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This template is an alternative to {{Citation needed}}, for the cases where a reference is alluded to, or given in part, but not specified in enough detail. The factuality may or may not be in question; this template is just about the completeness of the citation.
For an article with numerous partial citations, consider instead the banner template {{Full citations needed}}.
{{Full citation needed|date=July 2024}}
The template should be placed outside <ref>...</ref> tags.
Nixon resigned August 9, 1974.<ref>''The New York Times''</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=July 2024}}
References
This template places the article into Category:Articles needing more detailed references or a dated subcategory thereof.
This template is a self-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopædic content.
TemplateData for Full citation needed
This inline template is used where a reference is alluded to, or given in part, but not specified in enough detail to identify it.
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{{Ref expand}} – banner version of this template, for when an article needs many citations to be completed{{Incomplete short citation}} – variant of this inline template for when a short citation is too incomplete to identify which long citation it references{{Citation needed}} – for when no source is indicated at all{{Ref improve}} – banner template for when an article needs more than one citation to be added{{Author missing}} – inline template for a specific issue{{Year missing}} – inline template for a specific issue{{Page missing}} – inline template for a specific issue|
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