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{{अस्पष्टं मुद्रणम्}} (also known by the redirects {{Cn}} and {{Fact}}) is a template used to identify claims in articles, particularly if questionable, that need a citation to a reliable source. The template produces a superscripted फलकम्:Citation needed
Usage
[सम्पाद्यताम्]{{अस्पष्टं मुद्रणम्|reason=your explanation here|date=नवेम्बर् २०२४}}
Notes:
- The date-substitution template may be used to automatically generate the date, e.g.,
{{Citation needed|{{subst:DATE}}}}
. See Help:Substitution for more information. - The
|date=
parameter need not be added by the editor: if not entered, a bot will soon add it. 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
|reason=
(without leading capital) parameter is optional but often helpful. It is displayed as a tooltip. For example, the following usage might be appropriate to the claim that "Humphrey Bogart has won several snooker world championships.":{{अस्पष्टं मुद्रणम्|reason=This claim needs a reliable source; Bogart was a famous actor, and his major biographies don't mention snooker.|date=नवेम्बर् २०२४}}
- If double quotation marks are used within the
|reason=
parameter, the reason will not be displayed as a tooltip; use single quotes instead. - Use only plain text for the
|reason=
parameter. It does not support wiki markup like wikilinks which can "mess up" the tooltip.
- Use of this template places the article into Category:Articles with unsourced statements and Category:Articles with unsourced statements from नवेम्बर् २०२४ (example).
- Remove the template when you add a citation for a statement.
Examples
[सम्पाद्यताम्]Example 1
[सम्पाद्यताम्]This sentence shows the template used at the end.
{{अस्पष्टं मुद्रणम्|reason=reliable source needed for the whole sentence|date=नवेम्बर् २०२४}}
The above wikitext will render as follows:
- This sentence shows the template used at the end.फलकम्:Citation needed
Example 2
[सम्पाद्यताम्]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.
- Humphrey Bogart has won several snooker world championships.[अस्पष्टं मुद्रणम्]
Example 3
[सम्पाद्यताम्]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":
- Humphrey Bogart has won severalफलकम्:Citation needed snooker world championships.
When not to use this template
[सम्पाद्यताम्]Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced should be removed immediately. Do not tag it: immediately remove it. This includes material that is doubtful, harmful, or possibly libelous. For some policy about this, see the sections "Remove contentious material that is unsourced or poorly sourced" at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons and "Burden of evidence" at Wikipedia:Verifiability.
The {{Citation needed}} template is intended for use when there is a general question of the verifiability of a statement, or when an editor believes that a reference verifying the 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}}. Being specific about the nature of the problem will help other editors correct it.
If you have the time and ability to find an authoritative reference, please do so. Then add the citation yourself, or correct the article text. After all, the 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" tagging, which is applying the tag without attempting to address the issues at all (hit-and-run). Consider whether adding this tag in an article is the best approach before using it, and use it judiciously. Wikipedia's verifiability policy does not require reliable sources for common well-known facts (e.g., "The Moon orbits the Earth"), or that citations be repeated through every sentence in a paragraph. 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 general reference or no citation at all. Also note that the burden of evidence lies with the editor who adds or restores material.
This template is intended for specific passages that need citation. For entire articles or sections that contain significant material lacking sources (rather than just specific short passages), there are other, more appropriate templates, such as {{Unreferenced}} or {{Refimprove}}.
Do not use this template on policies, guidelines, or other non-article pages.
How to respond to this tag
[सम्पाद्यताम्]The addition of this tag is a request for an inline citation to support the tagged statement. If you are able to provide a citation to support the claim, then please do so.
Except for certain kinds of claims about living people, which require immediate production of inline citations, there is no specific deadline for providing citations. Please do not delete information that you believe is correct simply because no-one has provided a citation within an arbitrary time limit. Where there is some uncertainty about its accuracy, most editors are willing to wait about a month to see whether a citation can be provided.
Template data
[सम्पाद्यताम्]The template is used to identify claims in articles, particularly if questionable, that need a citation to a reliable source.
परिमितिः | वर्णनम् | प्रकारः | स्थितिः | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Month and year | date | Provides the month and year of the citation request; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13' | स्ट्रिंग | आवश्यक |
Reason for citation | reason | A reason as to why, or for what content, the citation is needed; use single quotes, if any | स्ट्रिंग | ऐच्छिकम् |
Redirects
[सम्पाद्यताम्]- Click here for a list of templates that redirect here and that may also be used.
