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This template should only be used on articles that have no citations or references at all. Don't add this template to articles that contain even one general reference, bare URL, or citation-containing footnote. A citation is any description of a reliable source that supports any of the article content. The format of the citation and the name of the section heading (e.g., ==External links==) are not what determines whether a link or citation is a source. |
{{Unreferenced|date=August 2024}}
{{Unreferenced|find=World War II|find2=Mediterranean|date=August 2024}}
You should only add this template to articles that contain no citations or references of any kind.
Do not add this template:
==External links==
. If the link leads to a reliable source that supports some article content, then that website is a reference, not just an external link.Use {{no footnotes}} | Add {{third-party}}, too | Use only {{unreferenced}} |
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Alternatives:
{{Third-party sources}}
template, to encourage citation of WP:Independent sources rather than the subject's own website.There are six parameters, one positional, and five named parameters. All parameters are optional.
|1=
– scope of notification (e.g., 'paragraph', 'section', 'article', etc.) default: 'article'. see Details.|date=
– month name and year; e.g. 'August 2024' (no default)|find=
– search keywords for {{find sources}} param 1 (double-quoted search); default: page title. See details below.|find2=
– search keywords for {{find sources}} param 2 (unquoted search). Alias: unquoted
. See below.|small=
– set to left
or no
; see details at Ambox. Default: standard-width banner.|status=
– if set to hasaref
, alters the tracking category to Category:All articles possibly lacking sources{{Unreferenced|date=August 2024}}
or
{{subst:Unreferenced}}
Substitution of this template will automatically fill the date parameter.
The optional |find=
parameter is available, for modifying the operation of the {{find sources}} links displayed by the template:
{{Unreferenced|find=search keyword(s)|date=August 2024}}
see below for details.
To flag an individual section as being unreferenced, use the {{Unreferenced section}}
template, which categorizes more narrowly:
{{Unreferenced section|date=August 2024}}
Positional parameter 1
|1=
is the 'type' parameter, which may be set to paragraph or section or any string value. To mark an unreferenced section of an article, please use {{Unreferenced section}} instead.Date parameter:
|date=
parameter is (generally[1]) used to indicate when the template was added to a page. An example of its usage is {{Unreferenced|date=August 2024}}
. Adding this parameter sorts the article into monthly subcategories of Category:Articles lacking sources, rather than adding it to Category:Articles lacking sources itself, allowing the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first. If the date parameter is omitted, a bot will add it later.Find parameters:
|find=
to specify keywords for an exact search (double-quoted query); this corresponds to {{find sources}} positional param |1
.|find2=
to specify keywords for an unquoted search; this corresponds to {{find sources}} param |2
. The alias |unquoted=
may be used instead.The value "none" may be passed to 'find' (|find=none
) to suppress display of find sources links. (Note that specifying |find=none
and a nonempty value for |find2=
is not a valid combination.)
This template can either be placed at the top of an article, at the bottom of the article page (in an empty "References" or "Notes" section—usually just before a {{Reflist}} template), or on the article's talk page.
This template adds the article to Category:Articles lacking sources and a monthly subcategory such as Category:Articles lacking sources from August 2024 (as described above), which are hidden categories.
The similar template {{More citations needed}} adds an article to Category:Articles needing additional references. {{More medical citations needed}} adds the article to Category:Articles needing additional medical references as well as Category:Articles needing additional references.
TemplateData for Unreferenced
This template generates a tag to indicate that an article has no citations.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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Type (e.g., section) | 1 | Text to replace the word "article", usually "section". This is a legacy feature, and this usage has been replaced with the separate '{{Unreferenced section}}' template.
| String | optional |
Month and year | date | Provides the month and year of the citation request; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'
| String | suggested |
Find sources keywords | find | Search string for 'find sources' template. May be one or more words. Set to value 'none' to suppress 'find sources' output.
| String | optional |
Find2 | find2 unquoted | Search keywords for 'find sources' unquoted search. | String | optional |