This is a documentation subpage for Template:Deprecated inline. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Usage

This is an inline template used to flag inappropriately cited deprecated sources, which are questionable and discouraged from use.

When the template is added to a line of text in an article, the resulting clean-up tag links to Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources.

This template categorizes its tagged articles into the maintenance category, Category:All articles with deprecated sources, which is hidden in mainspace articles by a default setting in the user preferences. A logged-in user may view this and all other hidden categories by checking Show hidden categories on the Appearance tab of Preferences.

This template takes a compulsory parameter (which a bot will set if the editor doesn't):

• |date=date—in the format "Month Year" or "YYYY-MM-DD", etc.

If there is no doubt at all that the source is deprecated and used inappropriately, you can use a parameter to remove the "?" from the template's output:

• |certain=yes or |certain=y

See also

• {{ Self-published inline}} – a similar inline template for flagging inappropriate use of a self-published source
• {{ Self-published source}} – a similar inline template for flagging the citation itself as being to a self-published source (use inside <ref>)
• {{ User-generated inline}} – a similar inline template for flagging facts in the article as being reliant on a user-generated source or sources (use outside <ref>)
• {{ User-generated source}} – a similar inline template for flagging the citation itself as being to a user-generated source (use inside <ref>)
• {{ Self-published}} – an article- or section-level banner for self-published sourcing
• {{ User-generated}} – an article- or section-level banner for user-generated sourcing
• {{ Primary source inline}} – a similar inline template for flagging inappropriate use of a primary source
• {{ Primary sources}} – an article- or section-level banner
• {{ Third-party}} or {{ third-party inline}}, when an independent or third-party source is needed
• {{ Tertiary source inline}} – a similar inline template for flagging inappropriate use of a tertiary source
• {{ Tertiary}} – for noting a citation to a tertiary source that does not sufficiently or at all cite its own sources (use inside <ref>)
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles