# How to remove \[citation needed\] flag in Wikipedia? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 12, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-citation-needed-flag-in-wikipedia/585260 "2011-06-12T23:44:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-citation-needed-flag-in-wikipedia/585260/1 "2011-06-12T23:44:31Z")
I added a citation to a Wikipedia article. The [1] denoting the citation is there. The citation is in the References. And… The bit I added the cite for still says [citation needed]. How do I get rid of the [citation needed] and just leave the [1] link to the cite? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-citation-needed-flag-in-wikipedia/585260/2 "2011-06-12T23:53:27Z")
If you edit the article, somewhere after the fact in question, there should be a {{fact}} or {{citation needed}} tag. Just delete that and resave it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-citation-needed-flag-in-wikipedia/585260/3 "2011-06-12T23:57:58Z")
Perfect. I assumed that [citation needed] would be coded with {{citation needed}} and it wasn’t there. It was the {{fact}} code. Thanks.