Template:Cite/doc

This is a page documentation subpage for Template:Cite.
It contains usage information, categories, interlanguage links and other content that is not part of the original Template page.

This template is used to identify claims in articles, particularly if questionable, that need a citation to a reliable source. This template produces the superscripted message and is installed with no spaces directly after punctuation. This template will automatically categorize it to Category:Articles in need of citations and only affects mainspace.

Usage

{{Cite|Reason in the tooltip.}}

Parameter

1

The reason field to enter.

Example

''Pico'' is a franchise of Flash media owned by [[Newgrounds]] created in early 1999 by [[Tom Fulp]], the founder of Newgrounds.{{Cite|The source is needed.}}

The following text will produce:

Pico is a franchise of Flash media owned by Newgrounds created in early 1999 by Tom Fulp, the founder of Newgrounds.^{[citation needed]}