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==Usage==
The {{Tlc|Volume needed}} template functions as an in-line request for the specific citation of a volume number, issue number, or both in a serial publication such as a journal, newspaper or comic book. Do not use this tag in order to label statements which you suspect to be false. Instead, use a dispute template such as {{tlx|Dubious}}, or move those statements to the talk page and ask for evidence.

By default, it asks for both volume and issue number.

This tag will categorize tagged articles into [[:Category:Articles with unsourced statements]] but not this template itself.

This [[Wikipedia:Template|template]] is a [[Wikipedia:Avoid self-references|self-reference]] and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.

===Placement===

Put the template directly after the associated {{tag|ref|c}} tag.

===Parameters===
* {{para|date|{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}   When the tag was added.
* {{para|issue|no}}   or {{para|iss|no}}   or {{para|i|no}}   Used in the unusual case that an issue is specified but the volume is missing. Note that some publications do not use issue numbers, though this is uncommon other than for book series. Any value will work, e.g. {{para|issue|false}} or {{para|i|0}}. Result: {{Volume needed|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|issue=no}}
* {{para|volume|no}}   or {{para|vol|no}}   or {{para|v|no}}   Used in the unusual case that a volume is specified but the issue is missing. Note that some publications do not have a volume number, though this is uncommon. Any value will work. Result: {{Volume needed|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|volume=no}}

===Journal and news usage===
(In this example it is essentially flagging the fact that volume, issue number ''and'' month of publication are all missing, by including them as empty parameters that need filling; i.e., this example assumes that the original editor's citation omitted all of this information.)

<nowiki>Some text here.<ref name="Smith 2009">{{Cite journal
|last=Smith
|first=Jane
|title=The Unbearable Beingness of Light
|journal=Proceedings of the XYZ
|issue=
|volume=
|year=2009
|pages=47–62
|location=[[New York City|New York]]
|publisher=Fnord Pubs
}}</ref>{{Volume needed|date=</nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}<nowiki>}}

...

{{Reflist}}</nowiki>

'''Produces:'''

Some text here.<ref name="Smith 2009">{{Cite journal
|last=Smith
|first=Jane
|title=The Unbearable Beingness of Light
|journal=Proceedings of the XYZ
|issue=
|volume=
|year=2009
|pages=47–62
|location=[[New York City|New York]]
|publisher=Fnord Pubs
}}</ref>{{Fix
|link=Wikipedia:Citing sources
|title=This citation requires a reference to the specific volume in which the source appears.
|text=volume and issue needed}}

...

{{Reflist}}

===Comic book usage===
Usage with {{Tl|Cite comic}} is the same as above, except the <code>|c=y</code> parameter and value must be added, so that flagged articles are categorized under [[:Category:Comics articles needing issue citations]] instead of the more general [[:Category:Articles with unsourced statements]]: {{Tlc|volume needed|c{{=}}y|<nowiki>{{subst:DATE}}</nowiki>}}

==Redirects==
* {{Tl|Issue needed}}

==See also==
* [[Wikipedia:Citing sources]]
* {{Tl|Citation needed}} for other source citation cleanup templates
* {{Tl|Page needed}} – Similar, for missing page numbers
* {{Tl|Season needed}} – Similar, for missing TV season and episode number
* {{Tl|Time needed}} – Similar, for missing time references in audio-visual resources

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