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This template is an alternative to{{Citation needed}}, for the cases where a reference is alluded to, or given in part, but not specified in enough detail. The factuality may or may not be in question; this template is just about the completeness of the citation.
For an article with numerous partial citations, consider instead the banner template{{Full citations needed}}.
{{Full citation needed|date=February 2026}}
The template should be placedoutside<ref>...</ref> tags.
Nixon resigned August 9, 1974.<ref>''The New York Times''</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=February 2026}}References
Use this when you find citations that are hopelessly incomplete, such as:
Do not use this when there is enough of a bibliographic citation that you can find the source (e.g., the book or the article), but you want a page number, quotation, or other detail. Instead, use{{page needed}},{{request quotation}}, or other specific template.
This template places the article intoCategory:Articles needing more detailed references or a dated subcategory thereof.
Thistemplate is aself-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopædic content.
TemplateData for Full citation needed
This inline template is used where a reference is alluded to, or given in part, but not specified in enough detail to identify it.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month and year | date | Provides the month and year; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'
| String | suggested |
{{Ref expand}} – banner version of this template, for when an article needs many citations to be completed{{Incomplete short citation}} – variant of this inline template for when a short citation is too incomplete to identify which long citation it references{{Citation needed}} – for when no source is indicated at all{{Ref improve}} – banner template for when an article needs more than one citation to be added{{Author missing}} – inline template for a specific issue{{Year missing}} – inline template for a specific issue{{Page missing}} – inline template for a specific issue
