Template talk:Citation needed

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I added the [Citation needed], as it is generally useful for annotating incomplete descriptions as well as it is funny due to Randall's frequent use of Wikipedia and citations around both in the comics and their use in "what-if". If anybody know how to make the the template have a parameter for tool-tip text, then that could further make the template useful for stating as to what exactly is needed in each use. Spongebog (talk) 20:40, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

Five years later, an update for those who aren't familiar with this: this template is rarely used today to annotate the (now relatively few) incomplete explanations; if you see it on an explanation, it's probably as a joke after a painfully obvious statement.[citation needed] --Account (talk) 04:00, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
Such jokes are indeed pretty funny more often than not, as long as there aren't more than one or two per typical explanation, IMHO. 172.70.211.52 02:24, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Warning[edit]

Can anyone add "warning" saying that the templates shouldn't be used in edit summaries? They won't work there. ConscriptGlossary (talk) 11:16, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

What exactly are you wanting to be warned about, and where are you wanting it do so? Additionally, you edit-summary this suggestion as "Bug", despite this being exactly how it is intended to work. (Imagine the problems that could be caused if it weren't...)
Checking your recent edits list, I can't even see any example where you tried, and failed, to improperly use a template like this, so not obvious where you're coming from on this. But perhaps you can provide a link to the example of it going 'wrong' so that we know what issue you think needs a warning. 172.70.85.100 13:34, 8 November 2024 (UTC)