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==Usage==
The {{tlx|page needed}} template, and its plural version {{tlx|pages needed}}, function as in-line requests for the specific citation of a page number, or numbers, in a cited work such as a book or journal. Do not use these tags to label citations to named entries in dictionaries or other alphabetically-arranged works with multiple entries per page, as the entry specified is already more specific than a page number.  Do not use these tags to label statements which you suspect to be false. Instead, use a dispute template such as {{tlx|Dubious}}, or move those statements to the talk page and ask for evidence.

{{Tlx|Page needed|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}

These tags will categorise tagged articles into [[:Category:Wikipedia articles needing page number citations]] or a dated subcategory thereof.

These [[Wikipedia:Template|templates]] are [[Wikipedia:Avoid self-references|self-references]] and so are part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopædic content.

===Position===
Outside of <nowiki><ref></nowiki> tags.

===Example===
{{markup|<nowiki>Some text here.<ref name="Smith 2009">{{Cite book
|last=Smith
|first=Jane
|title=The Unbearable Beingness of Light
|year=2009
|location=New York
|publisher=Fnord Pubs
}}</ref>{{page needed|date=December 2016}}

...

{{Reflist}}</nowiki>
|Some text here.<ref name="Smith 2009">{{Cite book
|last=Smith
|first=Jane
|title=The Unbearable Beingness of Light
|year=2009
|location=New York
|publisher=Fnord Pubs
}}</ref>{{fix |link=Wikipedia:Citing sources |text=page&nbsp;needed}}

...

{{Reflist}}
}}

== Template data ==

{{TemplateDataHeader}}
<templatedata>
{
	"description": "The template functions as in-line request for the page number, or numbers, in a cited work such as a book or journal",
	"params": {
		"date": {
			"label": "Month and year",
			"description": "Provides the month and year; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'",
			"type": "string",
			"autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}",
			"suggested": true
		}
	}
}
</templatedata>

==Redirects==
*{{Tl|Page number}}
*{{Tl|Page missing}}

==See also==
*{{Tlx|Page numbers needed}} (non-inline version for when the problem is article- or section-wide)
*{{Tlx|Rp}} to supply a referenced page number, for a source cited many times, at different pages numbers, in the same article
*{{Tlx|Volume needed}} (similar to {{tl|page needed}}, for missing journal, newspaper, comic, etc., volume and issue numbers)
*{{Tlx|Page range too broad}} (the opposite of {{tl|page needed}}, when the cited page numbers span more than a few pages)


{{Inline cleanup tags}}

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