Template talk:Citation needed: Difference between revisions
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::I do agree though that if a user turns up after clicking on an 'article in need of work' article, they might be initially confused by what is actually meant to be wrong with an article that contains only a 'citation needed' thing somewhere on it. Might be worth implementing the option. Is this a protected template or can anyone edit it? i'd be happy for someone to have a go at implementing a nocat parameter, provided it doesn't break existing citation needed templates. [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 15:12, 18 October 2025 (UTC) | ::I do agree though that if a user turns up after clicking on an 'article in need of work' article, they might be initially confused by what is actually meant to be wrong with an article that contains only a 'citation needed' thing somewhere on it. Might be worth implementing the option. Is this a protected template or can anyone edit it? i'd be happy for someone to have a go at implementing a nocat parameter, provided it doesn't break existing citation needed templates. [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 15:12, 18 October 2025 (UTC) | ||
:::It’s protected, but I can attempt to make a draft of it myself if you wish. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|<i><b>AnotherConsumerRightsPerson</b></i>]] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 15:14, 18 October 2025 (UTC) | :::It’s protected, but I can attempt to make a draft of it myself if you wish. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|<i><b>AnotherConsumerRightsPerson</b></i>]] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 15:14, 18 October 2025 (UTC) | ||
::::I agree with Keith that the category is supposed to help editors easily find issues to fix with articles. Regarding the potential confusion, we can add a category description that better explains what the category covers. | ::::I agree with Keith that the category is supposed to help editors easily find issues to fix with articles. Regarding the potential confusion, we can add a category description that better explains what the category covers. | ||
::::Including the category in the Citation needed template is critical for keeping an active list of articles that need citations as editors might not manually add the category itself, but across wikis the Citation needed template is universal. [[User:Mr Pollo|Mr Pollo]] ([[User talk:Mr Pollo|talk]]) 13:30, 19 October 2025 (UTC) | ::::Including the category in the Citation needed template is critical for keeping an active list of articles that need citations as editors might not manually add the category itself, but across wikis the Citation needed template is universal. [[User:Mr Pollo|Mr Pollo]] ([[User talk:Mr Pollo|talk]]) 13:30, 19 October 2025 (UTC) | ||
::::Honestly I don't think it would be too controversial if we just made you a moderator to give you the ability to do that stuff, assuming you're fine with that? | |||
::::You're certainly contributing enough! [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 13:30, 19 October 2025 (UTC) | |||