Template:Unreferenced/doc


 * This template will add tagged articles to Category:Articles lacking sources (but see below).
 * This template should not be used in conjunction with Subst.
 * There is currently no consensus about where to place this template; most suggest either the top of the article page, the bottom of the article page (in an empty 'References' section), or on the article's talk page.
 * There is currently no consensus about whether this template should be used with stubs. Certainly all articles, including stubs, should cite references, but opinions vary as to whether the stub tag is sufficient notification of the need to improve the article, or whether there is a need for more specific notification via this tag.

Usage
undefined should be used only on articles that have no sources. The refimprove template is appropriate for articles with some sources but not enough. Other templates, listed below, may be used when the sources are inadequate for other reasons.

This template has two optional fields: a description field, and a recommended date parameter used to indicate when the template was added to a page.


 * Description field: The optional description field is used to indicate more specifically what should be referenced. An example of its usage is . The description field is commonly omitted, which is acceptable, and the information box displayed in an article would then read "This article does not cite any references or sources." If a description is supplied, the word article in the information box is replaced with the description; for the example just given, the information box would read "This article's section called 'Childhood' does not cite any references or sources."


 * Date parameter: The date parameter, which is recommended, is used to indicate when the template was added to a page. An example of its usage is . Adding this parameter sorts the article into monthly subcategories of Category:Articles lacking sources, rather than adding it to Category:Articles lacking sources itself, allowing the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first. If the date parameter is omitted, a bot will add it later.

The two optional fields can be used together, and placed in either order. For example, both  and   have the same effect.

Differences from related templates
One difference between the  template and the similar templates   and   is that   adds an article to Category:Articles lacking sources, while   and   add an article to Category:Articles needing additional references.

A common practice is to supply a description of "section", as in, which results in an information box reading "This section does not cite any references or sources." This is the same message that is displayed when using, but the two templates place an article in different categories, as noted above.

Note: when adding  to a section of an article, then the date parameter must be included. Otherwise, SmackBot will change the template to  when it adds the date parameter.

Redirects
The following templates redirect to, meaning that they are synonyms that work exactly as   works:
 * Citesources
 * No references
 * Noref
 * Noreferences
 * Norefs
 * Notverifiable
 * References
 * Uncited-article
 * Unref
 * Unrefart
 * Unrefarticle
 * Unreferenced art
 * Unreferenced article
 * Unreferencedart
 * Unrefreenced
 * Unsourced
 * Unverified

The following template previously redirected to, but has been changed:


 * (Nosources (now redirects to No source)