Template:Citation style/doc

When to use

This template should be used only on articles that have sources.

It may be used with {{Refimprove}} or other check references templates. This template should not be used with stubs.

The most common correct use of this template is to identify an article that uses more than one major citation style (e.g., half the citations use ref tags, and half are parenthetical citations).

Do not place on articles containing all parenthetical citations! They're not as easy to spot with a quick glance as superscripted blue numbers, but they are an acceptable form of inline citation. Wikipedia's guidelines generally prohibit editors from changing from one acceptable form of inline citations to another, especially for reasons of personal preference or to make one article match the style in another article.

This template may be removed by anyone who fixes the problems with confusing citation styles.

How to use

To use this template, place {{Citation style|date=November 2024}} on the article page or talk page in a location that may aid in conveying the message of the template. This template may be used within {{Multiple issues}} and placement of this template on the article page is guided by Template messages/Cleanup. The following parameters may be specified for this template:

• |date= should preferably be used to categorize the article in a subcategory of Category:Wikipedia references cleanup. This helps with addressing aged cleanup messages. (e.g., {{Citation style|date=November 2024}}.)
• |details= may be used to provide more details on some of the aspects that should be addressed for the given article. (e.g., {{Citation style|date=November 2024|details=In particular, citation titles should be specified}})
• | A first unnamed parameter may be used to specify whether the template applies to the entire article or a section of the article (e.g., {{Citation style|section|date=November 2024}}. If not specified, the first unnamed parameter defaults to "article."

Operation

This template will categorise tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia references cleanup and Category:Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify.

This template is a self-reference.

This template should not be substituted.

Template data

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly error report for this template.

TemplateData for Citation style

This template generates a tag to indicate that the article needs additional inline citations.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Section	1	Specifies the region of the page to which this template applies, such as 'section' or 'table'. Omit if the template applies to the whole article.	String	optional
Month and year	date	The month and year of tagging are identified, such as 'June 2013'; you may use the '{{subst:DATE}}' template instead Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	String	suggested
Small	small	Any value (such as 'y') will result in the addition of 'See talk page for details.' to the tag	String	optional
Details	details	A sentence explaining more about the problem.	String	optional

Tracking categories

• Category:All articles needing references cleanup (0)
• Category:All articles covered by WikiProject Wikify (0)

Redirects

• {{Citationstyle}}
• {{Citation-style}}
• {{Cleanup-citation}}
• {{Cleanup-references}}
• {{Cleanup-refs}}
• {{Ref-cleanup}}
• {{Reference style}}
• {{Reference-style}}
• {{Refstyle}}

See also

• {{Inconsistent citations}}
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup/Verifiability and sources
• WikiProject Citation cleanup