Template:Sources exist: Revision history

21 November 2025

• curprev 16:1816:18, 21 November 2025 Lemondoge talk contribs 1,151 bytes +4 Accessibility: Instead of using a blank alt attribute, use `alt=icon` (per the advice of MOS:ALT), as screen readers require some text to read in order to announce the link of hyperlinked images

4 June 2025

• curprev 10:3910:39, 4 June 2025 MrPersonHumanGuy talk contribs 1,147 bytes −18 boldly changing "performed a search and found" to "determined" because I was told this template refers to an editor's judgment, and no one has opposed my new suggestion on the talk page yet) (I tagged Kyle Hill with this template and I don't want it to imply that I'm taking credit for discovering any sources myself

26 May 2025

• curprev 20:3620:36, 26 May 2025 Novem Linguae talk contribs 1,165 bytes +25 Undid revision 1292326194 by MrPersonHumanGuy (talk) - i like the previous wording because it is less absolute. mentioning "an editor" means in the judgment of the editor that applied the tag Tag: Undo
• curprev 11:3911:39, 26 May 2025 MrPersonHumanGuy talk contribs 1,140 bytes −25 boldly rephrasing to be quantity-neutral, as not all use cases may necessarily involve just ONE editor performing ONE search | I'd like to rephrase it as "Sufficient sources have been found to establish the subject's notability", but that may be too far because the phrase "sources exist" would be sacrificed Tag: Reverted

26 December 2024

• curprev 20:0320:03, 26 December 2024 Novem Linguae talk contribs 1,165 bytes −98 Undid revision 1265305821 by Left guide (talk) - I think these sources are typically not mentioned on Wikipedia yet. they are typically found during the WP:BEFORE search Tag: Undo
• curprev 07:2007:20, 26 December 2024 Left guide talk contribs 1,263 bytes +98 this is a valuable reminder for editors who don't instinctively check article histories and talk pages Tag: Reverted

29 May 2024

• curprev 18:0018:00, 29 May 2024 MusikBot II talk contribs m 1,165 bytes 0 Changed protection settings for "Template:Sources exist": High-risk template or module: 2503 transclusions (more info) ([Edit=Require extended confirmed access] (indefinite) [Move=Require extended confirmed access] (indefinite))

30 December 2023

• curprev 01:4801:48, 30 December 2023 Joe Roe talk contribs 1,165 bytes −254 If length is the issue, condense to what we all (?) agree on
• curprev 01:3301:33, 30 December 2023 Joe Roe talk contribs 1,419 bytes +692 Undid revision 1191213168 by Novem Linguae (talk), why should they be added? Tag: Undo

22 December 2023

• curprev 05:1205:12, 22 December 2023 Novem Linguae talk contribs 727 bytes −692 too long and unfocused. shortening and restoring original intent of the template Tag: Reverted

9 December 2023

• curprev 18:5418:54, 9 December 2023 SMcCandlish talk contribs 1,419 bytes 0 Derp. I changed the wrong "may". To re-summarize: The "may" in this sentence implied permissiont to do it instead of an observation that it might happen (just like the "may be challenged and removed" in the next sentence - that's permission implication.
• curprev 18:5218:52, 9 December 2023 SMcCandlish talk contribs 1,419 bytes +2 Fix bad ambiguity; "may" implies permission, not an observation of possibility.

6 January 2023

• curprev 21:3921:39, 6 January 2023 Novem Linguae talk contribs 1,417 bytes −8 remove double <br>. too much vertical whitespace. other templates don't have single or double <br>, see Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup
• curprev 15:5715:57, 6 January 2023 Joe Roe talk contribs 1,425 bytes −43 Any examples of confusion? Regardless, we cannot tag articles for 'lacking citations to sources that demonstrate notability' when this is explicitly ''not required'' by policy.
• curprev 15:5015:50, 6 January 2023 Rosguill talk contribs 1,468 bytes +171 Undid revision 1131919208 by Joe Roe (talk) I disagree with that reading of the TfD discussion and have generally found that the wording you added in July confuses new editors. I'd urge you to reconsider this change, or alternatively we can go back to the pre-TfD status quo Tag: Undo
• curprev 11:4011:40, 6 January 2023 Joe Roe talk contribs 1,297 bytes −171 Undid revision 1131629220 by Rosguill (talk). See TfD discussion. Per WP:NEXIST, sources establishing notability don't need to be cited. This was kept on the basis that it (apparently...) flags under-citation/verification issues. Tags: Undo Reverted

5 January 2023

• curprev 01:2601:26, 5 January 2023 Rosguill talk contribs 1,468 bytes +171 reword to more directly address the purpose of notability and the problems with falling short of it source-wise; immediate verification of claims is typically not the problem for an article with dubious notability Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor

8 September 2022

• curprev 04:0004:00, 8 September 2022 Pppery talk contribs 1,297 bytes +92 Add categorization (same as more citations needed)

5 July 2022

• curprev 16:0616:06, 5 July 2022 Joe Roe talk contribs 1,205 bytes −24 Reference to WP:42 is going to be meaningless to most readers and again confuses the purpose of references with notability. Replaced with the "book with question mark" icon used by all the other sourcing-related cleanup templates.
• curprev 16:0316:03, 5 July 2022 Joe Roe talk contribs 1,229 bytes +335 Reworded based on {{More citations needed}} to avoid conflating notability and verifiability. References are used to verify claims, not "demonstrate notability" (see WP:NEXIST).
• curprev 14:4914:49, 5 July 2022 Explicit talk contribs 894 bytes −209 Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2022 June 28#Template:Sources exist closed as keep (XFDcloser) Tag: Manual revert

