Template:Specify/doc

This template may be used to tag statements that as to what exactly is being drawn from the source. This situation most often arises when sources are over-summarized to an excessive level, without sufficient care for whether the result has a clear enough meaning to be properly verifiable.

Usage
Typical:

Examples
"Similar" has no clear meaning here, and could refer to something similarly phrased but radically different in scope, or instead, to an effectually identical provision worded very differently, so it is too unclear to count as being properly sourced without more specificity. It should not be left to the reader to play a guessing-game with regard to which studies did and did not confirm the conclusions, especially since the citation data may already provide a lot of contextual cues about the reputability of the two sets of conflicting results without having to pore over the studies' texts. Clearly needs further specification as to who opposed it, how, and when, or the claim is too vague to really be verifiable, and seems like a conspiracy theory in Wikipedia's voice.
 * The Speaker of the House proposed extending the sunset clause in section 24 by another two years, while a similar amendment was proposed in the Senate.
 * The paper's conclusions were questioned in some follow-up studies, but confirmed by others.
 * Latin American liberation theology met opposition from power in the US.

When to use and not to use this template
Do not use this tag to label text which appears doubtful or false. In the case of biographies of living people, simply remove any alleged but unsourced information. Otherwise, please use another more appropriate tag for doubtful claims, as described below. For passages that are confusing, unclear, ambiguous, or missing a clarifier of some kind (i.e. the problem is with the wording, not the sourcing), use Clarify.

Regarding unsourced or poorly sourced information:
 * 1) if it is likely true, but needs specificity, you may use Specify
 * 2) 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.
 * 3) if it is doubtful but not harmful to the whole article, you may use Verify source tag to ask for source verification.
 * 4) If it is doubtful and harmful, you may move it to the talk page and ask for a source.
 * 5) If it is very doubtful and very harmful, you may remove it directly without the need of moving it to the talk page first.

Technical
This template takes a reason parameter. Because it may not be immediately apparent to other editors what precisely needs to be specified, it may be helpful to add a brief reason for the tag like this: As well as being visible in the source code for editors' benefit, the  parameter is, if provided, displayed in the tooltip text when the mouse is hovered over the "specify" link in the article.

The template links to Citing sources.

This template adds tagged articles to Category:Articles needing more detailed references.

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

TemplateData
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