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((Place?))

((Place missing)) is an inline cleanup template flagging a broken source citation that is missing the place of publication of the cited source.

Usage[edit]

((Place missing|date=July 2024))

With references in a Citation Style 1 template (((Cite web)), ((Cite book)), ((Citation)), etc.):
- Place ((Place missing)) outside the citation template
With a free-form reference citation, just append ((Place missing)) to the end of the citation.

How to fix the problem flagged by this template[edit]

Do not remove the template without fixing the problem one of the following ways.

If you know the place, fill in the needed information, and remove the template.
For a template-formatted citation, add the place
1. |place=XXX
For a free-form citation

:
1. Just add the place as appropriate to the format of the citation; or...
2. Better yet, convert the entire citation to ((cite journal)), ((cite news)) or some other ((cite xxx))-series template, as appropriate for the work in question.

If you know that no place was specified by the original source, as is common with older books, you have the following option.
1. Explicitly state that the location was unspecified:
  |Place= (you must use HTML  comment tags to hide the message from the citation processing software)
For free-form citations:
No place specified.

Do not use question marks.

Do not leave the information blank and untag it, or someone else will just come along later and flag this with ((Place missing)) again!

Do not use |Place=none, |Place=unknown or anything else vague; any implication other than that the source itself did not specify an ISBN is simply a signal to other editors to re-tag it with ((Place missing)).

If you don't know:
1. Check the source, and add the necessary information, as above.
Do not use question marks.

If the source is a dead link, check archive.org for a backup copy (see your ((citation))/((cite xxx))-type template's documentation for use of |archiveurl= and |archivedate= parameters). If no archive copy is available, use ((Dead link)) after the citation, but leave ((Place missing)) as well.

Redirects[edit]

See also[edit]

((Coord missing))

Source citation guidelines

Citation repair templates

((full citation needed)) – the catch-all
((author missing))

((author incomplete)) – a variant for partial data

((title incomplete)) – a variant for partial data

((year missing))

Other

((List years)), for missing years in lists

Inline cleanup tags

Attribution

Clarity

Miscellaneous

Neutrality

Precision

((By how much)) ((Definition)) ((Definition needed)) ((Example needed)) ((Example needed span)) ((Explain)) ((How)) ((How often)) ((Misquoted)) ((Quantify)) ((Specify)) ((Vague)) ((When)) ((Where)) ((Which)) ((Who else)) ((Why)) ((Year needed))
Excessive	((Overly detailed inline)) ((Duplication span)) ((Importance inline)) ((Relevance inline)) ((Undue weight inline)) ((Globalize inline)) ((Infobox clutter))

Time-sensitivity

Verifiability

Dubious	((Contradictory inline)) ((Disputed inline)) ((Dubious)) ((Dubious span)) ((Inconsistent)) ((Needs independent confirmation)) ((Speculation inline))
Bare URLs	((Bare URL inline)) ((Bare URL non-HTML)) ((Bare URL AV media)) ((Bare URL PDF)) ((Bare URL image)) ((Bare URL DOC)) ((Bare URL plain text)) ((Bare URL spreadsheet))
Incomplete or broken citation	((Author incomplete)) ((Author missing)) ((Date missing)) ((Dead link)) ((Edition needed)) ((Episode needed)) ((Full citation needed)) ((Incomplete short citation)) ((ISBN missing)) ((Moved resource)) ((Page needed)) ((Place missing)) ((Publisher missing)) ((Season needed)) ((Time needed)) ((Title incomplete)) ((Title missing)) ((Volume needed)) ((Year missing))
Missing or problematic reference	((Additional citation needed)) ((Better source needed)) ((Better source needed example)) ((Check quotation)) ((Chronology citation needed)) ((Circular reference)) ((Citation needed)) ((Citation needed span)) ((Citation not found)) ((Close paraphrasing inline)) ((COI source)) ((Deprecated inline)) ((Excessive citations inline)) ((Failed verification)) ((Failed verification span)) ((Image reference needed)) ((Irrelevant citation)) ((Medical citation needed)) ((Medical citation needed span)) ((Nonspecific)) ((Not verified in body)) ((Obsolete source)) ((Page range too broad)) ((Primary source inline)) ((Promotional source)) ((Quote without source)) ((Request quotation)) ((Request quotation span)) ((Retracted)) ((Scientific citation needed)) ((Self-published inline)) ((Tertiary source inline)) ((Third-party inline)) ((Unreliable fringe source)) ((Unreliable medical source)) ((Unreliable source?)) ((Verify quote)) ((Verify source))

Wording

General advice

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