Template:Uncited category/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Uncited category.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Description

This template is intended to allow calls for citations for article categories, without repeating the claim implied by the category in the article text with a citation needed tag.

It will categorise tagged articles into Category:Articles with unsourced categories.

Usage

{{Uncited category|cat1=People|cat2=Films directed by Woody Allen|date=21 November 2024}} produces:

This article contains uncited categories (Category:People and Category:Films directed by Woody Allen). Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced categories may be challenged and removed. (21 November 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

For example, {{Uncited category|cat1=Music videos directed by Hype Williams|date=July 2013}}, could be placed on Talk:Saturday Night (Jessica Mauboy song) to indicate that the Category:Music videos directed by Hype Williams is not cited within the text of that article.

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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}}
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