28 June 2022

• curprev 12:5812:58, 28 June 2022 Joe Roe talk contribs 1,103 bytes +209 Nominated for deletion; see Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2022 June 28#Template:Sources exist. Tags: Twinkle Reverted

17 May 2022

• curprev 14:2814:28, 17 May 2022 Schazjmd talk contribs 894 bytes −69 Reverted 1 edit by Dawn PScLim (talk): Wrong Tags: Twinkle Undo

14 May 2022

• curprev 21:5921:59, 14 May 2022 Dawn PScLim talk contribs m 963 bytes +69 added major clarifications to text Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor

8 June 2021

• curprev 23:3823:38, 8 June 2021 Pokechu22 talk contribs m 894 bytes −12 This isn't Template:Page numbers needed

2 June 2021

• curprev 08:2408:24, 2 June 2021 Firefly talk contribs 906 bytes −34 reword for clarity, remove underlining

25 April 2021

• curprev 01:0401:04, 25 April 2021 JsfasdF252 talk contribs 940 bytes +2 No edit summary

16 March 2021

• curprev 13:1113:11, 16 March 2021 Kline talk contribs 938 bytes +2 do → does

20 August 2020

• curprev 23:2023:20, 20 August 2020 Xeno talk contribs 936 bytes −19 more relevant links

7 August 2020

• curprev 23:3523:35, 7 August 2020 Rich Farmbrough talk contribs 955 bytes −2 No edit summary

7 July 2020

• curprev 22:3222:32, 7 July 2020 Rich Smith talk contribs 957 bytes +3 user > an editor. As we referrer to WP users as editors, this makes much more sense Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

5 July 2020

• curprev 23:2123:21, 5 July 2020 Elmidae talk contribs 954 bytes +34 "claims to indicate" is ungrammatical. Suggest "claims that there are sufficient sources to indicate"

2 July 2020

• curprev 18:3218:32, 2 July 2020 JalenBarks talk contribs 920 bytes +76 Clarify; this template is about claiming indication of notability, not claiming to have performed the search. Also including Talk page link for refideas

17 June 2020

• curprev 18:0018:00, 17 June 2020 MusikBot II talk contribs m 844 bytes 0 Protected "Template:Sources exist": High-risk template or module (more info) ([Edit=Require autoconfirmed or confirmed access] (indefinite))

10 June 2020

• curprev 05:3305:33, 10 June 2020 Hyacinth talk contribs m 844 bytes −2 -ë
• curprev 05:3205:32, 10 June 2020 Hyacinth talk contribs 846 bytes +13 "has" --> "claims to have"

11 May 2020

• curprev 03:5803:58, 11 May 2020 Finnusertop talk contribs 833 bytes −136 Category:Articles lacking page references has nothing to do with this issue

7 October 2019

• curprev 23:4423:44, 7 October 2019 Rosguill talk contribs 969 bytes +57 copy editing Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

30 September 2019

• curprev 19:4919:49, 30 September 2019 Xeno talk contribs 912 bytes +46 accidentally dropped that sentiment when harmonizing the language. re-implement but with your correction noted
• curprev 19:3619:36, 30 September 2019 Rosguill talk contribs 866 bytes +16 Reverted good faith edits by Xeno: The documentation doesn't say that this should only be used for articles that have no sources, and as a NPP reviewer I often find this to be a useful template when articles are poorly sourced but sources exist (TW) Tag: Undo
• curprev 17:2617:26, 30 September 2019 Xeno talk contribs 850 bytes −16 harmonize with {{Unreferenced}}

31 July 2019

• curprev 14:2414:24, 31 July 2019 Winged Blades of Godric talk contribs m 866 bytes −33 Reverted edits by Winged Blades of Godric (talk) to last version by Newbiepedian Tag: Rollback
• curprev 14:2414:24, 31 July 2019 Winged Blades of Godric talk contribs 899 bytes +33 // Edit via Wikiplus/So that the tagger may be contacted

14 April 2018

• curprev 20:0120:01, 14 April 2018 Newbiepedian talk contribs 866 bytes −198 tfd closed

10 April 2018

• curprev 02:3202:32, 10 April 2018 Lojbanist talk contribs 1,064 bytes +198 Nominated for deletion; see Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2018 April 10#Template:Sources exist. (TW)

26 March 2018

• curprev 06:2206:22, 26 March 2018 Insertcleverphrasehere talk contribs m 866 bytes −2,108 Reverted edits by Insertcleverphrasehere (talk) to last version by Noyster Tags: Rollback Undo
• curprev 06:2106:21, 26 March 2018 Insertcleverphrasehere talk contribs 2,974 bytes +2,108 Added a library of links

14 March 2018

• curprev 11:5711:57, 14 March 2018 Noyster talk contribs m 866 bytes 0 grammar

23 December 2017

• curprev 21:3221:32, 23 December 2017 Insertcleverphrasehere talk contribs 866 bytes −66 Undid revision 816810927 by Insertcleverphrasehere (talk) nope
• curprev 21:3121:31, 23 December 2017 Insertcleverphrasehere talk contribs 932 bytes +66 trying out this template