Template:Uncited category

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This template is intended to allow calls for citations for article categories, without repeating the claim implied by the category in the article text with a citation needed tag.

It will categorise tagged articles into Category:Articles with unsourced categories.

Usage

{{Uncited category|cat1=People|cat2=Films directed by Woody Allen|date=27 April 2024}} produces:

This article contains uncited categories (Category:People and Category:Films directed by Woody Allen). Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced categories may be challenged and removed. (27 April 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

For example, {{Uncited category|cat1=Music videos directed by Hype Williams|date=July 2013}}, could be placed on Talk:Saturday Night (Jessica Mauboy song) to indicate that the Category:Music videos directed by Hype Williams is not cited within the text of that article.

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BLP-specific	{{BLP unsourced}} {{BLP unsourced section}} {{BLP primary sources}} {{BLP self-published}} {{BLP sources}} {{BLP sources section}} {{BLP IMDb-only refimprove}} {{BLP IMDb refimprove}} {{BLP no footnotes}} {{BLP more footnotes needed}} {{BLP one source}}
Topic specific	{{Localist}} {{Media IMDb refimprove}} {{More medical citations needed}} {{More science citations needed}} {{Neologism}} {{Science review}} {{Unreferenced-law}} {{Unreferenced-law section}} {{Unreferenced-medical section}}
Dispute-related	{{Cite check}} {{Cite check section}} {{Content}} {{Disputed}} {{Dispute about}} {{Disputed section}} {{Expert needed}} {{Hoax}} {{Original research}} {{Original research section}} {{Speculation}} {{Speculation section}} {{Synthesis}} {{Verifiability}} {{Verify sources}}
Citation improvements	{{Bad linked references}} {{Citation style}} {{Citations broken}} {{Cleanup bare URLs}} {{Format footnotes}} {{Full citations needed}} {{Ibid}} {{Page numbers improve}} {{Page numbers needed}}
General advice	Citing sources Reliable sources Maintenance template removal Citation needed Find sources Combining sources Referencing styles

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