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{{Citation needed}} is an oul' template used to identify claims in articles, particularly if questionable, that need a feckin' citation to a reliable source, you know yourself like. This template produces the superscripted message [citation needed] and is installed with no spaces directly after punctuation.

Use

{{Citation needed|date=January 2021|reason=Your explanation here}}

Notes:

  • The |date= parameter consists of the oul' full English name of the bleedin' current month (with initial capital and rest lowercase), a bleedin' space, and the oul' year. For example, "January 2013" but not "jan13" or "January 23, 2013". Deviation from this rule will place the article in Category:Articles with invalid date parameter in template.
  • To automatically add the bleedin' current date, you can use template substitution: {{subst:Citation needed}}.
  • If the oul' |date= parameter is not given, a bot will soon add it (AnomieBOT's TagDater task) but it's better if you add it yourself to avoid an extra edit to the bleedin' article's history.
  • The |reason= parameter is for an explanation why you think the oul' material needs a source. It is optional but very helpful. It is displayed as a feckin' tooltip in some browsers (hover the feckin' mouse here[citation needed] to check behaviour of your browser). For example, the bleedin' followin' usage might be appropriate to the claim that "Humphrey Bogart was an avid snooker player":
{{Citation needed|reason=This claim needs a bleedin' reliable source; Bogart was a famous actor but his major biographies don't mention snooker.|date=January 2021}}
  • Use only plain text for the |reason= parameter. Bejaysus. It does not support wiki markup like wikilinks, which can mess up the tooltip.
  • Double quotation marks used within the bleedin' |reason= parameter will likewise mess up the bleedin' tooltip; use single quotes or the feckin' HTML code &quot; instead.
  • If omitted, the oul' tooltip "This claim needs references to reliable sources." is used by default.

Examples

Example 1

This sentence shows the template used at the end.{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed for the feckin' whole sentence|date=January 2021}}

This wikitext will be rendered as follows:

This sentence shows the oul' template used at the oul' end.[citation needed]

Example 2

[[Humphrey Bogart]] was an avid snooker player.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

The template indicates that it may be that Humphrey Bogart played snooker at some point and it may be that he was enthusiastic about the feckin' game but no reliable, published sources were given to verify it and the oul' information is not considered common knowledge.

Humphrey Bogart was an avid snooker player.[citation needed]

Example 3

If it is considered that he might have played snooker but was not an avid player, a feckin' reason for the feckin' need of a bleedin' citation may be given, displayed as a feckin' tooltip when the bleedin' mouse hovers on "citation needed":

[[Humphrey Bogart]] was an avid snooker player.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021|reason=Only aware he was photographed playin' once. Not aware of any source that claims he played an oul' lot.}}
Humphrey Bogart was an avid snooker player.[citation needed]

In this example, it may be better to use the oul' {{Citation needed span}}, which has shlightly different syntax, template to highlight the feckin' word "avid".

When not to use this template

Contentious material about livin' persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced should be removed immediately. Bejaysus here's a quare one right here now. Do not tag it; immediately remove it. Jasus. This includes material that is disparagin', misrepresentative, insultin', harmful, or possibly libelous. Bejaysus. For some policy about this, see the sections "Remove contentious material that is unsourced or poorly sourced" at Mickopedia:Biographies of livin' persons and "Burden of evidence" at Mickopedia:Verifiability.

The {{Citation needed}} template is intended for use when there is a general question of the verifiability of a bleedin' statement, or when an editor believes that a reference verifyin' the feckin' statement should be provided. Other templates are available for other or more specific issues; see the list of inline templates. For example, claims that you think are incorrect should be tagged with {{Dubious}}, and those which represent a non-neutral view should be tagged with {{POV statement}}. Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Bein' specific about the feckin' nature of the oul' problem will help other editors correct it.

Within a bleedin' lead section that is clearly written as a summary of a substantially sourced article,

  • statements that are supported with citations within the feckin' body of the article should not be tagged,
  • statements that are not supported in the oul' article body should be tagged with {{Not verified in body}}.

If you have the feckin' time and ability to find an authoritative reference, please do so. Jasus. Then add the feckin' citation yourself, or correct the bleedin' article text. G'wan now and listen to this wan. After all, the bleedin' ultimate goal is not to merely identify problems, but to fix them.

While an editor may add this template to any uncited passage for any reason, many editors object to what they perceive as overuse of this tag, particularly in what is known as "drive-by" taggin', which is applyin' the tag without attemptin' to address the feckin' issues at all. Me head is hurtin' with all this raidin'. Consider whether addin' this tag in an article is the feckin' best approach before usin' it, and use it judiciously. Listen up now to this fierce wan. Mickopedia's verifiability policy does not require reliable sources for common well-known facts (e.g., "the Moon orbits the bleedin' Earth"), neither that citations be repeated through every sentence in a feckin' paragraph, what? All direct quotations and facts whose accuracy might be challenged (e.g., statistics) require citations. See WP:MINREF for the list of material that is absolutely required to be followed by an inline citation, rather than a feckin' general reference or no citation at all, enda story. Also note that the bleedin' burden of evidence lies with the bleedin' editor who adds or restores material.

This template is intended for specific passages that need citation, enda story. For entire articles or sections that contain significant material lackin' citations (rather than just specific short passages), there are other, more appropriate templates, such as {{Unreferenced}} and {{More citations needed}} (for whole articles) as well as {{Unreferenced section}} and {{More citations needed section}} (for sections of articles).

Do not use this template to tag policies or guidelines.

How to respond to this tag

The addition of this tag is a bleedin' request for an inline citation to support the bleedin' tagged statement, what? If you are able to provide an oul' citation to support the oul' claim, then please do so.

Except for contentious claims about livin' people, which should be immediately removed if not cited, there is no specific deadline for providin' citations. Please do not delete information that you believe is correct solely because no one has provided a citation within an arbitrary time limit. Here's a quare one. If there is some uncertainty about its accuracy, most editors are willin' to wait at least a month to see whether a holy citation can be provided.

Template data

This is the oul' TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the bleedin' monthly parameter usage report for this template.

TemplateData for Citation needed

The template is used to identify claims in articles, particularly if questionable, that need a citation to an oul' reliable source.

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