[1] The phrase is reflective of the policies of verifiability and original research on Wikipedia and has become a general Internet meme.
[2] The tag was first used on Wikipedia in 2006,[2] and its template created by user Ta bu shi da yu.
[5] In 2010, American television hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert led the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., where some participants held placards with "[citation needed]".
[6] Randall Munroe has frequently used "[citation needed]" tags for humorous commentary in his writings, including in his 2014 book What If?.
[11] Youtuber Tom Scott and The Technical Difficulties used "[citation needed]" as the title for a Wikipedia-based gameshow that ran from 2014 to 2018.