Template:More citations needed section

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This template is a customized wrapper for {{More citations needed}}. Any field from {{More citations needed}} can work so long as it is added to this template first. Questions? Just ask at Template talk:More citations needed.

This template is intended to be placed at the top of sections of articles which need additional references. Many editors understand this template to be redundant when it is used on articles clearly marked as stubs.

Usage

This template also includes support for using the |date= parameter. Adding this parameter sorts the article into subcategories of Category:Articles needing additional references and out of the parent category, allowing the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first. A bot will add this parameter if it is omitted. Be careful not to abbreviate the date, because then it will automatically add a redlinked category instead of the correct category. The simplest way to use this parameter manually is {{More citations needed section|{{subst:DATE}}}} but it can be done more explicitly as {{More citations needed section|date=December 2025}} (both result in the same output).

{{More citations needed section}}

{{More citations needed section|date=December 2025}}

{{More citations needed section|{{subst:DATE}}}}

{{More citations needed section|{{subst:DATE}}|talk=Talk page section name|small=y}}

{{More citations needed section|find=some search keywords}}

Differences from related templates

General advantages

The naming scheme of {{More citations needed section}} parallels that used for {{Reflist}}, thereby reducing confusion in compliance with the KISS principle.

{{More citations needed section}} is easy to use.

Differences from {{Unreferenced}}

{{More citations needed section}} uses simple, general wording so that the template can be used any time referencing in an article section needs improvement.

Differences from {{Citation needed}}

{{More citations needed section}} works for general and specific references whereas {{Citation needed}} can only be used in place of specific references.

Unlike {{Citation needed}}, {{More citations needed section}} places a very conspicuous banner at the top of the article section.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:More citations needed section in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for More citations needed section

This template is intended to be placed at the top of sections of articles which need additional references.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Month and year	`date`	Provides the month and year of the refimprove request; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13' Auto value `{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}`	String	suggested
Talk page section	`talk`	Title of talk page section where discussion can be found. This will be wikilinked in the template.	String	optional
Small	`small`	Set to "y" or "yes" to make the box appear smaller. Auto value `y`	String	optional
find	`find`	no description	Unknown	optional