Template talk:Needsource
 | This template was considered for deletion on 2020 January 2. The result of the discussion was "Redirect". |
Documentation[edit]
| Vandalism |
|---|
| {{uw-vandalism1}}, {{uw-vandalism2}}, {{uw-vandalism3}}, {{uw-vandalism4}}, {{uw-vandalism4im}} |
| Content removal |
| {{uw-delete1}}, {{uw-delete2}}, {{uw-delete3}}, {{uw-delete4}} |
| Testing |
| {{uw-test1}}, {{uw-test2}}, {{uw-test3}}, {{uw-test4}} |
| Spam linking |
| {{uw-spam1}}, {{uw-spam2}}, {{uw-spam3}}, {{uw-spam4}} |
| Other behavior |
| Wikipedia:Template index/User talk namespace |
Warning templates should always be used with the "subst:" keyword, as strongly suggested on Wikipedia:Template substitution. They are shown without subst here to reduce the display space occupied by this table, not to encourage their use without subst. For example, type {{subst:uw-vandalism1}}~~~~ (not {{uw-vandalism1}}) to warn common first-time vandals.
The levels of templates are:
- Assumes good faith
- No faith assumption
- Assumes bad faith; stern cease and desist
- Assumes bad faith; strong cease and desist, last warning
Usage[edit]
| Usage | Output |
|---|---|
| {{subst:Needsource}} |  Hello, I'm John254. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you.
|
| {{subst:Needsource|Article}}* | Hello, I'm John254. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Article, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you.
|
- *You can use {{subst:Needsource|Article|subst=subst:}} to substitute the contained ParserFunctions.
Proposed Changes[edit]
Please see the discussions of proposed changes to this template at Wikipedia talk:Template messages/User talk namespace#Citing sources. --SteveMcCluskey 13:57, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Wordy and patronizing[edit]
This template says a lot of irrelevant things and talks down to the editor that gets it. Why is "as you might be aware there is currently a drive to improve the quality of Wikipedia by encouraging editors to cite the sources they used when adding content" at all relevant? Whether there is a drive is irrelevant, the important part is that the user should cite their sources. The original version was much more concise, and I don't see anything good added by the new version. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 08:03, 29 December 2006 (UTC)