Articles in need of citations

Description

This template is used for all references in the Wiki, providing a consistent system for displaying a citation with a link, date, news source and other relevant info about the citation.

See also:

• Template:Citation Needed
• Template:Citations

Syntax

|lang=

This is the language parameter, which has to be specified only if it's not English, and you need to put it as an ISO 639 language code (you can find them all here), so you'll put "ES" for Spanish, "IT" for Italian, "ZH" for Chinese and so on. Remember that they have to be in capital letters, and that references like someone's social media profile don't need a language to be specified.

|link=

This is pretty straightforward, just the link to your source.

|title=

The title to your reference. If it's an article, a YouTube video, a Reddit post (which is similar to an article as it has a title, as opposed to an Instagram or Facebook post) or something like that, you just copy-paste the article/video/post title. If it's a regular social media post, you will have to write "Post by [username]" where the username should be WITHOUT the @ that some platforms use. If the ref is a social media profile, then you are going to write "Profile of [username]" (and NOT "Account of [username]"). Pay close to attention to the capitalization here (i.e. "Post by") and remember that while X allows username to have capital letters (e.g. "Post by DragQueen"), Instagram and Facebook don't (e.g. "Post by dragqueen") and this must be reflected in the refs.

|pub=

This is the website, magazine or platform where the ref is on, so just "Facebook", "X", "Vanity Fair", "YouTube", "New York Times" etc.

|day=
|month=
|year=

Pretty self-explanatory, just the date (expressed in numbers, of course) the ref was published on, so something like "|day=3|month=5|year=2018" for May 3, 2018. Remember that social media profiles don't need a date to be specified, and of course if whatever the page is doesn't specify a date of posting.

|time=

This is definitely the lesser used parameter, and it's for specifying a timestamp in a YouTube (or similar platform like Vimeo, Dailymotion or whatever) video or even a podcast or something of the sort. So you'll write something like "10:12" if the info you're pointing at is at timestamp 10 minutes and 12 seconds. Remember that the timestamp should also be included in the link so that clicking on the link will bring you directly to that specific moment in the video (this article explains how to do that for YouTube). Try to use this parameter as much as possible with videos or podcasts, especially longer ones where finding the info without a timestamp would be frustrating and tiresome.

Of course, then we put everything in one line to keep it all tidy, as the line breaks are not needed and just stretch out the page unnecessarily. Out of all these parameters, |link=, |title= and |pub= are the only ones you will always need, with |day=|month=|year= not being necessary in the aforementioned cases, the |lang= parameter only when the reference is not in English (or when the page isn't displayed in just one specific language, like a social media profiles), and |time= only in the cases mentioned before.

Examples

This:

{{Ref|lang=ES|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cll91DNJPvT/|title=Post by aviescmx|pub=Instagram|day=30|month=11|year=2022}}

Gives this:

(ES) Post by aviescmx | Instagram — November 30, 2022

This:

{{Ref|link=https://ew.com/rupauls-drag-race-season-17-queen-interviews-8756802|title='RuPaul's Drag Race' season 17 cast exclusive EW interviews tease drama, new twist|pub=Entertainment Weekly|day=11|month=12|year=2024}}

Gives this:

'RuPaul's Drag Race' season 17 cast exclusive EW interviews tease drama, new twist | Entertainment Weekly — December 11, 2024

This:

{{Ref|link=https://youtu.be/VWVOP1c2Bn8?t=139|title=Who is Trixie Mattel? Trixie Fact Checks Her Wikipedia Page|time=2:19|pub=YouTube|day=9|month=12|year=2024}}

Gives this:

Who is Trixie Mattel? Trixie Fact Checks Her Wikipedia Page [Timestamp: 2:19] | YouTube — December 9, 2024

This:

{{Ref|link=https://www.facebook.com/divahouston/about_contact_and_basic_info|title=Profile of divahouston (About: Contact and basic info)|pub=Facebook}}

Gives this:

Profile of divahouston (About: Contact and basic info) | Facebook