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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 an external link.Alternatives:
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. 'Ogasiti 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=Ogasiti 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=Ogasiti 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=Ogasiti 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=Ogasiti 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 Ogasiti 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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |