Template:Verify spelling/doc

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Usage

{{verify spelling|reason=text to replace default message on mouseover|date=November 2024|pre-text=text to be displayed before the text in the reason parameter|post-text=text to be displayed after the text in the reason parameter}}

This should be used in articles where the correctness of a word, term or phrase's spelling or rendering is unknown. See also {{clarify}} for other text that is difficult to understand. This template is a self-reference and so is part of the OODA WIKI project rather than the encyclopedic content.

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This should be used in articles where the correctness of a word, term or phrase's spelling or rendering is unknown.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
mouseover textreason

explanation of why spelling must be verified

Example
spelling not attested in sources cited
Auto value
Please check the spelling/rendering of the word, term or phrase preceding this tag.
Lineoptional
month and yeardate

the month and year the tag was added

Default
{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}
Example
March 2018
Auto value
{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}
Datesuggested

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