Template:Data missing/sandbox

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Usage

Use the {{Data missing|date=November 2025}} template when you have a list or table in which specific items are missing.

Pages using this template are included in Category:Data missing.

Parameters

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{{{date}}} The month and year the tag was added.
{{{?}}} If you put a "?" as a parameter, it will shorten the template text down to "?", which is useful in very tight spaces such as tables and charts.

Examples

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Code Result

George's father: {{Data missing}} George's father: [data missing ]

George's mother: {{Data missing|?}} George's mother: [? ]

{|class=wikitable
! Relations !! Names !! Dates
|-
| Self || George || {{Data missing}}
|-
| Father || {{Data missing}} || 1903–1975
|-
| Mother || {{Data missing|?}} || 1905–1978
|}

Relations	Names	Dates
Self	George	[data missing ]
Father	[data missing ]	1903–1975
Mother	[? ]	1905–1978

TemplateData

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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Data missing in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Data missing

Use this inline template indicate that a statement may be outdated and in need of updating or removal.

Template parameters[Edit template data ]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Month and year	`date`	Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13' Example January 2013 Auto value `{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}`	String	suggested
Replace with '?'	`1`	Replace the template text with a question mark ('?') for size constraints Example ? Auto value `?`	String	optional

Tracking categories

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Category:All articles with lists with data missing (792)

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Inline cleanup tags

Attribution

{{According to whom }}
{{Among whom }}
{{Attribution needed }}
{{By what }}
{{By whom }}
{{For whom }}
{{From whom? }}
{{Like whom? }}
{{To whom? }}
{{Who }}
{{Whose }}
{{With whom }}

Clarity

Miscellaneous

Neutrality

Precision

{{By how much }} {{Definition }} {{Definition span }} {{Definition needed }} {{Example needed }} {{Example needed span }} {{Explain }} {{Explain-wrap }} {{From where }} {{How }} {{How often }} {{Misquoted }} {{More detail needed }} {{Of what }} {{Quantify }} {{Specify }} {{Vague }} {{When }} {{Where }} {{Where-geo }} {{Which }} {{Who else }} {{Why }} {{Year needed }}
Excessive	{{Duplication span }} {{Globalize inline }} {{Importance example }} {{Importance inline }} {{Infobox clutter }} {{List entry too long }} {{Long quote }} {{Off topic paragraph }} {{Off topic sentence }} {{Overly detailed inline }} {{Over-explained }} {{Relevance inline }} {{Undue weight inline }}

Time-sensitivity

Verifiability

Dubious	{{Contradictory inline }} {{Discuss }} {{Disputed inline }} {{Dubious }} {{Dubious span }} {{Inconsistent }} {{Needs independent confirmation }} {{Speculation inline }}
Bare URLs	{{Bare URL inline }} {{Bare URL AV media }} {{Bare URL DOC }} {{Bare URL image }} {{Bare URL non-HTML }} {{Bare URL PDF }} {{Bare URL plain text }} {{Bare URL spreadsheet }}
Incomplete or broken citation	{{Author incomplete }} {{Author missing }} {{Broken footnote }} {{Date missing }} {{Dead link }} {{Dead YouTube link }} {{Deep link needed }} {{Edition needed }} {{Episode needed }} {{Full citation needed }} {{Incomplete short citation }} {{ISBN missing }} {{Missing long citation }} {{Moved resource }} {{Page needed }} {{Pages needed }} {{Permanent dead link }} {{Place missing }} {{Publisher missing }} {{Season needed }} {{Time needed }} {{Title incomplete }} {{Title missing }} {{Unused source }} {{Volume needed }} {{Year missing }}
Missing or problematic reference	{{Additional citation needed }} {{AI-generated inline }} {{AI-generated source? }} {{AI-retrieved source }} {{Better source needed }} {{Better source needed example }} {{Check quotation }} {{Chronology citation needed }} {{Circular reference }} {{Circular reporting }} {{Citation needed }} {{Citation needed span }} {{Citation needed paragraph }} {{Citation not found }} {{Close paraphrasing inline }} {{COI source }} {{Deprecated inline }} {{Excessive citations inline }} {{Failed verification }} {{Failed verification span }} {{Image reference needed }} {{Independent source inline }} {{Irrelevant citation }} {{Marketing material }} {{Medical citation needed }} {{Medical citation needed span }} {{Misplaced footnote }} {{Nonspecific }} {{Not verified in body }} {{Not verified in body span }} {{Obsolete source }} {{Page range too broad }} {{Primary source inline }} {{Promotional source }} {{Quote without source }} {{Request quotation }} {{Request quotation span }} {{Retracted }} {{Scientific citation needed }} {{Self-published inline }} {{Self-published source }} {{Shallow reference inline }} {{Tertiary source inline }} {{Text-source inline }} {{Unreliable source? }} {{Unreliable fringe source }} {{Unreliable medical source }} {{Unreliable scientific source }} {{User-generated inline }} {{User-generated source }} {{Verify quote }} {{Verify source }} {{Whose quote }}

Wording

General advice

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