Template:Excessive citations inline/doc

Usage

{{Excessive citations inline|date=November 2024}}

This template is used to address excessive "piling on" of citations for the same claim, per Wikipedia:Citing sources § Bundling citations (and Wikipedia:Citation overkill).

Parameters

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Excessive citations inline

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This inline template is used to mark places in an article where there are excessive citations.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Reason	reason	A short explanation of why the claim has excessive citations.	String	suggested
Month and year	date	Provides the month and year of the citation request; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13' Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	String	suggested

Redirects

• {{overcite}}
• {{over-citation}}
• {{citekill}}
• {{refbomb}}

See also

• Template:Excessive citations