Template:Full citation needed

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This template is an alternative to {{Citation needed}}, for the cases where a reference is alluded to, or given in part, but not specified in enough detail. The factuality may or may not be in question; this template is just about the completeness of the citation.

For an article with numerous partial citations, consider instead the banner template {{Full citations needed}}.

Usage

{{Full citation needed|date=October 2025}}

The template should be placed outside <ref>...</ref> tags.

• Nixon resigned August 9, 1974.<ref>''The New York Times''</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=October 2025}}

  Result: Nixon resigned August 9, 1974.

This template places the article into Category:Articles needing more detailed references or a dated subcategory thereof.

This template is a self-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopædic content.

Template data

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TemplateData for Full citation needed

This inline template is used where a reference is alluded to, or given in part, but not specified in enough detail to identify it.

Template parameters

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

Redirects

• {{fcn}}
• {{full}}
• {{Citation broken}}
• {{Vague citation}}

See also

• {{Ref expand}} – banner version of this template, for when an article needs many citations to be completed
• {{Incomplete short citation}} – variant of this inline template for when a short citation is too incomplete to identify which long citation it references
• {{Citation needed}} – for when no source is indicated at all
• {{Ref improve}} – banner template for when an article needs more than one citation to be added
• {{Author missing}} – inline template for a specific issue
• {{Year missing}} – inline template for a specific issue
• {{Page missing}} – inline template for a specific issue
• 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

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