Template:Citation needed - Revision history

JVC3: Added citation template category

2026-02-16T18:41:44Z

Added citation template category

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	=== Note to any editors ===		=== Note to any editors ===
	For the life of me I couldn't get this to work 100% properly		For the life of me I couldn't get this to work 100% properly
	* see the talk/discussion page for more details.</noinclude>		* see the talk/discussion page for more details.
			[[Category:Citation templates]]
			</noinclude>

JVC3: I spelt the tag names wrong... (I did "onlyinclude" instead of "includeonly")

2026-02-16T07:54:05Z

I spelt the tag names wrong... (I did "onlyinclude" instead of "includeonly")

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	<noinclude><sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citation_needed\|''citation needed'']]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup>		<noinclude><sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citation_needed\|''citation needed'']]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup>

	Some dubious claim.</noinclude><~~onlyinclude~~><sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citation_needed\|''citation needed'']]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup>[[Category:Pages with citations needed]]</~~onlyinclude~~><noinclude><br>{{{date\|}}}{{{reason\|This claim needs a reliable source}}}		Some dubious claim.</noinclude><includeonly><sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citation_needed\|''citation needed'']]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup>[[Category:Pages with citations needed]]</includeonly><noinclude><br>{{{date\|}}}{{{reason\|This claim needs a reliable source}}}

	=== Usage ===		=== Usage ===

JVC3: Undo revision 8956 by JVC3 (talk) Never mind - turns out I had it right the first time

2026-02-16T07:50:07Z

Undo revision 8956 by JVC3 (talk) Never mind - turns out I had it right the first time

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	<noinclude><sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citation_needed\|''citation needed'']]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup>		<noinclude><sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citation_needed\|''citation needed'']]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup>

	Some dubious claim.</noinclude><onlyinclude><sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citation_needed\|''citation needed'']]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup></onlyinclude><noinclude><br>{{{date\|}}}{{{reason\|This claim needs a reliable source}}}		Some dubious claim.</noinclude><onlyinclude><sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citation_needed\|''citation needed'']]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup>[[Category:Pages with citations needed]]</onlyinclude><noinclude><br>{{{date\|}}}{{{reason\|This claim needs a reliable source}}}

	=== Usage ===		=== Usage ===
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	For the life of me I couldn't get this to work 100% properly		For the life of me I couldn't get this to work 100% properly
	* see the talk/discussion page for more details.		* see the talk/discussion page for more details.</noinclude>

	~~[[Category:Pages with citations needed]]~~
	</noinclude>

JVC3: Moved the category definition to the noinclude block to make sure this page itself didn't get included in the category

2026-02-16T07:48:15Z

Moved the category definition to the noinclude block to make sure this page itself didn't get included in the category

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	<noinclude><sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citation_needed\|''citation needed'']]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup>		<noinclude><sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citation_needed\|''citation needed'']]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup>

	Some dubious claim.</noinclude><onlyinclude><sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citation_needed\|''citation needed'']]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup>~~[[Category:Pages with citations needed]]~~</onlyinclude><noinclude><br>{{{date\|}}}{{{reason\|This claim needs a reliable source}}}		Some dubious claim.</noinclude><onlyinclude><sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citation_needed\|''citation needed'']]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup></onlyinclude><noinclude><br>{{{date\|}}}{{{reason\|This claim needs a reliable source}}}

	=== Usage ===		=== Usage ===
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	For the life of me I couldn't get this to work 100% properly		For the life of me I couldn't get this to work 100% properly
	* see the talk/discussion page for more details.</noinclude>		* see the talk/discussion page for more details.

			[[Category:Pages with citations needed]]
			</noinclude>

JVC3: Added a category to categorise all citation needed pages

2026-02-16T07:41:51Z

Added a category to categorise all citation needed pages

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	<noinclude><sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citation_needed\|''citation needed'']]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup>		<noinclude><sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citation_needed\|''citation needed'']]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup>

	Some dubious claim.</noinclude><onlyinclude><sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citation_needed\|''citation needed'']]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup></onlyinclude><noinclude><br>{{{date\|}}}{{{reason\|This claim needs a reliable source}}}		Some dubious claim.</noinclude><onlyinclude><sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citation_needed\|''citation needed'']]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup>[[Category:Pages with citations needed]]</onlyinclude><noinclude><br>{{{date\|}}}{{{reason\|This claim needs a reliable source}}}

