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This template indicates that the article cites a source that previously got its information from Wikipedia. Wikipediamay not cite itself, and citing a source that comes from Wikipedia is acircular reference, and may not be used as a citation for the same reason.
{{Circular}}{{Circular|date=December 2025}}{{Circular|section}}
This template has onepositional parameter and threenamed 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=December 2025 (default: none, but supplied by bot if omitted). Supports§ Categorization.|small= — banner placement; set|small=yes to have a narrow, left-margin banner (default: wide, centered banner)|name= — for advanced usage only; see{{Ambox#name}}.The|date= parameter sorts the article into date-named subcategories such asCategory:Articles lacking reliable references from December 2025 and out of the parent category (same name, without the date), allowing the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first.
Abot will add this parameter if it is omitted. Be carefulnot 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=December 2025}} (both result in the same output). Donot use{{Circular|date={{subst:DATE}}}} as{{DATE}} includes the leadingdate=.