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* {{para|date}}{{snd}}month name and year; e.g. '{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}' (no default) | * {{para|date}}{{snd}}month name and year; e.g. '{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}' (no default) | ||
* {{para|small}}{{snd}}set to <code>left</code> or <code>no</code>; see details at [[Template:Ambox/doc#small|Ambox]]. Default: standard-width banner. | * {{para|small}}{{snd}}set to <code>left</code> or <code>no</code>; see details at [[Template:Ambox/doc#small|Ambox]]. Default: standard-width banner. | ||
− | * {{para|status}}{{snd}} if set to <code>hasaref</code>, alters the tracking category to [[:Category: | + | * {{para|status}}{{snd}} if set to <code>hasaref</code>, alters the tracking category to [[:Category:Articles lacking sources]] |
=== Examples === | === Examples === | ||
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'''Date parameter:''' | '''Date parameter:''' | ||
− | : The {{para|date}} parameter is ''generally'' used to indicate when the template was added to a page. An example of its usage is {{tlc|Unreferenced|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}} | + | : The {{para|date}} parameter is ''generally'' used to indicate when the template was added to a page. An example of its usage is {{tlc|Unreferenced|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}. |
== General information== | == General information== |
Latest revision as of 13:27, 11 April 2024
This is a documentation subpage for Template:Unreferenced. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
This template should only be used on articles that have no citations or references at all. 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 are not what determines whether a link or citation is a source. |
Contents
Usage[edit]
{{Unreferenced|date=May 2024}}
{{Unreferenced|find=World War II|find2=Mediterranean|date=May 2024}}
When to use this template[edit]
You should only add this template to articles that contain no citations or references of any kind.
Do not add this template:
- In articles that have some citations, but not enough, the {{More citations needed}} template should be used instead as a general template.
- Other templates, listed below, should be used when the citations are inadequate for other reasons.
Alternatives:
- Be bold! Consider searching for sources and citing them in the article, instead of adding this template.
- See BattleTechWiki:Biographies of living people for guidance on dealing with unreferenced biographies of living people.
- Consider not adding this template to very brief stubs, since anyone visiting the page can see, in a single glance, that it contains no citations.
Parameters[edit]
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. 'May 2024' (no default)|small=
– set toleft
orno
; see details at Ambox. Default: standard-width banner.|status=
– if set tohasaref
, alters the tracking category to Category:Articles lacking sources
Examples[edit]
{{Unreferenced|date=May 2024}}
or
{{subst:Unreferenced}}
Substitution of this template will automatically fill the date parameter.
see below for details.
To flag an individual section as being unreferenced, use the {{Unreferenced}}
template, which categorizes more narrowly:
{{Unreferenced|date=May 2024}}
Details[edit]
Positional parameter 1
- Positional parameter
|1=
is the 'type' parameter, which may be set to paragraph or section or any string value.
Date parameter:
- The
|date=
parameter is generally used to indicate when the template was added to a page. An example of its usage is{{Unreferenced|date=May 2024}}
.
General information[edit]
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.
Categorization[edit]
This template adds the article to Category:Articles lacking sources, which is a hidden category.
[edit]
The similar template {{More citations needed}} adds an article to Category:Articles needing additional references.
Short-cut[edit]
TemplateData[edit]
TemplateData for Unreferenced
This template generates a tag to indicate that an article has no citations.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Type (e.g., section) | 1 | Text to replace the word "article", usually "section".
| String | optional |
Month and year | date | Provides the month and year of the citation request; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'
| String | suggested |
Tracking categories[edit]
See also[edit]
- BattleTechWiki:Citation needed and {{Citation needed}} – for marking a particular claim as needing a citation
- {{More citations needed}}