Template:Where

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Usage

Put {{Where|date=December 2025}} next to a statement which does not specify the place at which an event took place or to which the statement applies.

This template takes three parameters:

|date= Since when the tag has been in place. Must be in the following format: {{Where|date=December 2025}}.
|talk= Whether to display a link to the talk page. Can take values "yes" or "no". If "yes", then will exhibit a link to a talk page discussion you are supposed to open.
The name of the specific section on the talk page where you opened a discussion.

Full example:

{{Where|talk=yes|Example|date=December 2025}} results in ^{[where? — see talk page ]}

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This template automatically adds tagged pages to Category:Vague or ambiguous geographic scope, or a dated subcategory thereof.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Where in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Where

Use this template next to a statement which does not specify the place at which an event took place or to which the statement applies

Template parameters[Edit template data ]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
date	`date`	Month and year Example February 2018 Auto value `{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}`	Date	suggested
Talk	`talk`	Whether to display a link to the talk page. Can take values 'yes' or 'no'. Example yes	String	optional
Name of talk page section	`1`	Use if talk = yes. Do not wikilink. Example Example	String	optional

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Inline Templates
Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names)
Category:Inline cleanup templates
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Wikipedia:Proper names, especially the section on place names
MOS:COMPASS for descriptive names such as south east England
List of European regions with alternative names
List of country names in various languages
Category:Vague or ambiguous geographic scope, for articles tagged with this template as needing editing to conform to naming conventions

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Inline cleanup tags

Attribution

{{According to whom }}
{{Among whom }}
{{Attribution needed }}
{{By what }}
{{By whom }}
{{For whom }}
{{From whom? }}
{{Like whom? }}
{{To whom? }}
{{Who }}
{{Whose }}
{{With whom }}

Clarity

Miscellaneous

Neutrality

Precision

{{By how much }} {{Definition }} {{Definition span }} {{Definition needed }} {{Example needed }} {{Example needed span }} {{Explain }} {{Explain-wrap }} {{From where }} {{How }} {{How often }} {{Misquoted }} {{More detail needed }} {{Of what }} {{Quantify }} {{Specify }} {{Vague }} {{When }} {{Where }} {{Where-geo }} {{Which }} {{Who else }} {{Why }} {{Year needed }}
Excessive	{{Duplication span }} {{Globalize inline }} {{Importance example }} {{Importance inline }} {{Infobox clutter }} {{List entry too long }} {{Long quote }} {{Off topic paragraph }} {{Off topic sentence }} {{Overly detailed inline }} {{Over-explained }} {{Relevance inline }} {{Undue weight inline }}

Time-sensitivity

Verifiability

Dubious	{{Contradictory inline }} {{Discuss }} {{Disputed inline }} {{Dubious }} {{Dubious span }} {{Inconsistent }} {{Needs independent confirmation }} {{Speculation inline }}
Bare URLs	{{Bare URL inline }} {{Bare URL AV media }} {{Bare URL DOC }} {{Bare URL image }} {{Bare URL non-HTML }} {{Bare URL PDF }} {{Bare URL plain text }} {{Bare URL spreadsheet }}
Incomplete or broken citation	{{Author incomplete }} {{Author missing }} {{Broken footnote }} {{Date missing }} {{Dead link }} {{Dead YouTube link }} {{Deep link needed }} {{Edition needed }} {{Episode needed }} {{Full citation needed }} {{Incomplete short citation }} {{ISBN missing }} {{Missing long citation }} {{Moved resource }} {{Page needed }} {{Pages needed }} {{Permanent dead link }} {{Place missing }} {{Publisher missing }} {{Season needed }} {{Time needed }} {{Title incomplete }} {{Title missing }} {{Unused source }} {{Volume needed }} {{Year missing }}
Missing or problematic reference	{{Additional citation needed }} {{AI-generated inline }} {{AI-generated source? }} {{AI-retrieved source }} {{Better source needed }} {{Better source needed example }} {{Check quotation }} {{Chronology citation needed }} {{Circular reference }} {{Circular reporting }} {{Citation needed }} {{Citation needed span }} {{Citation needed paragraph }} {{Citation not found }} {{Close paraphrasing inline }} {{COI source }} {{Deprecated inline }} {{Excessive citations inline }} {{Failed verification }} {{Failed verification span }} {{Image reference needed }} {{Independent source inline }} {{Irrelevant citation }} {{Marketing material }} {{Medical citation needed }} {{Medical citation needed span }} {{Misplaced footnote }} {{Nonspecific }} {{Not verified in body }} {{Not verified in body span }} {{Obsolete source }} {{Page range too broad }} {{Primary source inline }} {{Promotional source }} {{Quote without source }} {{Request quotation }} {{Request quotation span }} {{Retracted }} {{Scientific citation needed }} {{Self-published inline }} {{Self-published source }} {{Shallow reference inline }} {{Tertiary source inline }} {{Text-source inline }} {{Unreliable source? }} {{Unreliable fringe source }} {{Unreliable medical source }} {{Unreliable scientific source }} {{User-generated inline }} {{User-generated source }} {{Verify quote }} {{Verify source }} {{Whose quote }}

Wording

General advice

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Where/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.

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Usage

TemplateData

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