Template talk:Quote without source

Edit suggestion
"CITE?" seems not to be clear enough. Some readers/editors may not understand.

How about the following:
 * 1) require citing
 * 2) need cite
 * 3) need to cite
 * 4) citation required
 * 5) citation needed
 * 6) citation?
 * 7) cite? (non-caps version)
 * 8) source? for requesting a source
 * 9) page? for requesting a page number
 * 10) (maybe some fancy parameterized thing like:) {need|X} for requesting X.

Any comments?--Wai Wai (talk) 10:29, 12 August 2006 (UTC)


 * But if its function is not obvious, then it just takes a single click, once, to tell exactly what the label is about. Since it is distinctive, that should be sufficient.  Let's not change it until we notice comments on a talk page indicating that a reader actually found it confusing.  —Michael Z. 2006-08-12 16:27 Z 
 * I have updated the choices. I deleted the "citation needed" one since it is just the same as fact.
 * As to your comments, I agree. Let's see how others respond :) --Wai Wai (talk) 17:21, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikiproject Inline templates proposed
WikiProject Council/Proposals. I've been meaning to do this for a while. &mdash; SMcCandlish &#91;talk&#93; &#91;contrib&#93; ツ 16:31, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Possible bug
I've noticed a possible bug with Citequote. If the next character after the template is Wikilinked, then there is no paragraph break. See the second paragraph at "Sections 377 and 377A of the Penal Code (Singapore)" at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sections_377_and_377A_of_the_Penal_Code_%28Singapore%29&oldid=165889082 (article has since been edited). Can this be fixed? Cheers, Jacklee 18:42, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Editprotected request involving this template
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Edit request from Cymru.lass, 4 February 2011
Will someone please put  in the template, right after  ? This will categorize the page in Category:Pages with incorrectly substituted templates if it is substed. Thanks! --- c y m r u . l a s s  (talk me, stalk me) 02:22, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
 * &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 18:49, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Change to text
I noticed this on the Michael Phelps page and thought, "Wow! a way to cite to the quote, I wonder how that works, it would be awesome to use for other purposes". If I, an experienced admin, was confused by the language, I wonder how many people have clicked it thinking they'd get a citation pre-formatted to the wikipedia page that they could use on an external page or in their college paper! Other language would be fine but I think some change like this is imperative. --Doug.(talk • contribs) 21:32, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Wording and wikilink target
I noticed that Template:Cite quote has been redirected here by. Perhaps that template used to serve essentially the same purpose as this one. I think the old template however had better wording.


 * Template:Cite quote said: [this quote needs a citation] and linked to MOS:QUOTE.


 * Template:Quote without source says: [quote without source] and links to the essay Quotations

The old wording was better. This template should not be content with pointing out what's wrong (a quote is without a source). It should say what, according to policy, needs to be done with quotes. Namely, according to Verifiability: "All quotations ... must include an inline citation".

I propose using the wording [this quote needs a citation] and changing the wikilink target to either Verifiability, WP:UNSOURCED, or WP:MINREF. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 16:10, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
 * No objection. I redirected the two templates because they seemed to me to be duplicates, not because I thought the target was better than the redirect. (Although the final template should be called "Quote without source", as "cite quote" is easy to misinterpret as a citation template. &#123;&#123;3x&#124;p&#125;&#125;ery (talk) 16:18, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Done, . I also restored the hover-over text and the maintenance category from the old template. Those seemed more specific. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 16:30, 25 February 2018 (UTC)