Template:Image reference needed/doc

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{{Image reference needed}} is a template used to identify user-made images such as graphs, charts, drawings, and maps in articles, particularly if questionable, that need a citation to a reliable source, either after the image's caption or on the image description page. This template produces the superscripted message [image reference needed] and is installed with no spaces directly after the image's caption.

Use

Enter this tag in the thumbnail caption of an image as a request for other editors to find citations for that image.

Input:

{{Image reference needed|date=November 2024}}

Result:

[image reference needed]

Hovering over the link reveals the date that the tag was added.

This template is a self-reference and so is part of the CAPipediaproject rather than the encyclopedic content.

This template automatically adds articles to Category:Articles with unsourced statements.

{{Image reference needed|date=Month and year}}

When not to use

The {{Image reference needed}} template is intended for use when there is a general question of the verifiability of an image, or when an editor believes that a reference verifying the image should be provided. Other templates are available for other or more specific issues:

  • For concerns about copyright status: see Wikipedia:Guide to image deletion instead.
  • To challenge the contents of the caption: use {{Citation needed}} for captions, or fix it yourself.
  • For issues of image placement, formatting, or size: see Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images instead.
  • Do not use this template because you disagree with the viewpoint or facts represented on an image. For example, images that you think are incorrect should be tagged with {{Dubious}}, and those which represent a non-neutral view should be tagged with {{POV statement}}. Being specific about the nature of the problem will help other editors correct it.

An image representing data or information (e.g., a graph) is usually considered verifiable if:

  • the image repeats information cited elsewhere in the article (e.g., the article says that 30% of cancer deaths could be prevented by banning all tobacco and alcoholic beverages, and the image shows a graph of 30%),
  • the image is similar to one published by any reliable source,
  • the file page contains references to the data represented in the image.

Parameters

  • {{{date}}}: The date the tag was added.

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Image reference needed

<templatedata> { "description": "Use this inline template in an image's caption to identify the image as needing citations. Do not use it for disputing the image's copyright status.", "params": { "date": { "label": "Month and year", "description": "Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'", "type": "string", "autovalue": "January 2024", "example": "January 2013", "suggested": true } } } </templatedata>

See also

  • {{Citation needed}}, for facts in articles
  • {{Clarify}}, requesting clarification of a hard-to-understand phrase.
  • {{Cite quote}}, tagging a request for citation, used for quotations that needs citations to make it complete, but not for seemingly doubtful or false texts.
  • {{Request quotation}}, tagging a request for quoting inaccessible source, used for requesting a direct quote from the cited source for verification.
  • {{Verify source}}, tagging a request for source verification, used for information that is doubtful or appears false.
  • {{Unreliable source?}}, tagging a request for source verification, used for information that is doubtful or appears false.


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