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{{Image reference needed}} is atemplate used to identify user-made images such as graphs, charts, drawings, and maps in articles, particularly if questionable, that need acitation to areliable source, either after the image's caption or on theimage description page. This template produces the superscripted message[image reference needed] and is installed with no spaces directly after the image's caption.
Enter this tag in thethumbnail caption of an image as a request for other editors to find citations for that image.
Input:
{{Image reference needed|date=December 2025}}Result:
Hovering over the link reveals the date that the tag was added.
Thistemplate is aself-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.
This template automatically adds articles toCategory:Articles with unsourced statements.
{{Image reference needed|date=Month and year}}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:
An image representing data or information (e.g., a graph) is usually considered verifiable if:
{{{date}}}: The date the tag was added.TemplateData for Image reference needed
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.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month and year | date | Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'
| String | suggested |
