Template:Clarify

Use this template on a page as a request for other editors to clarify text, image, or usage that is difficult to understand.

This is an in-line template, place the template immediately after the material in question, as one would do with a footnote. For example:

This sentence needs clarification.{{Clarify|date=August 2026}}

The above text will cause the tag ^{[clarification needed]} to appear inline. The tag links to Wikipedia:Please clarify for further information.

{{Disputed}} – copyright tag
- {{Wrong license}} – for use in file namespace / {{Wrong license note}} in user namespace
{{Low quality chem}}
- {{Disputed chem}} – for inaccurate chemical structures
{{Fact disputed}} – generally for files where the description (or filename) does not seem to match the content
- {{Disputed coat of arms}} – for coat of arms where the correctness or accuracy is disputed
- {{Disputed flag}} – for flags where the factual correctness or accuracy is disputed
- {{Disputed diagram}} – for diagrams where the factual correctness or accuracy is disputed
- {{Inaccurate-map-disputed}} – for maps where the factual correctness or accuracy is disputed
- {{Inaccurate paleoart}} for paleontological restorations
{{Inaccurate description}} – an in-line template − but it should be kept
{{Implausible}} – an in-line template − suspicious, very likely false information about the author, date of creation, license, etc.
{{Factual accuracy}} – generally when there are issues with files themselves

Disputed / something missing:

{{Clarify}} – an in-line template
{{Lacking insignia source}} – insignia
{{References missing}} – generally for files where the description or depiction needs references
{{Datasource missing}} – for own diagrams and graphics visualizing data that need references
{{Map datasource missing}} – for own maps, especially those visualizing data, that need references
{{No source since}} – deletion warning for missing essential source information
{{Sourcefield}} - produces a warning that a file appears to have an invalid entry in its "Source" parameter; for use on user talk pages, not file pages; less serious than the {{No source since}} warning; does not threaten deletion

Fictional (consciously):

{{Fake sports logo}} – for potentially serious confusion
{{Fictional}} – proposed insignia ("flag", "sign", "seal", "CoA", …)
{{Fake insignia}} — generic "faked" symbols, to facilitate identification but often not factually accurate to avoid copyright issues.
{{Fictitious flag}} – for potentially serious confusion

Generally:

See also