Template:Full citation needed
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This template is an alternative to {{Citation needed}}, for the cases where a reference is alluded to, or given in part, but not specified in enough detail. The factuality may or may not be in question.
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Usage
{{Full citation needed|date=May 2024}}
The template should be placed outside <ref>...</ref>
tags.
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Nixon resigned August 9, 1974.<ref>''The New York Times''</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=May 2024}}
- Result: Nixon resigned August 9, 1974.[1][full citation needed]
This template places the article into Category:Articles needing more detailed references or a dated subcategory thereof.
This template is a self-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopædic content.
Template data
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TemplateData for Full citation needed
<templatedata> { "description": "The template is used for cases where a reference is alluded to, or given in part, but not specified in enough detail.", "params": { "date": { "label": "Month and year", "description": "Provides the month and year; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'", "type": "string", "autovalue": "November 2017", "suggested": true } } } </templatedata>
Redirects
- {{fcn}}
- {{full}}
- {{Citation broken}}
- {{Incomplete citation}}
- {{Vague citation}}
See also
- {{Ref expand}}, banner template for when an article needs more than one citation to be completed
- {{Citation needed}}, for when no source is indicated at all
- {{Ref improve}}, banner template for when an article needs more than one citation to be added
- 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
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- ↑ The New York Times