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Inline templates[edit]
{{Cite quote}}[this quote needs a citation]: for "actual quotations" which need citations to make them proper.
{{Clarify}}[clarification needed]: request clarification of wording or interpretation.
{{Examples}}[examples needed]: request examples for clarification.
{{Nonspecific}}[not specific enough to verify]: flag a general, yet factual statement as needing to be made more specific before it can be verified.
{{Page needed}}[page needed]: request a page number for an existing citation.
Highlighting some text that needs a citation[edit]
{{Citation needed span}}
(also {{Cn span}}/{{Cn-span}}, {{Fact span}}/{{Fact-span}}, or {{Reference necessary}})
similar, except that the text needing the citation is changed to a dark slate-gray color while being encapsulated in an off-white box with a pale pink outline. For example:
Beetles constitute by far[citation needed] the largest order of insects, with 350,000–400,000 species in four suborders.[citation needed]
This template can be used within a sentence or at the end. Notice that punctuation should be inside the questioned text.
Incomplete citations[edit]
{{Full}}[full citation needed]: in-line request for full citation, for example when only (Author, YEAR) is given.
{{Incomplete short citation}}[incomplete short citation]: in-line warning and request for enough information to allow the short citation to uniquely identify a long citation.
{{Page needed}}[page needed]: in-line request for the page number or page numbers in a work such as journal for an existing citation.
{{Season needed}}[season & episode needed], similar to {{page needed}}: for missing TV season & episode number.
{{Volume needed}}[volume & issue needed], similar to {{page needed}}: for missing journal, newspaper, comic, etc., volume and issue numbers).
6.1.3 Verification
{{Better source}}[better source needed]: flags a statement as requiring a better source.
{{Dead link}}[dead link]: request a fix for a dead external link within a paragraph or a reference citation.
{{Failed verification}}[not in citation given]: source was checked, and did not contain the cited material.
{{Request quotation}}[need quotation to verify]: request a direct quote from an inaccessible source, for verification purposes.
{{Self-published inline}}[self-published source?] or {{Self-published source}} [self-published source]: flag a source that cites the author.
{{Source need translation}}[source needs translation]: Self explanatory. See WP:NONENG for policy requirements.
{{Verify credibility}}[unreliable source?]: flag a source as possibly being unreliable and/or unverifiable.
{{Verify source}}[verification needed]: request that someone verify the cited source backs up the material in the passage.
Content[edit]
{{Definition}}[when defined as?]: flag a definition as being ambiguous/confusing
{{Dubious}}[dubious – discuss]: flag something as suspected of being incorrect
{{Technical-statement}}[jargon]: ...flag a word or phrase Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable
{{Or}}[original research?]: flag something as possibly containing original research
{{Peacock term}}[peacock term]: Avoid peacock terms too
{{POV-statement}}[neutrality is disputed]: dispute the neutrality of a passage
{{Quantify}}[quantify]: flag a statement as being vague regarding the amount of something
{{Time fact}}/{{Chronology citation needed}}[chronology citation needed]: request a source confirming or providing the chronology or timeline of a statement
{{Undue-inline}}[undue weight? – discuss]: show that a statement does not ascribe appropriate weight to its sources, according to their prominence; use in preference to...
{{Vague}}[vague]: flag a statement that is too vague to be unambiguously verifiable.
{{Weasel-inline}}[weasel words]: flag for weasel word cleanup
{{When}}[when?]: flags a particular time period as being vague or ambiguous
{{Who}}[who?]: for placement after descriptions of a group of persons
{{Whom}}/{{By whom}}[by whom?]: placement after mention of a vague third party claim that is not sourced
{{Whom?}}[according to whom?]
{{copyedit|date=November 2013}}: request for the article to be copy edited.
Timeliness[edit]
{{Update after}}[dated info]: a template that only shows itself after a specified time, indicating an exceptional statement that will date quickly.
Article message box templates[edit]
{{Cite check}}, article/section may have inappropriate or misinterpreted citations.
{{Refimprove}}, article/section has weak or incomplete sources/references/citations.
{{Unreferenced}}, article/section has no sources/references/citations given at all.
Citation method and style
{{Citation style}}
{{No footnotes}}
Warning Templates[edit]
[[File:Information orange.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]] Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at [[:Henry II of England]]. Your edits appear to constitute [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]] and have been [[Help:Reverting|reverted]] or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]]. [[Wikipedia:Administrators|Administrators]] have the ability to [[WP:BLOCK|block]] users from editing if they repeatedly engage in vandalism. Thank you.<!-- Template:uw-vandalism2 --> <span style="border:3px solid#00FFFF;color:gray;">[[User:Satellizer|<span style="color:gray;">'''''satellizer''''']] [[User talk:Satellizer|<span style="color:gray;">(talk]] - [[Special:Contribs/Satellizer|<span style="color:gray;">contributions)]]</span> 10:15, 24 November 2013 (UTC) :''If this is a [[Network address translation|shared IP address]], and you did not make the edits, consider [[Wikipedia:Why create an account?|creating an account]] for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant notices.''<!-- Template:Shared IP advice -->
[[File:Nuvola apps important.svg|25px|alt=Warning icon]] Please stop your [[Wikipedia:Disruptive editing|disruptive editing]]. If you continue to [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalize]] Wikipedia, as you did at [[:Henry II of England]], you may be [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|blocked from editing]]. <!-- Template:uw-vandalism3 --> <span style="border:3px solid#00FFFF;color:gray;">[[User:Satellizer|<span style="color:gray;">'''''satellizer''''']] [[User talk:Satellizer|<span style="color:gray;">(talk]] - [[Special:Contribs/Satellizer|<span style="color:gray;">contributions)]]</span> 10:19, 24 November 2013 (UTC) :''If this is a [[Network address translation|shared IP address]], and you did not make the edits, consider [[Wikipedia:Why create an account?|creating an account]] for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant notices.''<!-- Template:Shared IP advice -->