To ensure that all Wikipedia content is verifiable, anyone may question an un-cited claim by inserting a simple {{Citation needed}} tag, or by using a more comprehensive {{citation needed|reason=Your explanation here|date=November 2015}} clause.
Example: 65% of people believe in ghosts.[citation needed]
- Exercise caution before relying upon unsourced claims.
- If you can provide a reliable source for the claim, please be bold and replace the "Citation needed" template with enough information to locate the source. You may leave the copyediting to someone else, or learn more about citing sources on Wikipedia. Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners provides a brief introduction on how to reference Wikipedia articles.
- If someone tagged your contributions with
{{Citation needed}}and you disagree, discuss the matter on the article's discussion page. - Controversial, poorly sourced claims in biographies of living people should be deleted immediately.
See also
- Template:Citation needed
- Template:Citation needed-span
- Template:Verify source
- Template:Unreferenced for an article (rather than an individual statement) which does not cite any references or sources.
- Template:Refimprove for an article (rather than an individual statement) that has some citations, but not enough.
- Inline verifiability and sources cleanup templates
External links
Media related to Citation needed at Wikimedia Commons