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{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||$N=Better source |date=__DATE__ |$B=

[better source needed] }}

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The below content is licensed according to Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License contrary to the public domain logo at the foot of the page. It originally appeared on http://en.wikipedia.org. The original article might still be accessible here. You may be able to find a list of the article's previous contributors on the talk page.

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Usage

This template is used in articles to identify sentences or short passages with information or analysis that has one or more inline citations but which are to insufficiently reliable sources. It produces a superscripted notation like the following:

Most people believe in ghosts.[1]{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||$N=Better source |date=__DATE__ |$B=

[better source needed] }}

You can also include a |reason= note, which displays as a tooltip upon mouse hover, to leave a better record for future editors. For example, the following usage might be appropriate to the arguable claim that "Most people believe in ghosts...":

{{Better source|reason=Citation is the Ghostbusters' company website; there must be more objective sources for this.|date=March 2024}}

General template for copy-pasting:

{{Better source|date=March 2024}}

Adding this template to an article places the article into Category:All articles lacking reliable references or one of its dated subcategories, all part of a collection of categories identifying articles with reliable-sourcing issues. To find all such articles, see Category:Wikipedia articles with sourcing issues.

When not to use

Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced should be removed immediately. Do not tag it: remove it. For more information, see the section on contentious material in the Biography of Living Persons policy.

Material which is doubtful and harmful may be removed immediately, rather than tagged. See Wikipedia:Citing sources § Unsourced material.

If no citation is given, use the {{Citation needed}} tag instead. If the source given is self-published, use {{Self-published inline}}. If you think the author has a conflict of interest or is otherwise too close to the subject, use {{Third-party inline}}. If the source has been surpassed by a newer, reliable publications that no longer support the claim in the article, use {{Obsolete source}}.

If you have the time and ability to find a better reference, please do so. Then correct the citation yourself, or correct the article text. After all, Template:Strong.

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 Better source

<templatedata> { "params": { "reason": { "label": "Reason", "description": "A reason as to why, or for what content, a better citation is needed.", "type": "string", "autovalue": "" }, "date": { "label": "Month and year", "description": "Provides the month and year of when the template was placed.", "type": "date", "autovalue": "March 2017", "suggested": true } }, "description": "This template is used in articles to identify sentences or short passages with information or analysis that has one or more inline citations but which are to insufficiently reliable sources. It produces the super-scripted text \"better source needed\"." } </templatedata>

See also

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  1. Hayes, Daniel. "27 Statistics That Prove Americans Believe in Ghosts". http://thoughtcatalog.com/daniel-hayes/2015/06/ghost-statistics.