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{{Unreferenced section|date=December 2025}}

Only use this template when the section completely lacks references. For sections with some but too few references, use {{Refimprove section}} instead.

This template puts articles in Category:Articles needing additional references or a dated subcategory thereof. If you leave the date off, a bot will add it later. To fill the date automatically, you can use {{subst:Unreferenced section}}.

Sample usage using optional "find" param:

{{Unreferenced section|find=search keyword(s)|date=December 2025}}

Parameters

|date= : month and year the section was last checked for references; e.g., |date=December 2025
|small= : Any value (typically "y", "yes", etc.) will make the template smaller. The template should normally be full-width when it applies to an entire section.
|find= : search keywords for {{find sources}} param 1 (double-quoted search). This optional parameter adds a set of links produced by the {{find sources}} template to the output. If omitted, no "find sources" links are displayed.
|find2= : search keywords for {{find sources}} param 2 (unquoted search). Alias: unquoted.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Unreferenced section in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Unreferenced section

<templatedata> { "description": "Use this template only when a section completely lacks references. For sections with some but too few references, use Template:Refimprove section instead.", "format": "inline", "params": { "date": { "label": "Month and year", "description": "The month and year the tag was placed, such as 'April 2023', but not 'apr23'", "type": "string", "required": false, "autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}", "example": "April 2023", "suggested": true }, "small": { "label": "Small", "description": "Any value (typically \"y\", \"yes\", etc.) will make the template smaller.", "type": "string", "required": false, "autovalue": "y", "example": "y" }, "find": { "label": "Find", "description": "Search keywords for 'find sources' double-quoted (exact) search. May be one or more words. Leave empty to suppress 'find sources' output.", "type": "string", "required": false, "example": "Austen's early life" }, "find2": { "label": "Find2", "description": "Search keywords for 'find sources' unquoted search.", "type": "string", "required": false, "aliases": ["unquoted"] } }, "paramOrder": [ "date", "small", "find", "find2" ] } </templatedata>

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