This article is about the history and effects of the Wikipedia tag. For the template that generates the tag, see Template:Citation needed. For proper usage of the tag, see Wikipedia:Citation needed.
An example of the citation needed template as seen in an article on the English Wikipedia
"[citation needed]" is a tag added by Wikipedia editors to unsourced statements in articles requesting citations to be added.[1] The phrase is reflective of the policies of verifiability and no original research on Wikipedia and has become a general Internet meme.[2]
^Redi, Miriam; Fetahu, Besnik; Morgan, Jonathan; Taraborelli, Dario (May 13, 2019). "Citation Needed: A Taxonomy and Algorithmic Assessment of Wikipedia's Verifiability". The World Wide Web Conference. WWW '19. San Francisco, CA, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. pp. 1567–1578. doi:10.1145/3308558.3313618. ISBN 978-1-4503-6674-8. S2CID 67856117.
^McDowell, Zachary J.; Vetter, Matthew A. (2022). "What Counts as Information: The Construction of Reliability and Verifability". Wikipedia and the Representation of Reality. Routledge, Taylor & Francis. p. 34. doi:10.4324/9781003094081. hdl:20.500.12657/50520. ISBN 978-1-000-47427-5.
"[citationneeded]" is a tag added by Wikipedia editors to unsourced statements in articles requesting citations to be added. The phrase is reflective...
A citation is a reference to a source. More precisely, a citation is an abbreviated alphanumeric expression embedded in the body of an intellectual work...
The Cessna Citation V (Model 560)[clarification needed] is a business jet built by Cessna that was in production from 1989 until 2011. During that time...
identifications that in turn became family names as we know them today.[citationneeded] In China, according to legend, family names started with Emperor Fu...
the need arose to expand and refurbish the traditional ground of Borussia Dortmund, the Stadion Rote Erde ("Red Soil Stadium").[citationneeded] Following...
1991[citationneeded] Operation Desert Storm was the US name of the airland conflict from 17 January 1991, through 28 February 1991[citationneeded] Operation...
results in the respective numeral system. This has been discontinued.[citationneeded] "<blink>( see it )", "blink tag", or "blink html" includes samples...
by courts, law firms and law reviews.[citationneeded] Most citation signals are placed in front of the citation to which they apply. In the paragraph:...
terrible dragon that would breathe fire and would hide himself there.[citationneeded] Though it is part of the Amalfi Coast, it is the only town along the...
troubleshooter, and the Launch Site feature was renamed to Fun & Games.[citationneeded] MSN Messenger received a major upgrade to version 7.0 on April 7,...
but continues to supply power to the rotor throughout normal flight.[citationneeded] The rotor system, or more simply rotor, is the rotating part of a...
Australia.[citationneeded] Harbhajan was not part of the ODI squad for the Australian tour and upon returning to India in early 2000 needed strong first-class...
would become instant crowd favourites,[citationneeded] and make significant contributions to the team.[citationneeded] Calmund also established contacts...
Spoonful, and gradually developed a more pop-oriented electric sound.[citationneeded] Later that month, John L. Wasserman of the San Francisco Chronicle...
Estado da Índia, the city gave its name to the contiguous territories.[citationneeded] The origin of the city name "Goa" is unclear. In ancient literature...
yet.[citationneeded] Loquats have been reported to survive temperatures as cold as −11 °C (12 °F) for short periods of time.[better source needed] The...
(0.102 mg/crystal).[citationneeded] Zeptojoule 160 zeptojoule is about one electronvolt.[citationneeded] The minimal energy needed to change a bit of...
Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) standard and a high memory density.[citationneeded] SD was designed to compete with the Memory Stick, a flash storage...
tools to complete the disassembly.[citationneeded] The military mandated a grip safety and a manual safety.[page needed] A grip safety, sear disconnect...
[citationneeded] The first football club affiliated with the autoworks was known as BSG Volkswagenwerk Stadt des KdF-Wagen, a works team.[citation needed]...
1976–77[citationneeded] Runners-up: 1967–68[citationneeded] UEFA Cup: Runners-up: 1981–82[citationneeded] UEFA Super Cup: Runners-up: 1977, 1983[citation needed]...
frame after needing a snooker. Later in the year, he overcame veteran Rex Williams 10–6 to win his first Grand Prix title.[citationneeded] White's third-ranking...
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