Template:Says who/doc

{{Says who/doc}} is a template that is best thought of as a question. It might be better thought of as the says who? template. If you see an article which makes a vague assertion about someone saying something, but the person or persons are not identified, you should generally try to find a source and edit it yourself. But if you don't have time, or don't know where to start looking for the source, just type in {{says who}} or {{says who?}} or even {{sezwho}} after the statement. This will draw other editors' attention to specific work that needs to be done on an article.

The template should not be used in the case of a statement you suspect to be actually false. Rather, it should alert editors to the fact that we've failed to note the person or persons who are responsible for an assertion, opinion or belief.

For instance, let's say you're reading an article and you come across these two statements:

• They says black was dflakjf;jc;zkhdfklaj This is just gibberish. It should be just be cut from the article, no questions asked.
• It was reportedly the case that Daleks were made of cheese. This is a statement of someone's belief. It's not true, but it could be true that someone had reported this falsehood. Therefore a better response than cutting the information is just insert {{says who}}.

Categorisation

This template automatically puts pages into category:Articles with statements that need more specific attribution.

Similar templates

This wiki has a number of other templates that do essentially the same thing as this one, but may be more appropriate in the context of certain sentences

• {{which}}
• {{by whom}}
• {{who}}

If you want to indicate that a statement, as worded, makes so little sense that you can't figure out how to improve it, use:

• {{what}} or {{what?}}

If, however, you're challenging the veracity of a statement, or trying to indicate that there is no valid source for a statement, you'll want to use:

• {{fact}}
• {{facts}}
• {{source}}