Template:Citation style/doc

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It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

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When to use

This template should be used only on articles that have sources.

It may be used with {{Refimprove}} or other check references templates. This template should not be used with stubs.

The most common correct use of this template is to identify an article that uses more than one major citation style (e.g., half the citations use ref tags, and half are parenthetical citations).

Do not place on articles containing all parenthetical citations! They're not as easy to spot with a quick glance as superscripted blue numbers, but they are an acceptable form of inline citation. Wikipedia's guidelines generally prohibit editors from changing from one acceptable form of inline citations to another, especially for reasons of personal preference or to make one article match the style in another article.

This template may be removed by anyone who fixes the problems with confusing citation styles.

How to use

To use this template, place {{Citation style|date=December 2024}} on the article page or talk page in a location that may aid in conveying the message of the template. This template may be used within {{Multiple issues}} and placement of this template on the article page is guided by Template messages/Cleanup. The following parameters may be specified for this template:

|date= should preferably be used to categorize the article in a subcategory of Category:Wikipedia references cleanup. This helps with addressing aged cleanup messages. (e.g., {{Citation style|date=December 2024}}.)
|details= may be used to provide more details on some of the aspects that should be addressed for the given article. (e.g., {{Citation style|date=December 2024|details=In particular, citation titles should be specified}})
| A first unnamed parameter may be used to specify whether the template applies to the entire article or a section of the article (e.g., {{Citation style|section|date=December 2024}}. If not specified, the first unnamed parameter defaults to "article."

Operation

This template will categorise tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia references cleanup and Category:Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify.

This template is a self-reference.

This template should not be substituted.

Template data

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

TemplateData for Citation style

<templatedata> { "description": "This template generates a tag to indicate that the article needs additional inline citations.", "params": { "1": { "label": "Section", "description": "Specifies the region of the page to which this template applies, such as 'section' or 'table'. Omit if the template applies to the whole article.", "type": "string", "required": false }, "date": { "label": "Month and year", "description": "The month and year of tagging are identified, such as 'June 2013'; you may use the '{{subst:DATE}}' template instead", "type": "string", "required": false, "autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}", "suggested": true }, "small": { "label": "Small", "description": "Any value (such as 'y') will result in the addition of 'See talk page for details.' to the tag", "type": "string", "required": false }, "details": { "label": "Details", "description": "A sentence explaining more about the problem.", "type": "string", "required": false } }, "format": "inline" } </templatedata>

v t e Citation and verifiability article maintenance templates
Sourcing	{{Better source}} {{Category unsourced}} {{Uncited category}} {{Circular}} {{Excessive citations}} {{Further reading cleanup}} {{More citations needed}} {{More footnotes}} {{No footnotes}} {{One source}} {{One source section}} {{Only primary sources}} {{NRIS-only}} {{Partisan sources}} {{Primary sources}} {{Refimprove section}} {{Refexample}} {{Religious text primary}} {{Self-published}} {{Third-party}} {{Unreferenced}} {{Unreferenced section}} {{Unreliable sources}}
BLP specific	{{BLP unsourced}} {{BLP unsourced section}} {{BLP primary sources}} {{BLP self-published}} {{BLP sources}} {{BLP sources section}} {{BLP IMDb-only refimprove}} {{BLP IMDb refimprove}} {{BLP no footnotes}} {{BLP more footnotes}} {{BLP one source}}
Topic specific	{{Media IMDb refimprove}} {{Local}} {{Medical citations needed}} {{Neologism}} {{Refimprove science}} {{Science review}} {{Unreferenced-law}} {{Unreferenced-law section}} {{Unreferenced-medical section}}
Dispute related	{{Cite check}} {{Disputed}} {{Dispute about}} {{Disputed section}} {{Original research}} {{Original research section}} {{Speculation}} {{Speculation section}} {{Synthesis}} {{Verifiability}} {{Verify sources}}
Citation improvements	{{Bad linked references}} {{Citation style}} {{Citations broken}} {{Cleanup bare URLs}} {{Cleanup partial cites}} {{Format footnotes}} {{Ibid}} {{Page numbers improve}} {{Page numbers needed}} {{Time needed}} {{Unlinked references}}
General advice	Citing sources Identifying reliable sources Maintenance template removal Citation needed Find sources Combining sources Referencing styles

Template:Citation style/doc

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