Template:Citation style
 | This article has an unclear citation style. (December 2025) |
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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 {{Citation style|date=December 2025}} 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.,{{Citation style|date=December 2025}}.)|details=may be used to provide more details on some of the aspects that should be addressed for the given article. (e.g.,{{Citation style|date=December 2025|details=In particular, citation titles should be specified}})|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.,{{Citation style|section|date=December 2025}}. 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
TemplateData for Citation style
Use this cleanup template to indicate that an article has an unclear citation style.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month and year | date | The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically.
| Line | suggested |
| Reason | reason details | The reason why the article has an unclear citation style
| String | optional |
| Affected area | 1 | Text to replace the word "article", usually "section"
| String | optional |
| Make template small | small | Enter "left" here to make the template box small and aligned to the left.
| Line | optional |
Tracking categories
- Category:All articles needing references cleanup (0)
- Category:All articles covered by WikiProject Wikify (0)
Redirects
- {{Citationstyle}}
- {{Citation-style}}
- {{Cleanup-citation}}
- {{Cleanup-references}}
- {{Cleanup-refs}}
- {{Ref-cleanup}}
- {{Reference style}}
- {{Reference-style}}
- {{Refstyle}}