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{{Self-published source|date=December 2025}}
This is an inline citation annotation template usedinside<ref>...</ref> to flag a source as self-published and thus potentially unreliable, perWP:Verifiability#Self-published sources (WP:Identifying reliable sources#Self-published sources andWP:Neutral point of view are also relevant, but the link produced by the template goes to that section at the Verifiability policy).
To flag blocks of information as questionably sourced in this manner, useTemplate:Self-published inline,outside of<ref>...</ref>. For whole sections or articles, useTemplate:Self-published.
This template will categorize tagged articles intoCategory:Accuracy disputes (but see parameter below).
Why this template exists: Sometimes it is proper to cite a self-published source (e.g. forWP:ABOUTSELF purposes, or to identify a company's own material as the source for a claim that the company made about itself). The reader should still be very aware that the source is self-published.
|date=December 2025 – Add the date, so that the article is categorized correctly. A bot may add this latter if you omit it, but the month will be that of the bot adding it, not the date it was originally added, if different.|reason= – a place for editors to explain why this source is believed to be self-published (and/or why it should be permissible as one); displays as atooltip.|expert=y – SuppressesCategory:Accuracy disputes when the author is an expert, and the accuracy is not disputed; rather, a secondary source should be used if one can be found, to improve verifiability and reliability.|ABOUTSELF=y – SuppressesCategory:Accuracy disputes when all of the material cited to the self-published source it covered byWP:ABOUTSELF policy (i.e., is permissible to source with primary sources, but ideally would be eventually cited to secondary ones).