Template:Did you know nominations/Citation needed


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The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by BlueMoonset (talk) 04:48, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Citation needed

 * ... that citation needed is a template used by Wikipedians to label unsourced contents?
 * ALT1:... that citation needed, which is a term used by Wikipedians, formed an internet meme outside Wikipedia?

Created by Sanmosa (talk). Self-nominated at 05:06, 1 August 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New enough. Long enough. Hook is short enough, formatted correctly, and undoubtedly of interest to Wikipedia readers. Article is neutral, sourced, and within policy. QPQ not needed - appears to be the user's first DYK nomination. Image is free and looks fine at the reduced size. I prefer Alt 0. Alt 1 could be fine if always is removed. Argento Surfer (talk) 19:09, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Hi, I came by to promote this, but the article is largely based on non-reliable sources and the "Usage outside Wikipedia" section looks like WP:SYNTH. Yoninah (talk) 19:57, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I can't see any WP:SYNTH or original researches in the article (and actually what I did is just translation). If you wanted to label [citation needed] in the passage citation needed, it would be ironic. SænmōsàI will find a way or make one. 02:10, 10 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Yoninah is right. This is brilliant--correction, would be brilliant, but the sourcing is indeed insufficient, and/or misused. For instance, the DW article doesn't even mention "citation needed"--all it has is a photograph of the sign, but that's not the same thing; moreover, it draws no connection to Wikipedia at all. The next-best secondary source is the Boston Globe article, and that's the only possibly acceptable one that draws the connection between the world inside Wikipedia and outside--unfortunately it's just a reprint from a blog for which the Boston Globe takes no responsibility. So no, we can't take this. Drmies (talk) 02:21, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Then, I'd like to withdraw the nomination. SænmōsàI will find a way or make one. 05:09, 10 August 2018 (UTC)