Wikipedia:Citation needed

If your work has been tagged, please provide a reliable source for the statement, and discuss if needed.

You can add a citation by selecting from the drop-down menu at the top of the editing box.

Not all tags get addressed in a timely manner, staying in place for months or years, forming an ever-growing Wikipedia backlog—this itself can be a problem.

Best practice recommends the following: Before adding a tag, at least consider the following alternatives, one of which may prove much more constructive: There are 540,403 articles with "Citation needed" statements.

The tool Citation Hunt makes that easier by suggesting random articles, which you can sort by topical category membership.

Innovative application for the template in xkcd 285 (Wikipedian Protester)
The {{ Citation needed }} template aims to promote accountable discourse.