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Usage: Added a copyable template with dates.

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{{template shortcut|UGC|UGC inline}}

==Usage==
:{{tnull|User-generated inline|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}

This is an inline template used to flag facts in an article as being cited to sources that user-generated content (e.g. other wikis, [[content farms]], or user-editable databases like IMDb), and thus potentially unreliable, per [[WP:Identifying reliable sources#User-generated content]] ([[WP:Verifiability#Self-published sources]] and [[WP:Neutral point of view]] are also relevant, but the template's link to goes to that anchor at the reliable sources guideline).

This template will categorize tagged articles into [[:Category:Accuracy disputes]].

To flag citations themselves as being to such questionable sources, use [[Template:User-generated source]], inside of {{tag|ref}}. For whole sections or articles, use [[Template:Self-published]].

This template takes a compulsory parameter (which if not set by the editor will be set by a bot):
*{{para|date|''date''}}—in the format "''Month Year''" or "''YYYY-MM-DD''" etc.

If there is concrete proof that the source is user-generated, you can use a parameter to remove the "?" from the template's output:
*{{para|certain|yes}} or {{para|certain|y}}

== Redirects ==
* Any hyphenation will work:
** {{tlx|User generated inline}}
** {{tlx|User generated-inline}}
** {{tlx|User-generated-inline}}
* {{tlx|user-generated content}}
* {{tlx|ugc}}
* {{tlx|UGC}}
* {{tlx|ugs}}

== Templatedata ==
{{Templatedata header}}
<templatedata>{
"params": {
"certain": {
"label": "Certain?",
"description": "If there is no doubt the source is user-generated, setting this field to 'y' or 'yes' removes the question mark.",
"example": "yes",
"type": "string",
"autovalue": "yes"
},
"date": {
"label": "Month and year",
"type": "string",
"autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}",
"description": "Provides the month and year of the UGC tag",
"example": "January 2013",
"suggested": true
}
},
"description": "Places text after a citation to inform the reader that the source is user-generated.",
"format": "inline"
}</templatedata>

== See also ==
* {{tl|User-generated source}} – a similar inline template for flagging the citation itself as being to a user-generated source (use '''inside''' <nowiki><ref></nowiki>)
* {{tl|Self-published inline}} – a more general variant of this template for flagging facts in the article as being reliant on some other kind of self-published source[s] (use outside <nowiki><ref></nowiki>)
* {{tl|Self-published source}} – a similar inline template for flagging the citation itself as being to some other kind of self-published source (use inside <nowiki><ref></nowiki>)
* {{tl|User-generated}} – an article- or section-level banner for user-generated sourcing
* {{tl|Self-published}} – an article- or section-level banner for self-published sourcing
* {{tl|Primary source inline}} – a similar inline template for flagging inappropriate use of a [[WP:PRIMARY|primary source]]
* {{tl|Primary sources}} – an article- or section-level banner
* {{tl|Third-party}} or {{tl|third-party inline}}, when an independent or third-party source is needed
* {{tl|Tertiary source inline}} – a similar inline template for flagging inappropriate use of a [[WP:TERTIARY|tertiary source]]
* {{tl|Tertiary}} – for noting a citation to a tertiary source that does not sufficiently or at all cite its own sources (use inside <nowiki><ref></nowiki>)
* [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup]]
* [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles]]

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[[Category:Inline citation and verifiability dispute templates]]
[[Category:Neutrality templates]]
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