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Usage
{{Circular reference|date=October 2026}}
For tagging references that cite Wikipedia itself, a mirror or fork, or a republished work. It places the page with the tagged reference into Category:All articles lacking reliable references and the dated subcategory of Category:Articles lacking reliable references, and also into Category:All articles containing circular references.
TemplateData
TemplateData for Circular reference
<templatedata> { "params": { "date": { "label": "Month and year", "type": "line", "autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}", "suggested": true } }, "description": "The template is used to tag references that a circular, mirrors or forks, or republished works", "format": "inline" } </templatedata>
See also
- {{Circular}}
- {{Circular reporting}}, for when it's not fully clear whether a source is circular
- {{Self-published inline}}
- {{Primary sources}}
- {{Backwards copy}}
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
