Template:Circular
![]() | This article cites Wikipedia (or sources that take information from Wikipedia), in a circular manner. (September 2024) |
This template indicates that the article cites a source that previously got its information from Wikipedia. Wikipedia may not cite itself, and citing a source that comes from Wikipedia is a circular reference, and may not be used as a citation for the same reason.
Usage
[edit]{{Circular}}
{{Circular|date=September 2024}}
{{Circular|section}}
Parameters
[edit]This template has one positional parameter and three named parameters, all optional:
|1=
— scope of the message; set|1=section
to have the message say, "This section..." (default: "This article").|date=
— month name and date, e.g.:|date=September 2024
(default: none, but supplied by bot if omitted). Supports § Categorization.|small=
— banner placement; set|small=no
to have a wide, centered banner (default: narrow, left-margin banner)|name=
— for advanced usage only; see {{Ambox#name}}.
Categorization
[edit]The |date=
parameter sorts the article into date-named subcategories such as Category:Articles lacking reliable references from September 2024 and out of the parent category (same name, without the date), allowing the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first.
A bot will add this parameter if it is omitted. Be careful not to abbreviate the date, because then it will automatically add a redlinked category instead of the correct category. The simplest way to use this parameter manually is {{Circular|
but it can be done more explicitly as {{subst:DATE}}
}}{{Circular|date=September 2024}}
(both result in the same output). Do not use {{Circular|date={{subst:DATE}}}}
as {{DATE}}
includes the leading date=
.