Template:Circular/doc
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This template indicates that the article cites a source that previously got its information from Wikipedia. Wikipedia may not cite itself, and citing a source that comes from Wikipedia is a circular reference, and may not be used as a citation for the same reason.
Usage
[edit]{{Circular}}
{{Circular|date=July 2026}}
{{Circular|section}}
Parameters
[edit]This template has one positional parameter and three named parameters, all optional:
|1=— scope of the message; set|1=sectionto have the message say, "This section..." (default: "This article").|date=— month name and date, e.g.:|date=July 2026(default: none, but supplied by bot if omitted). Supports § Categorization.|small=— banner placement; set|small=yesto have a narrow, left-margin banner (default: wide, centered banner)|name=— for advanced usage only; see {{Ambox#name}}.
Categorization
[edit]The |date= parameter sorts the article into date-named subcategories such as Category:Articles lacking reliable references from July 2026 and out of the parent category (same name, without the date), allowing the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first.
A bot will add this parameter if it is omitted. Be careful not 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=July 2026}} (both result in the same output). Do not use {{Circular|date={{subst:DATE}}}} as {{DATE}} includes the leading date=.