Template:Citation style/doc

When to use
This template should be used only on articles that have sources.

It may be used with Refimprove or other check references templates. This template should not be used with stubs.

The most common correct use of this template is to identify an article that uses more than one major citation style (e.g., half the citations use ref tags, and half are parenthetical citations).

Do not place this template on articles containing all parenthetical citations, a previously acceptable citation style that is now deprecated per WP:PARREF.

Wikipedia's guidelines generally prohibit editors from changing from one acceptable form of inline citations to another without consensus, especially for reasons of personal preference or to make one article match the style in another article.

This template may be removed by anyone who fixes the problems with confusing citation styles.

How to use
To use this template, place  on the article page or talk page in a location that may aid in conveying the message of the template. This template may be used within Multiple issues and placement of this template on the article page is guided by Template messages/Cleanup. The following parameters may be specified for this template:


 * date should preferably be used to categorize the article in a subcategory of Category:Wikipedia references cleanup. This helps with addressing aged cleanup messages. (e.g., .)
 * details may be used to provide more details on some of the aspects that should be addressed for the given article. (e.g., )
 * undefined A first unnamed parameter may be used to specify whether the template applies to the entire article or a section of the article (e.g., . If not specified, the first unnamed parameter defaults to "article."

Operation
This template will categorise tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia references cleanup and Category:Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify.

This template is a self-reference.

This template should not be substituted.

TemplateData
{   "description": "Use this cleanup template to indicate that an article has an unclear citation style.", "format": "inline", "params": { "date": { "label": "Month and year", "description": "The month and year that the template was placed (in full). \" \" inserts the current month and year automatically.", "type": "line", "autovalue": " ", "example": "January 2013", "suggested": true },		"reason": { "aliases": [ "details" ],			"label": "Reason", "description": "The reason why the article has an unclear citation style", "type": "string", "example": "it uses multiple citation styles" },		"1": {			"label": "Affected area", "description": "Text to replace the word \"article\", usually \"section\"", "type": "string", "autovalue": "section", "example": "section" },		"small": { "label": "Make template small", "description": "Enter \"left\" here to make the template box small and aligned to the left.", "type": "line", "autovalue": "left", "example": "left" }	},	"paramOrder": [ "date", "reason", "1",       "small" ] }

Redirects

 * Citationstyle
 * Citation-style
 * Cleanup-citation
 * Cleanup-references
 * Cleanup-refs
 * Ref-cleanup
 * Reference style
 * Reference-style
 * Refstyle