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Add a second tag that changes "Source:" into the second argument, so you could do "source

What exactly do you mean by this — inline sources like, say (source: Stephen Glass)? - Andlabs 17:49, 11 January 2011 (EST)

Actually never mind; it was | being clobbered. I can do what the TODO wants. - Andlabs 17:51, 11 January 2011 (EST)

I believe there should be a work-around clarification in the help message that the user must use "1=" for Source URLs having "=" (e.g. YouTube links) due to the formatting of MediaWiki that the template treats https//www.youtube.com/watch?v before the first "=" as a parameter name. It took me a while to realize that. - UnusedName124 (talk) 13:00, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS! I was searching all over to find out why my YouTube links weren't showing up at all for me and kept displaying as "Source: source needed". This is going to be really useful for me. CleanRoom (talk) 04:14, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
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