This template is intended to be placed at the top of sections of articles which need additional references. Many editors understand this template to be redundant when it is used on articles clearly marked as stubs.
This template also includes support for using the |date=
parameter. Adding this parameter sorts the article into subcategories of Category:Articles needing additional references and out of the parent category, allowing the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first. A bot will add this parameter if it is omitted. Be careful not to abbreviate the date, because then it will automatically add a redlinked category instead of the correct category. The simplest way to use this parameter manually is ((Refimprove section|((subst:DATE))))
but it can be done more explicitly as ((Refimprove section|date=July 2024))
(both result in the same output).
Listed below are three options for usage:
((Refimprove section))
((Refimprove section|date=July 2024))
((Refimprove section|((subst:DATE))))
((Refimprove section|((subst:DATE))|talk=Talk page section name|small=y))
Note that ((Citation needed)) was formerly called ((fact)).
TemplateData for Refimprove section
This template is intended to be placed at the top of sections of articles which need additional references.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Month and year | date | Provides the month and year of the refimprove request; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'
| String | suggested |
talk | talk | no description | Unknown | optional |
small | small | no description | Unknown | optional |