Template:Ibid/doc

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This template will add tagged articles to a cleanup category according to the month and year given.

Usage

{{Ibid|date=December 2025}}

Pages on which this template is transcluded will be added to Category:Articles with ibid from December 2025. If no date is given, articles will be added to the more general Category:Articles with ibid, until a robot adds the date.

TemplateData

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Use this maintenance template to indicate that an article uses constructs such as ibid., loc. cit. and idem, which are discouraged by Wikipedia's style guide for footnotes, as they are easily broken.

Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
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Month and year	`date`	The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically. Example January 2013 Auto value `{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}`	Line	suggested

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