| Highlight unreferenced passages | |
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| Description | Uses a red background color to highlight each passage that lacks references. |
| Author(s) | Phlsph7 |
| First released | January 28, 2023 |
| Updated | July 19, 2024 (6 months ago) |
| Browsers | all modern browsers |
| Skins | Vector (2022), Vector legacy (2010), MinervaNeue |
| Source | User:Phlsph7/HighlightUnreferencedPassages.js |
Highlight unreferenced passages is a user script to highlight passages that lack references with a red background. Its main purpose is to help users quickly identify unreferenced passages, paragraphs, and sections in mainspace articles and drafts. It can be used both by reviewers trying to assess whether an article complies with the Wikipedia verifiability criteria and by editors looking for passages that need to be improved. It does not alter the article in any way; it only affects how it is displayed. Please keep in mind that this tool has various limitations, as explained below. For example, it ignores various Wikipedia policies about which claims need inline citations and which ones do not. If a passage is highlighted, it only means that there could be a problem, not that there definitely is a problem. In this regard, the script is not meant to replace human judgment but only to assist users in finding passages that may need references.