Template:Unreferenced category/doc
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Description
[edit source]This template is intended to allow calls for citations for article categories, without repeating the claim implied by the category in the article text with a citation needed tag.
It will categorise tagged articles into Category:Articles with uncited categories.
Usage
[edit source]{{Unreferenced category|cat1=|date=May 2026}}
For example,{{Unreferenced category|biography of a living person|cat1=People|cat2=Films directed by Woody Allen|date=May 2026}}
produces:
This biography of a living person contains unreferenced categories (Category:People and Category:Films directed by Woody Allen). (May 2026) |
|Cat1= and |Cat2= are aliases.
See also
[edit source]- {{Verify source}}
- Template:Citation needed/doc#Inline templates
- Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup/Verifiability and sources