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How to Ask a Wikipedia User to Cite a Source to Information on a Wikipedia Article

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Ever been on Wikipedia and saw something that looked suspicious and needed verifiable information to achieve a good result to prove? Without much sourced data after a search yourself, you can still help point out that this data needs to be sourced. This article can tell you how to achieve this.


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    Look for the article that needs the citation.
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    Look for the exact sentence or two that need a citation.
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    Scroll down/up to find them.
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    Open up the Edit tab of the article or article's section.
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    Type the text "citation needed". Make sure to type a space in between these two words.
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    Type something like "data requires sources, adding source-recommended tag" into the Edit summary box.
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    Look down at the section to the point wherein you added this template to, to ensure that the template has been added correctly. If it was successful, you see a superscripted template shown as a superscripted[[citation needed]] template shown to the right of the word you chose. If not, go back and make sure all the data was typed correctly.

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  • Being that Wikipedia is an open-source place (much like wikiHow), means that you can do this whether or not you are signed into the service. However, few people ever experience a revert/rollback if they are signed in to their own user account.

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