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{{Information page|pages= [[Wikipedia:Verifiability]] policy|shortcut=WP:CITENEED}}
{{nutshell|Use <code>{{tl|Citation needed}}</code> to identify claims in articles that need a [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|citation]] to a [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable source]].}}
{{Notice|A complete version of the documentation for this template is provided at [[Template:Citation needed]].}}
[[File:Webcomic xkcd - Wikipedian protester.png|thumb|300px|alt=Innovative application for the template in xkcd 285 (Wikipedian Protester)|The {{Tl|Citation needed}} template aims to promote [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|accountable]] discourse.]]
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"Citation needed" statements are part of [[:Category:Wikipedia backlog| Wikipedia's backlog of outstanding problems]]. Currently there are {{PAGESINCATEGORY|All articles with unsourced statements}} articles with "Citation needed" statements (see [https://web.archive.org/web/20181120004430/https://www.theresnotime.co.uk/tools/citeNeededGraph/all.php the historical number of tags]).
<span class="plainlinks"><div style="text-align:center"> [[Wikipedia:Citation needed#How to help reduce the backlog|<span class="mw-ui-button mw-ui-progressive" style ="margin:.1em"> You can help reduce the backlog!</span>]]</div></span>
 
 
 
==When and how to use this tag==