	=== Usage ===		=== Usage ===

JVC3: Updated usage information to use accurate date formatting

2026-02-16T07:40:28Z

Updated usage information to use accurate date formatting

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	=== Usage ===		=== Usage ===
	* <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed}}</nowiki></code><br>		* <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed}}</nowiki></code><br>
	* <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed\|date=~~Feb 2026}}</nowiki></code><br>~~		* <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed\|date=February 2026}}</nowiki></code><br>
	* <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed\|date=16 Feb 2026}}</nowiki></code><br>
	* <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed\|reason=This claim is dubious}}</nowiki></code><br>		* <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed\|reason=This claim is dubious}}</nowiki></code><br>
	* <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed\|date=~~Feb 2026\|reason=This claim is dubious}}</nowiki></code>~~		* <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed\|date=February 2026\|reason=This claim is dubious}}</nowiki></code>
	* <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed\|date=16 Feb 2026\|reason=This claim is dubious}}</nowiki></code>

	In all these cases, <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed...</nowiki></code> can be substituted with <code><nowiki>{{cn...</nowiki></code>. E.g.:		In all these cases, <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed...</nowiki></code> can be substituted with <code><nowiki>{{cn...</nowiki></code>. E.g.:
	* <code><nowiki>{{cn}}</nowiki></code><br>		* <code><nowiki>{{cn}}</nowiki></code><br>
	* <code><nowiki>{{cn\|date=~~Feb~~ 2026}}</nowiki></code><br>		* <code><nowiki>{{cn\|date=February 2026}}</nowiki></code><br>
	* etc.		* etc.

JVC3: Tried adjusting the formatting of the CN tag, but it wasn't working, so ended up writing a usage guide

2026-02-16T07:17:05Z

Tried adjusting the formatting of the CN tag, but it wasn't working, so ended up writing a usage guide

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	<~~onlyinclude~~><sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citation_needed\|<~~span style~~:~~"text-decoration~~: ~~none !important;">~~''citation needed''~~</span>~~]]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup></onlyinclude><noinclude>{{{date\|}}}{{{reason\|This claim needs a reliable source}}}</noinclude>		<noinclude><sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citation_needed\|''citation needed'']]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup>

			Some dubious claim.</noinclude><onlyinclude><sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citation_needed\|''citation needed'']]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup></onlyinclude><noinclude><br>{{{date\|}}}{{{reason\|This claim needs a reliable source}}}

			=== Usage ===
			* <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed}}</nowiki></code><br>
			* <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed\|date=Feb 2026}}</nowiki></code><br>
			* <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed\|date=16 Feb 2026}}</nowiki></code><br>
			* <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed\|reason=This claim is dubious}}</nowiki></code><br>
			* <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed\|date=Feb 2026\|reason=This claim is dubious}}</nowiki></code>
			* <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed\|date=16 Feb 2026\|reason=This claim is dubious}}</nowiki></code>

			In all these cases, <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed...</nowiki></code> can be substituted with <code><nowiki>{{cn...</nowiki></code>. E.g.:
			* <code><nowiki>{{cn}}</nowiki></code><br>
			* <code><nowiki>{{cn\|date=Feb 2026}}</nowiki></code><br>
			* etc.

			<blockquote>NOTE: The arguments (i.e. <code>date</code> and <code>reason</code>) '''must''' be in that order.<br>They're both optional, but if you're including them both, then it's date first, and reason second.</blockquote>

			<blockquote>If you don't include a date, no date will be defined, and if you don't provide a reason, the default reason will be "This claim needs a reliable source".</blockquote>

			=== Note to any editors ===
			For the life of me I couldn't get this to work 100% properly
			* see the talk/discussion page for more details.</noinclude>

JVC3: Started creating a citation needed template but it's doing my bloody head in

2026-02-16T06:23:52Z

Started creating a citation needed template but it's doing my bloody head in

New page

<onlyinclude><sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citation_needed|<span style:"text-decoration: none !important;">''citation needed''</span>]]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup></onlyinclude><noinclude>{{{date|}}}{{{reason|This claim needs a reliable source}}}</noinclude>