Template:citation needed/documentation

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Documentation for Template:citation needed. [edit]
This page contains usage information, categories, interwiki links and other content describing the template.

{{citation needed}} (aka {{fact}}) is not used on Wiktionary. It exists here only to catch erroneous usages (most likely made by Wikipedia editors who are not familiar with Wiktionary templates).

Please instead use one of the following options. Note that "rfv" is a initialism for "request for verification."

Used less often are the following:

  • {{rfv-etym}} to dispute specifically the etymology.
  • {{rfv-pron}} to dispute specifically the pronunciation.

For reference (not verification) requests, please use this instead:

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