Template:Nonspecific/doc

Usage

You may use either one of the following:

{{subst:nonspecific}}

or

{{nonspecific|date=December 2024}}

Use this tag to flag a citation that is not specific enough to facilitate verification of information from the cited source. For example, it may include a page range which is unreasonably broad.

For citations missing vital parts of the source, use the more specific Incomplete or broken citation template in the navbox below.

This tag will categorize tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia articles needing factual verification or dated subcategory thereof. This template is a self-reference and is part of the project administration rather than the encyclopedic content.

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Nonspecific

Use this tag to flag a citation that is not specific enough to facilitate source verification. For example, it may include a page range which is unreasonably broad.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Month and year	date	Provides the month and year of the citation request; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13' Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	String	suggested

See also

• {{Page needed}}, for citations of paginated sources that do not specify page number(s)
• {{Citation needed}}, for unsourced statements
• {{Vague}}, for vague statements
• Wikipedia:Citing sources, especially Unsourced material
• Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup/Verifiability and sources
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles
• Wikipedia:Verifiability
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check