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" itation needed''" is a tag added by Wikipedia editors to unsourced statements in articles requesting citations to be added. The phrase is reflective of the policies of verifiability and no original research on
In 2008, Matt Mechtley created stickers with " n needed, encouraging people to stick them on advertisements.
In 2010, American television hosts Jon Stewart and
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" itation needed''" is a tag added by Wikipedia editors to unsourced statements in articles requesting citations to be added. The phrase is reflective of the policies of verifiability and no original research on Wikipedia
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and has become a general Internet meme. On the English Wikipedia
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Usage on Wikipedia
The tag was first used onWikipedia
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in 2006. By Wikipedia policy, editors should add citations for content, to ensure accuracy and neutrality, and to avoid original research. The on needed tag is used to mark statements that lack such citations. , there were more than 350,000 pages on Wikipedia containing at least one instance of the tag. Users who click the tag will be directed to pages about Wikipedia's verifiability policy and its application using the tag.
Usage outside Wikipedia
In 2008, Matt Mechtley created stickers with " n needed, encouraging people to stick them on advertisements.
In 2010, American television hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert
Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( ; born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the satirical Comedy Central program '' The Colbert Report'' from 2005 ...
led the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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, where some participants held placards with " n needed.
Randall Munroe
Randall Patrick Munroe (born October 17, 1984) is an American cartoonist, author, and engineer best known as the creator of the webcomic ''xkcd''. Munroe has worked full-time on the comic since late 2006. In addition to publishing a book of th ...
has frequently used " n needed tags for humorous commentary in his writings, including in his 2014 book '' What If?''
The subdomain of citation download for Springer Nature journals is "on-needed", e.g., https://citation-needed.springer.com/v2/references/10.1038/nature14539?format=refman&flavour=citation .
From 2014 to 2018, Tom Scott, Chris Joel, Gary Brannan and Matt Gray a.k.a. 'The Technical Difficulties' had a YouTube panel show titled "on Needed". Will Seaward and Matt Parker also featured as guest panelists in episodes 6x03, 6x04, 7x03 and 7x04 standing in for Gray.
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