Centiare at 17:45, 4 December 2006

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Enter this tag in the body of an article as a request for other editors to find citations:
# to label a passage which is incomplete without a cited source of information
# to label a quotation which lacks a citation, as per [[Wikipedia:Citing sources]].

'''Do not use this tag in order to label text which appears doubtful or false''', especially in the case of [[Centiare:Biographies of living persons|biographies of living people]] (see [[Centiare:Three-revert_rule#Reverting_potentially_libellous_material|this section of CP:3RR]] as well).

For dealing with dubious information, please use {{[[Template:verify source|verify source]]}}. See also [[Centiare:Citing sources#Text that is, or is likely to be, disputed]].

Regarding the unsourced or poorly sourced information:
# if it is likely true, but '''needs specificity,''' you may use {{[[Template:specify|specify]]}}
# if it is '''not doubtful''', you may use {{[[Template:fact|fact]]}} or {{[[Template:citequote|citequote]]}} tag to ask for better citation in order to make the article complete.
# if it is '''doubtful''' but '''not too harmful''' to the whole article, you may use {{[[Template:verify source|verify source]]}} tag to ask for source verification. <br />
# If it is '''doubtful''' and '''(quite) highly harmful''', you may move it to the talk page and ask for a source. <br />
# If it is '''very doubtful''' and '''very harmful''', you may remove it directly without the need of moving it to the talk page first.

To find all pages that use this template, see [[:Category:Articles with unsourced statements]]. For articles which lack sources, please visit [[:Category:Articles lacking sources]].

This [[Wikipedia:Template|template]] is a [[Wikipedia:Avoid self-references|self-reference]] and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.

==Useful redirects==
* {{[[Template:cn|cn]]}}
* {{[[Template:Cite needed|Cite needed]]}}
* {{[[Template:Cite-needed|Cite-needed]]}}
* {{[[Template:Citeneeded|Citeneeded]]}}

==See also==
*[[Centiare:Citing sources]]

*<small>''{{[[Template:Cite|Cite]]}} (deprecated)</small>''

*{{[[Template:Clarifyme|Clarifyme]]}}, requesting clarification of a hard-to-understand phrase.
*{{[[Template:Citequote|Citequote]]}}, tagging a request for citation, used for quotations that needs citations to make it complete, but not for seemingly doubtful or false texts
*{{[[Template:Request quote|Request quote]]}}, tagging a request for quoting inaccessible source, used for requesting a direct quote from the cited source for verification
*{{[[Template:Verify source|Verify source]]}}, tagging a request for source verification, used for information that is doubtful or appears false.
*{{[[Template:Verify credibility|Verify credibility]]}}, tagging a request for source verification, used for information that is doubtful or appears false.

*{{[[Template:Citecheck|Citecheck]]}}, popping up a box saying an article or section may have inappropriate or misinterpreted citations
*{{[[Template:Not verified|Not verified]]}}, popping up a box saying an article or section has not been verified and may not be reliable
*{{[[Template:Unreferenced|Unreferenced]]}}, popping up a box saying an article or section has no citation or reference for its information

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Centiare at 17:45, 4 December 2006