Template:Citation needed span/doc

Description
This template is used to point out where content needs a reference/citation. Unlike Citation needed, this template explicitly attaches to a portion of text by surrounding and highlighting it. This is useful in particular for picking out a group of sentences needing citation, or a single unsourced sentence amongst many cited ones. The template cspan produces an identical result to this template.

Do not use this template across paragraphs, as this may cause formatting errors and disrupt the page display.

Once a reference is added, please remove this template from the surrounded text.

See Citation needed for instructions on how to use or not use this template, as well as what counts as a reliable source.

Template data
{	"params": { "date": { "label": "Date added", "description": "The date on which this template was added, i.e. when citations were requested.", "example": "February 2021", "type": "date", "autovalue": " ", "suggested": true },		"reason": { "label": "Reason for adding", "description": "A specific reason this text needs a citation. Shown in a tooltip.", "example": "This claim needs references to reliable sources", "type": "line", "default": "This claim needs references to reliable sources", "suggested": true },		"text": { "aliases": [ "1"			],			"label": "Text needing citation", "description": "The sentence(s) for which a reference or citation are missing.", "example": "Sample text here, consisting of formatted or unformatted lines.", "type": "string", "required": true }	},	"description": "Marks text in an article as not having a reference to reliable sources and adds the article to Category:Pages needing citations.", "format": "inline", "paramOrder": [ "text", "date", "reason" ] }

Syntax
With all parameters, the template is used as follows: { {Citation needed|text = Sample text here|date = Month Year|reason = Your reason here}} or { {Citation needed|Sample text here|date = Month Year|reason = Your reason here}}

The parameters  and   are optional, and can be omitted at will. Additionally, the  parameter does not need a label if it is placed first. The minimal syntax is thus: { {Citation needed|Sample text here}}

Without date/reason
Sourced text. Here is additional text placed afterwards. or Sourced text. Here is additional text placed afterwards. The above will produce the following.
 * Sourced text. Here is additional text placed afterwards.

With date/reason
Sourced text. Here is additional text placed afterwards. or Sourced text. Here is additional text placed afterwards. The above will produce the following.
 * Sourced text. Here is additional text placed afterwards.