Template:Verify spelling/doc

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Shortcut

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Usage

{{verify spelling|reason=text to replace default message on mouseover|date=November 2024|pre-text=text to be displayed before the text in the reason parameter|post-text=text to be displayed after the text in the reason parameter}}

This should be used in articles where the correctness of a word, term or phrase's spelling or rendering is unknown. See also {{clarify}} for other text that is difficult to understand. This template is a self-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.

Tracking categories

Category:Wikipedia articles needing clarification (0)

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Verify spelling

<templatedata> { "params": { "reason": { "label": "mouseover text", "description": "explanation of why spelling must be verified", "example": "spelling not attested in sources cited", "type": "line", "autovalue": "Please check the spelling/rendering of the word, term or phrase preceding this tag." }, "date": { "label": "month and year", "description": "the month and year the tag was added", "example": "March 2018", "type": "date", "default": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}", "autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}", "suggested": true } }, "format": "inline", "description": "This should be used in articles where the correctness of a word, term or phrase's spelling or rendering is unknown." } </templatedata>