See also
[सम्पाद्यताम्]- Template:Citation needed (lead), a similar template specifically for the lead of articles
- Wikipedia:Citing sources, especially Unsourced material
- Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup#Verifiability and sources
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles
- Wikipedia:Verifiability
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check
Inline templates
[सम्पाद्यताम्]- {{Cite quote}}फलकम्:Cite quote: for "actual quotations" which need citations to make them proper.
- {{Clarify}}फलकम्:Clarify: request clarification of wording or interpretation.
- {{Examples}}फलकम्:Examples: request examples for clarification.
- {{Nonspecific}}फलकम्:Nonspecific: flag a general, yet factual statement as needing to be made more specific before it can be verified.
- {{Page needed}}फलकम्:Page needed: request a page number for an existing citation.
Highlighting some text that needs a citation
[सम्पाद्यताम्]- {{Citation needed span}}: similar, except that the text needing the citation is changed to a dark slate-gray color while being encapsulated in an off-white box with a pale pink outline. For example:
- Beetles constitute फलकम्:Citation needed span the largest order of insects, with फलकम्:Citation needed span
- This template can be used within a sentence or at the end. Notice that punctuation should be inside the questioned text.
Incomplete citations
[सम्पाद्यताम्]- {{Full}}फलकम्:Full: in-line request for full citation, for example when only (Author, YEAR) is given.
- {{Incomplete short citation}}फलकम्:Incomplete short citation: in-line warning and request for enough information to allow the short citation to uniquely identify a long citation.
- {{Page needed}}फलकम्:Page needed: in-line request for the page number or page numbers in a work such as journal for an existing citation.
- {{Season needed}}फलकम्:Season needed, similar to {{page needed}}: for missing TV season & episode number.
- {{Volume needed}}फलकम्:Volume needed, similar to {{page needed}}: for missing journal, newspaper, comic, volume and issue numbers, etc.
Verification
[सम्पाद्यताम्]- {{Better source}}फलकम्:Better source: flags a statement as requiring a better source.
- {{Dead link}}फलकम्:Dead link: request a fix for a dead external link within a paragraph or a reference citation.
- {{Failed verification}}फलकम्:Failed verification: source was checked, and did not contain the cited material.
- {{Request quotation}}फलकम्:Request quotation: request a direct quote from an inaccessible source, for verification purposes.
- {{Self-published inline}}फलकम्:Self-published inline or {{Self-published source}} फलकम्:Self-published source: flag a source that cites the author.
- {{Source need translation}}फलकम्:Source need translation: Self-explanatory. See WP:NONENG for policy requirements.
- {{Verify credibility}}फलकम्:Verify credibility: flag a source as possibly being unreliable and/or unverifiable.
- {{Verify source}}फलकम्:Verify source: request that someone verify the cited source backs up the material in the passage.
Content
[सम्पाद्यताम्]- {{According to whom}}फलकम्:According to whom
- {{Definition}}फलकम्:Definition: flag a definition as being ambiguous/confusing
- {{Dubious}}फलकम्:Dubious: flag something as suspected of being incorrect
- {{Or}}फलकम्:Or: flag something as possibly containing original research
- {{Peacock term}}फलकम्:Peacock term: Avoid peacock terms too
- {{POV-statement}}फलकम्:POV-statement: dispute the neutrality of a passage
- {{Quantify}}फलकम्:Quantify: flag a statement as being vague regarding the amount of something
- {{Technical-statement}}फलकम्:Technical-statement: ...flag a word or phrase Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable
- {{Time fact}}/{{Chronology citation needed}}फलकम्:Chronology citation needed: request a source confirming or providing the chronology or timeline of a statement
- {{Undue-inline}}फलकम्:Undue-inline: show that a statement does not ascribe appropriate weight to its sources, according to their prominence; use in preference to...
- {{Vague}}फलकम्:Vague: flag a statement that is too vague to be unambiguously verifiable.
- {{Weasel-inline}}फलकम्:Weasel-inline: flag for weasel word cleanup
- {{When}}फलकम्:When: flags a particular time period as being vague or ambiguous
- {{Who}}फलकम्:Who: for placement after descriptions of a group of persons
- {{Whom}}/{{By whom}}फलकम्:By whom: placement after mention of a vague third party claim that is not sourced
Timeliness
[सम्पाद्यताम्]- {{Update after}}फलकम्:Update after: a template that only shows itself after a specified time, indicating an exceptional statement that will date quickly.
Article message box templates
[सम्पाद्यताम्]- {{Cite check}}, article/section may have inappropriate or misinterpreted citations.
- {{Refimprove}}, article/section has weak or incomplete sources/references/citations.
- {{Unreferenced}}, article/section has no sources/references/citations given at all.
- Citation method and style
- {{Citation style}}
- {{No footnotes}}