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{{Tlx|Primary sources|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}

* This template will categorize tagged articles into [[:Category:Articles lacking reliable references]].
* There is currently no consensus on where on the article to place templates such as this.

==When to use==
Use this template to "tag" information or analysis that you believe is improperly or unnecessarily supported by a primary source, so that other editors can see whether this use is appropriate and/or replace it with a citation to a stronger, secondary source.  [[Wikipedia:Identifying and using primary and secondary sources|Primary sources may be used on Wikipedia, but they need to be handled with care.]]

[[Wikipedia:Secondary does not mean independent|'''"Primary source" does not mean that the author is too closely affiliated with the subject.''']]  As a general rule, primary sources include all scientific journal articles about experiments, as well as news reports and other documents dating from around the time of an event. To tag an article as lacking [[Wikipedia:Independent source|independent reliable sources]], please use the template {{tlx|third-party}} instead.

== How to use ==
This template also has several optional fields.

If you pass in an unnamed parameter, it specifies which part of the article inappropriately relies solely on primary sources. By default, the entire article needs third-party sources, i.e. it's equivalent to:

: {{tlc|Primary sources|article}}

To tag a specific section use:

: {{tlc|Primary sources|section}}

If you pass in a {{para|date}} parameter (<var>month year</var>), it sorts the article into subcategories of [[:Category:Articles lacking reliable references]] and out of the parent category. This in turn allows the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first. If the date parameter is omitted, a [[WP:BOT|bot]] will add it later.

You can use {{para|talk}} to specify a section header on the talk page.

If you use {{tl|BLP primary sources}} (which is a wrapper for {{tl|Primary sources}} with the <code><nowiki>BLP=yes</nowiki></code> parameter), it indicates that the article is a [[WP:BLP|biography of a living person]], and also sorts the article into subcategories of [[:Category:BLP articles lacking sources]]. This serves to indicate a problem with the [[WP:BLPSPS|policy on self-published sources in biographies of living persons]].

Note that order does not matter with respect to the above optional parameters. Both <code><nowiki>{{Primary sources|section|date=</nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}</code> and <code><nowiki>{{Primary sources|date=</nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|section}}</code> will produce the same result.

==Examples==
:{{tlc|BLP primary sources|2=date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}
{{BLP primary sources|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}

==Redirects==
Aliases include:
* {{tl|Primary}}
* {{tl|Primary source}}
* {{tl|Primary Sources}}
* {{tl|Primarysource}}
* {{tl|Primarysources}}
* {{tl|PrimarySources}}

==Aliases==
# {{tl|BLP primary sources}}—this template with BLP=yes

== See also ==
* Primary source templates
** {{tl|Primary source inline}}—inline with text, to object to the inappropriate use of a [[WP:Party and person|primary source]] (regardless of whether the primary source is [[WP:Independent sources|independent of the subject]])
* Third-party source templates
** {{tl|Third-party}}
** {{tl|Third-party inline}}—Inline with text, to request an independent source
* [[Wikipedia:Identifying and using primary and secondary sources]]
* [[Wikipedia:Secondary does not mean independent]]
* [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup]]
* [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles]]

==TemplateData==
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	"description": "Use this template to _tag_ information or analysis that you believe is improperly or unnecessarily supported by a primary source, so that other editors can see whether this use is appropriate and/or replace it with a citation to a stronger, secondary source. Primary sources may be used on Wikipedia, but they need to be handled with care.",
	"params": {
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			"type": "string",
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		"date": {
			"label": "Month and year",
			"description": "Month and year when template was applied; if left blank, this will be filled by a bot",
			"type": "string",
			"required": false,
			"autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}",
			"suggested": true
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