Template:Image reference needed/doc
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Usage
Enter this tag in the thumbnail caption of an image as a request for other editors to find citations for that image:
- to let the readers of the article know that the image adds unverified information to the article.
- to request that the image follows Wikipedia:Citing sources, Wikipedia:Verifiability, and Wikipedia:Reliable sources.
Note: this template is not for copyright status--only for verifiability of material depicted in the image as relating to the article in which this template is used.
This template is a self-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.
You may use the optional date parameter, e.g. {{Fact|date=July 2025}}. This helps with the categorisation of articles requiring citations. Articles tagged with this template without the parameter will be given the parameter by a bot.
The simplest way to add this template to an article is to copy and paste {{Imagefact|{{subst:DATE}}}} at the appropriate place or use
{{subst:Fact-now}}
Related redirects
(They all redirect to template:imagefact)
- {{image fact}}
- {{image-fact}}
See also
- {{Cite}} (deprecated)
- {{Fact}}, for facts in articles
- {{Clarifyme}}, requesting clarification of a hard-to-understand phrase.
- {{Citequote}}, tagging a request for citation, used for quotations that needs citations to make it complete, but not for seemingly doubtful or false texts.
- {{Request quote}}, 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.
- {{Verify credibility}}, tagging a request for source verification, used for information that is doubtful or appears false.
- {{Citecheck}}, popping up a box saying an article or section may have inappropriate or misinterpreted citations.
- {{Unreferenced}} and {{Unreferenced section}}, popping up a box saying an article or section has no citation or reference for its information.
- {{or}}, to label a passage of text that may be based upon original research.
- {{POV-statement}}, to label a passage of text whose neutrality is disputed.
- {{page number}}, to request a missing page number to an existing reference.
- {{dubious}}