Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup/Verifiability and sources
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(Learn how and when to remove this message)The neutrality of this article is disputed . Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met. (May 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (Aug 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article may contain excessive or inappropriate references to self-published sources . Please help improve it by removing references to unreliable sources where they are used inappropriately. (March 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Verifiability and sources" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
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Individual message boxes: Biographies of living persons
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Individual message boxes: Issues with citations and sources
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