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{{quotation|'''Example:''' Most people believe in ghosts.{{citation needed}} }} |
{{quotation|'''Example:''' Most people believe in ghosts.{{citation needed}} }} |
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[[Image:Webcomic xkcd - Wikipedian protester.png|thumb|right|350px|When judiciously inserted, the {{tl|citation needed}} template promotes [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|accountable]] discourse.]] |
[[Image:Webcomic xkcd - Wikipedian protester.png|thumb|right|350px|When judiciously inserted, the {{tl|citation needed}} template promotes [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|accountable]] discourse. Image:<ref>http://xkcd.com/285/</ref>]] |
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To ensure that all Wikipedia content is [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|verifiable]], anyone may question an [[Wikipedia:Citing_sources#When_to_cite_sources|uncited claim]] by inserting <code><span style="border-style:solid; border-color:#dddddd; border-width:1px;">{{tl|citation needed}}</span></code> or a [[Wikipedia:Template_messages/Cleanup#Inline_with_article_text_4|similar inline flag]]. |
To ensure that all Wikipedia content is [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|verifiable]], anyone may question an [[Wikipedia:Citing_sources#When_to_cite_sources|uncited claim]] by inserting <code><span style="border-style:solid; border-color:#dddddd; border-width:1px;">{{tl|citation needed}}</span></code> or a [[Wikipedia:Template_messages/Cleanup#Inline_with_article_text_4|similar inline flag]]. |
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* Exercise caution when relying upon unsourced claims. Controversial, poorly sourced claims in biographies of living persons [[WP:GRAPEVINE|should be deleted immediately]]. |
* Exercise caution when relying upon unsourced claims. Controversial, poorly sourced claims in biographies of living persons [[WP:GRAPEVINE|should be deleted immediately]]. |
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The phrase has become a recent popular parlance and [[internet meme]]. |
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<ref>http://xkcd.com/285/</ref> |
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<ref>http://digg.com/comics_animation/XKCD_what_have_you_done</ref> |
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<ref>encyclopediadramatica.com/Citation_needed</ref> |
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<ref>http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=citation%20needed</ref> |
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<ref>http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/02/wikiffiti-stickers-t.html</ref> |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Wikipedia help]] |
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[[Category:Internet memes]] |
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[[ar:ويكيبيديا:بحاجة لمصدر]] |
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Revision as of 21:00, 30 August 2009
Example: Most people believe in ghosts.[citation needed]
To ensure that all Wikipedia content is verifiable, anyone may question an uncited claim by inserting {{citation needed}} or a similar inline flag.
- Please be bold and substitute
<ref>a footnote to a reliable source</ref>. Leave the copyediting to someone else, or learn more at Wikipedia:Citing sources and Wikipedia:Citation templates.
- Exercise caution when relying upon unsourced claims. Controversial, poorly sourced claims in biographies of living persons should be deleted immediately.
The phrase has become a recent popular parlance and internet meme. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]