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Usage

Use this tag, {{Cite quote}}, for quotations that are used without a citation. Per Wikipedia:Citing sources: "You should always add a citation when quoting published material, and the citation should be placed directly after the quote, which should be enclosed within double quotation marks — "like this" — or single quotation marks if it's a quote-within-a-quote — "and here is such a 'quote' as an example." Statements marked with this template will put their articles in Category:Articles with unsourced quotes.

Do not use this tag in order to label text which appears doubtful or false, especially in the case of biographies of living people (see this section of WP:3RR as well). Otherwise please use {{verify source}}.

Regarding the unsourced or poorly sourced information:

1. if it is not doubtful, you may use {{citation needed}} or {{cite quote}} tag to ask for better citation in order to make the article complete.
2. if it is doubtful but not too harmful to the whole article, you may use {{verify source}} tag to ask for source verification.
   
3. If it is doubtful and (quite) highly harmful, you may move it to the talk page and ask for a source.
   
4. If it is very doubtful and very harmful, you may remove it directly without the need of moving it to the talk page first.

To find all the articles that use this template, please visit What links here. For articles which lack sources, please visit Category:Articles lacking sources.

This template is a self-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.

See also

• Wikipedia:Citing sources

• {{Cite}} (deprecated)

• {{Citation needed}}, tagging a request for citation, used for information that needs citations to make it complete, but not for seemingly doubtful or false texts
• {{Request quote}}, tagging a request for quoting inaccessible source, used for requesting a direct quote from the cited source for verification
• {{Verify source}}, tagging a request for source verification, used for information that is doubtful or appears false.
• {{Verify credibility}}, tagging a request for source verification, used for information that is doubtful or appears false.

• {{Citecheck}}, popping up a box saying an article or section may have inappropriate or misinterpreted citations
• {{Not verified}}, popping up a box saying an article or section has not been verified and may not be reliable
• {{Unreferenced}}, popping up a box saying an article or section has no citation or reference for its information