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Created June 1, 2015 22:10
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A LaTeX macro that sets a Wikipedia-stylized "Citation Needed" template and outputs the counter of references with a surprise. Use with write18 enabled! and the Figures directory in \graphicspath{}!
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citationneeded.tex
\newcounter{undefinedreferences}
\setcounter{undefinedreferences}{0}
\newcommand{\citationneeded}[1][None]{\stepcounter{undefinedreferences}\textsuperscript{\color{blue} [Citation needed: #1]}}
\newcommand{\checkreferences}{
\ifnum\value{undefinedreferences} > 0
\begin{center}
\immediate\write18{wget -O Figures/protester.png -nc http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/wikipedian_protester.png}
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{protester.png}
\end{center}
\else
No undefined references. Good!
\fi
}
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Minimalistically (without the images and the counter):

% Wikipedia-style "citation needed" macro
\newcommand{\citationneeded}[1][]{\textsuperscript{\color{blue} [citation needed: #1]}}

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