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Shortcuts

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Usage

{{Unreferenced section|date=November 2024}}

This template puts articles in Category:Articles needing additional references or a dated subcategory thereof. If you leave the date off, a bot will add it later. To fill the date automatically, you can use {{subst:unreferenced section}}.

Parameters

date= Month and year the template was added: |date=November 2024
small=y Any value (typically "y", "yes", etc.) will make the template smaller. The template should normally be full-width when it applies to an entire section.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly error report for this template.

TemplateData for Unreferenced section

<templatedata> { "description": "A template to mark a section of an article as being unreferenced.", "params": { "date": { "label": "Date added", "description": "The date when this template was added to the section; if you leave this off, a bot will add it later.", "type": "string", "required": false, "autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}", "suggested": true }, "small": { "label": "Small", "description": "Any value (typically \"y\", \"yes\", etc.) will make the template smaller.", "type": "string", "required": false } } } </templatedata>

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Usage

Parameters

TemplateData

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