Template:Page needed/doc
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Usage
The {{page needed}} template, and its plural version {{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 {{Dubious}}, or move those statements to the talk page and ask for evidence.
{{Page needed|date=November 2024}}
These tags will categorise tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia articles needing page number citations or a dated subcategory thereof.
These templates are self-references and so are part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopædic content.
Position
Outside of <ref> tags.
Example
| Markup | Renders as |
|---|---|
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}}
|
Some text here.[1][page needed] ...
|
Template data
TemplateData for Page needed
The template functions as in-line request for the page number, or numbers, in a cited work such as a book or journal
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month and year | date | Provides the month and year; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'
| String | suggested |
Redirects
- {{Page number}}
- {{Page missing}}
See also
{{Page numbers needed}}(non-inline version for when the problem is article- or section-wide){{Rp}}to supply a referenced page number, for a source cited many times, at different pages numbers, in the same article{{Volume needed}}(similar to {{page needed}}, for missing journal, newspaper, comic, etc., volume and issue numbers){{Page range too broad}}(the opposite of {{page needed}}, when the cited page numbers span more than a few pages)
