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{{Documentation subpage}} {{High-risk| 250+ }} {{Tl|Citation needed}} is a [[Help:Templates|template]] used to identify claims in articles, particularly if questionable, that need a [[MEpedia:Citing sources|citation]] to a reliable source. This template produces the superscripted message {{citation needed|date=May 2013|reason=example}} and is installed with no spaces directly after punctuation. == Use == :{{void|Citation needed|reason{{=}}''Your explanation here''|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}} '''Notes''': * To automatically add the current date, you can use [[Help:Substitution|substitution]]: <code><nowiki>{{subst:Citation needed}}</nowiki></code>. * The {{para|date}} parameter need not be added by the editor: if not entered, it will be worked out for you. The date parameter consists of the full English name of the current month with initial capital, a space, and the year, not full dates; e.g., "January 2013", but not "jan13". ''Any deviation from these two rules will result in an "invalid date parameter" error.'' * The {{para|reason}} parameter is optional but often helpful. It is displayed as a tooltip in some browsers (hover the mouse here {{Citation needed|reason=If and only if this text is displayed, the reason parameter is working in your browser|date={{currentmonthname}} {{currentyear}}}} to check behaviour of your browser). For example, the following usage might be appropriate to the claim that "Humphrey Bogart has won several snooker world championships": *Use only plain text for the {{para|reason}} parameter. It does not support wiki markup like wikilinks, which can "mess up" the tooltip. * Double quotation marks used within the {{para|reason}} parameter will likewise "mess up" the tooltip; use single quotes or the HTML code <code>&quot;</code> instead. * Use of this template places the article into [[:Category:All articles with unsourced statements]] and [[:Category:Articles with unsourced statements from {{Currentyear}}]] (example; past years are listed in [[:Category:Articles with unsourced statements]]). * This template should be installed directly ''after'' punctuation, such as a full stop (period) or a comma. * Remove the template when you add a citation for a statement. == Examples == === Example 1 === :<code><nowiki>This sentence shows the template used at the end.{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed for the whole sentence|date=</nowiki>{{Currentmonthname}} {{Currentyear}}}}</code> This wikitext will be rendered as follows: :This sentence shows the template used at the end.{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed for the whole sentence|date={{Currentmonthname}} {{Currentyear}}}} === Example 2 === :<code><nowiki>Humphrey Bogart has won several snooker world championships.{{Citation needed|date=</nowiki>{{currentmonthname}} {{currentyear}}}}</code> The template indicates that it may be that Humphrey Bogart played snooker at some point and it may be that he won some tournaments at some point but no ''reliable'', ''published'' sources were given to verify it and the information is not considered common knowledge. === Example 3 === If it is considered that he might have won just one tournament, the template may be placed accordingly; and a reason for the need of a citation may be given, displayed when the mouse hovers on "citation needed": :<code><nowiki>Humphrey Bogart has won several{{Citation needed|date=</nowiki>{{Currentmonthname}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|reason=Only aware he won one tournament. Sources for others please.}} snooker world championships.</code> :Humphrey Bogart has won several{{Citation needed|date={{Currentmonthname}} {{Currentyear}}|reason=Only aware he won one tournament. Sources for others please.}} snooker world championships. == Tracking categories == * {{clc|Pages containing citation needed template with deprecated parameters}} β a hidden maintenance/tracking category which is added to pages using this template with unnamed parameter {{param|1}} * {{clc|All articles with unsourced statements}} == See also == * [[MEpedia:Science guidelines]] * [[MEpedia:Commonly used citations]] <includeonly>{{#ifeq:{{SUBPAGENAME}}|sandbox|| <!-- Template categories --> [[Category:templates]] [[Category:Templates that add a tracking category]] }}</includeonly>
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