How to use This template is used in articles to identify sentences or short passages which have an inline citation but reference insufficient sources. It produces a superscripted notation like the following: Most people believe in ghosts.[1]  References 1. Random tabloid You can also include a (non-displayed)  note, 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...":  Adding this template to an article places the article into one of a family of categories identifying articles with sourcing issues. To find all such articles, see :Category:Wikipedia articles with sourcing issues.  When to use Use this template to "tag" information or analysis that you believe is insufficiently supported by sources that are lacking in quality, so that other editors can see whether this use is appropriate and/or replace it with references to proper, reliable sources.   When not to use this template  Unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material about living persons should be removed immediately. Do not tag it: remove it. For more information, see the section on poorly sourced contentious material in the Biography of Living Persons policy.  Material which is doubtful and harmful may be removed immediately, rather than tagged. See Unsourced material.  If no citation is given, use the  tag instead. If the source given is self-published, use . If you think the author has a conflict of interest or is otherwise too close to the subject, use .  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,    See also   Wikipedia:Citing sources, especially Unsourced material  Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup#Verifiability and sources  Wikipedia:Verifiability  Wikipedia:Reliable sources  Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check   Inline templates    , for "actual quotations" which need citations to make them proper , request a page number for an existing citation , request clarification of wording or interpretation , wrapper for a portion of a paragraph to highlight it as needing citation , flag a source as possibly being unreliable and/or unverifiable , request that someone verify the cited source backs up the material in the passage , source was checked, and did not contain the cited material , request a direct quote from an inaccessible source, for verification purposes , to mark sentences needing an independent or third-party source   Content   – when a fact is sourced, but verifiability remains dubious  – flag something as possibly containing original research  – dispute the neutrality of a passage  – Avoid weasel words.  – for placement after descriptions of a group of persons.  – placement after mention of a vague third party claim that is not sourced.  Whole article  — whole article contains zero references   — whole article contains zero indepdendent/third-party references   Article message box templates  , article/section has no sources/references/citations given at all , article/section has weak or incomplete sources/references/citations , article/section may have inappropriate or misinterpreted citations  বিষয়শ্রেণী:মুদ্রণ বহির্ভূত বিষয়শ্রেণী:ইনলাইন তথ্যসূত্র এবং যাচাইযোগ্যতা বিতর্ক টেমপ্লেট