article may contain original research . Paragraph two is unsourced content on a niche subject. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. (August 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

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TemplateData for Original research

This template generates a tag to indicate that the article possibly contains original research.

Template parameters[Edit template data ]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Affected area	`1` `part`	Text to replace the word "article", usually "section". Suggested values `section` Example section	Line	optional
Month and year	`date`	The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically. Example June 2013 Auto value `{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}`	Line	suggested
Talk page section	`discuss` `talk`	Section name on the talk page for further discussion.	Line	optional
Make template small	`small`	Enter any text here to make the template box small and aligned to the left. Example y	Line	optional
Reason	`reason`	Additional information about the specific issues with original research in the article. Example Paragraph two is unsourced content on a niche subject.	String	suggested

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Sourcing	{{Circular }} {{Dubious }} {{Excessive citations }} {{Further reading cleanup }} {{Independent sources }} {{More citations needed }} {{More citations needed section }} {{More footnotes needed }} {{No footnotes }} {{No reliable sources }} {{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 }} {{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 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 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 }} {{Parenthetical referencing }} {{Shallow references }}
General advice	Citing sources Reliable sources Maintenance template removal Citation needed Find sources Combining sources Referencing styles

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