Wikipedia:WikiProject Timeline Tracer/Resources

Tag Templates

• {{histref}}
• {{histref|give ideas here.}}
• {{histrefm}}

If you prefer to work only with inline calls, or you want to tag the problem lines, enter {{Timefact}} in the body of an article as a request for other editors to find sources for verifying the chronology, timeline and dates provided as reference in the content. It will display: ^{[chronology citation needed]}.
If the missing citation refers to lineage or historical claims, you may use

Usage

1. Use {{Timefact}} to label a statement which lacks a source confirming or providing its chronology or timeline as per Wikipedia:Citing sources

Examples

• In the sentence "it was started by Lord Champs in 2001 and enhanced two years later ..."

• You will place {{fact}} if you are simply requesting a source that says that it was started by Lord Champs in 2001
• You will insert {{Timefact}} if what you are requesting is a source that confirms when it was started and its development after that.

• In the sentence "that organization was founded in 1978 when the natural disasters had increased..."

• You will place {{fact}} if you are simply requesting a source that says that the organization was founded in 1978
• You will insert {{Timefact}} if what you are requesting is a source that says when the disasters increased in relation with the year of foundation

• In the sentence "those celtic tribes survived more than one invasion...":

• You will place {{fact}} if you are simply requesting a source that says that those tribes survived many invasions
• You will insert {{Timefact}} if what you are requesting is a source that says when that happened

Category

Placing any of these tags will add the article to the category Articles lacking chronology/history sources

Edit summary

• When adding the {{histref}} template, you can use the following edit summary: This article needs sources for its chronology/history information. See [[WP:TIMETRACE]].
• When actually adding sources, you can use: Adding chronology/history sources. [[WP:TIMETRACE|You can help!]]

Tag for later view

To only mark up for later view and the article to the category Articles waiting for chronology/history evaluation, just add at the bottom of the article {{histrefeval}}

Tag for completed task

When the article has been improved in a satisfactory manner, you must remove the "request for chronology/history sources " tag and leave instead, at the foot of the article {{histrefverif|the date goes here}}, which will add the article to the category Category:Articles evaluated by WP Timeline Tracer‎.

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Invitation banner

For spreading the use of the inline calls for history/chronology sources, this invitation banner can be left as a message at the talk_page of those Wikipedians who seem to care for the sourcing of dates, timelines and chronologies when editing or anyone who could make good use of these inline calls. Just place {{WikiProject Timeline Tracer Invitation}} as a message, followed by your signature. It will display

Hello. You may have seen that some Wikipedia articles lack sources to given dates, timelines and chronologies.
If you feel that you could like to help in making all articles more reliable and well sourced in this regard, we would like to encourage you to use, as part of your daily editing and when {{fact}} is not enough for requesting clearly and specifically a citation or source for dates, timeline or chronology, the following inline tag:

{{Timefact}} displays ^{{chronology source needed}} for requesting timelines, dates and chronology sources. Click here for more information

At WP Timeline Tracer, we thank you for using these tools and for helping to make Wikipedia articles more accurate and reliable.

Endorsement box 1

Show you're endorsing the goals of this WikiProject! (This also helps to spread the word.)

• Use {{user timetrace}} on your user page, it displays

• This user endorses WikiProject Timeline Tracer

Endorsement box 2

• Alternatively you can use {{user timetracer}} (smaller) on your user page, it displays

• This user is a Timeline Tracer

Categories

• {{histref}} and {{histrefm}} automatically categorize the page into Category:Articles lacking chronology/history sources.
• {{histrefeval}} automatically categorize the page into Category:Articles waiting for chronology/history evaluation.
• {{histrefverif}} automatically categorize the page into Category:Articles evaluated by WP Timeline Tracer.