Template:Full citation needed

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This template is an alternative to {{Citation needed}}, for when a reference does not give enough details.

Usage

{{Full citation needed|date=November 2024}}

The template should be placed outside <ref>...</ref> tags.

• Nixon resigned August 9, 1974.<ref>''The New York Times''</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=November 2024}}

  Result: Nixon resigned August 9, 1974.

References

This template places the article into Category:Articles needing more detailed references.

Template data

This is the TemplateData documentation for the template used by the new VisualEditor.

Full citation needed

<templatedata> { "description": "This template is for when a reference does not give enough details.", "params": { "date": { "label": "Month and year", "description": "Provides the month and year; e.g., 'January 2020', but not 'jan20'", "type": "string", "autovalue": "September 2020", "suggested": true } } } </templatedata>

See also

• Wikipedia:Citing sources
• Wikipedia:Verifiability