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== Usage ==

* {{tlx|No significant coverage|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}
* {{tlx|No significant coverage|find{{=}}World War II|find2{{=}}Mediterranean|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}

=== When to use this template===
You should add this template to any articles that do not have any sources that plausibly contain [[WP:SIGCOV|significant coverage]]. For articles that relate to sports, the template ''{{Tl|No significant coverage (sports)}}'' should be instead, as such articles are required to have such coverage by the [[WP:SPORTSCRIT|nsports general criteria #5]]. 

'''Do not add this template:'''
*To articles that contain no sources. Instead, use the template {{tlx|Unreferenced}}.

'''Alternatives:'''
*'''[[Wikipedia:Be bold|Be bold!]]''' Consider searching for [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|sources]] and citing them in the article, instead of adding this template.
*In articles about people and businesses, consider using the more specific {{tlx|Third-party sources}} template, to encourage citation of [[WP:Independent sources]] rather than the subject's own website.
*See [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living people]] for guidance on dealing with under-referenced biographies of living people. <!-- note that this is phrased so that it is accurate no matter what WP:BLP happens to say at any given moment. -->

== Parameters ==

There are four named parameters. All parameters are optional. 

* {{para|date}}{{snd}}month name and year; e.g. '{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}' (no default)
* {{para|find}}{{snd}}search keywords for {{tl|find sources}} param 1 (double-quoted search); default: page title. See details [[#Details|below]].
* {{para|find2}}{{snd}}search keywords for {{tl|find sources}} param 2 (unquoted search). Alias: <code>unquoted</code>. See [[#Details|below]].
* {{para|small}}{{snd}}set to <code>left</code> or <code>no</code>; see details at [[Template:Ambox/doc#small|Ambox]]. Default: standard-width banner.

=== Examples ===

{{tlc|No significant coverage|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}

or

{{tlc|subst:No significant coverage}}

[[Help:Substitution|Substitution]] of this template will automatically fill the date parameter.

The optional {{para|find}} parameter is available, for modifying the operation of the {{tl|find sources}} links displayed by the template:

{{tlc|No significant coverage|find{{=}}search keyword(s)|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}

see below for details.

=== Details ===

'''Date parameter:'''
: The {{para|date}} parameter is (generally<ref name="date">Because of the nature of the workflow using the current date makes sense, it is simpler to add, especially for the [[WP:bot]]s it means that older dated categories do not have to be constantly created and deleted, and it enables some measure of progress. Moreover it is "good enough" to get the articles into the workflow and the intention is to ensure they are cleaned up eventually. Occasionally however it may be useful to bulk add items, to older categories, for example when the system was initially set up, when merging two schemes or when adding to the current month would swamp it disproportionately.</ref>) used to indicate when the template was added to a page. An example of its usage is {{tlc|No significant coverage|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}. Adding this parameter sorts the article into monthly subcategories of [[:Category:Articles lacking sources containing significant coverage]], rather than adding it to [[:Category:Articles lacking sources containing significant coverage]] itself, allowing the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first. If the date parameter is omitted, a [[Wikipedia:Bot policy|bot]] will add it later.

'''Find parameters:'''
: There are two 'find' parameters available to control the presentation and operation of the {{tl|find sources}} links optionally displayed by the {{tl|Unreferenced}} template. By default, the template displays {{tl|find sources}} with a quoted search query equivalent to the exact article title. Sometimes, especially if the article has a long, [[WP:NDESC|descriptive title]], or if it includes [[WP:PARENDIS|parenthetical disambiguation terms]], this may not give useful results. The find parameters can be used to provide the search keywords of your choice to the {{tl|find sources}} links. Use:
:* {{para|find}} to specify keywords for an exact search (double-quoted query); this corresponds to {{tl|find sources}} positional param <code>|1</code>.
:* {{para|find2}} to specify keywords for an unquoted search; this corresponds to {{tl|find sources}} param <code>|2</code>. The alias {{para|unquoted}} may be used instead.
The value "none" may be passed to 'find' ({{para|find|none}}) to suppress display of ''find sources'' links. (Note that specifying {{para|find|none}} and a nonempty value for {{para|find2}} is not a valid combination.)

== General information==
This template can either be placed at the top of an article, at the bottom of the article page (in an empty "References" or "Notes" section—usually just before a {{Tl|Reflist}} template), or on the article's talk page.

=== Categorization ===
This template adds the article to [[:Category:All articles lacking sources containing significant coverage]] and a monthly subcategory such as [[:Category:Articles lacking sources containing significant coverage from {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}]] (as described [[#How to use|above]]), which are [[:Category:Hidden categories|hidden categories]].

=== Differences from related templates ===
The similar template {{Tl|More citations needed}} adds an article to [[:Category:Articles needing additional references]].
{{Tl|Unreferenced}} adds the article to [[:Category:Articles lacking sources]].
{{Tl|More medical citations needed}} adds the article to [[:Category:Articles needing additional medical references]] as well as [[:Category:Articles needing additional references]].

=== Short-cut ===
*{{Tl|nosigcov}}
*{{Tl|no sigcov}}

== TemplateData ==
{{TemplateData header}}
<templatedata>
{
	"description": "This template generates a tag to indicate that an article has no citations containing significant coverage.",
	"format": "inline",
	"params": {
		"date": {
			"label": "Month and year",
			"description": "Provides the month and year of the citation request; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'",
			"type": "string",
			"required": false,
			"autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}",
			"example": "January 2013",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"find": {
			"label": "Find sources keywords",
			"description": "Search string for 'find sources' template. May be one or more words. Set to value 'none' to suppress 'find sources' output.",
			"type": "string",
			"required": false,
			"autovalue": "empty string",
			"example": "Your keyword list"
		},
		"find2": {
			"label": "Find2",
			"description": "Search keywords for 'find sources' unquoted search.",
			"type": "string",
			"required": false,
			"aliases": ["unquoted"]
		}
	},
	"paramOrder": [
		"date",
		"find",
		"find2"
	]
}
</templatedata>

== Tracking categories ==
*{{Category link with count|All articles lacking sources containing significant coverage}}

== See also ==
* [[Wikipedia:Citation needed]] and {{Tl|Citation needed}} – for marking a particular claim as needing a citation
* {{tl|Unreferenced}}
* {{tl|Find sources}}
* {{tl|More citations needed}}
* {{tl|Unreferenced section}}
* [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles]]
* [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup]]

== Footnotes ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Citation and verifiability article maintenance templates}}

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