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Use this tag for information that needs citations to make it complete, or quotations that are used without citations, as per Wikipedia:Citing sources.
Do not use this tag in order to label text which appears doubtful or false, especially in the case of biographies of living people. Otherwise please use {{verify source}}. For passages that are confusing, unclear, ambiguous, or missing a clarifier of some kind (i.e. the problem is with the wording, not the sourcing), use {{clarifyme}}.
Regarding the unsourced or poorly sourced information:
- if it is likely true, but needs specificity, you may use {{specify}}
- if it is not doubtful, you may use {{fact}} or {{citequote}} tag to ask for better citation in order to make the article complete.
- if it is doubtful but not harmful to the whole article, you may use {{verify source}} tag to ask for source verification.
- If it is doubtful and harmful, you may move it to the talk page and ask for a source.
- If it is very doubtful and very harmful, you may remove it directly without the need of moving it to the talk page first.
To find all the articles that use this template, see What links here. For articles which lack sources, see Category:Articles lacking sources.
This template is a self-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.
See also
- {{Citequote}}, tagging a request for citation, used for quotaions that needs citations to make it complete, but not for seemingly doubtful or false texts
- {{Request quote}}, tagging a request for quoting inaccessible source, used for requesting a direct quote from the cited source for verification
- {{Verify source}}, tagging a request for source verification, used for information that is doubtful or appears false.
- {{Verify credibility}}, tagging a request for source verification, used for information that is doubtful or appears false.
- {{Citecheck}}, popping up a box saying an article or section may have inappropriate or misinterpreted citations
- {{Not verified}}, popping up a box saying an article or section has not been verified and may not be reliable
- {{Unreferenced}}, popping up a box saying an article or section has no citation or reference for its information
