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Do Wikipedia articles need to be cited?
You should not cite any particular author or authors for a Wikipedia article, in general. Wikipedia is collaboratively written. However, if you do need to find the list of authors of a particular article, you can check the Page history.
How do you mark a citation required on Wikipedia?
If your work has been tagged, please provide a reliable source for the statement, and discuss if needed. menu at the top of the editing box. In markup, you can add a citation manually using ref tags.
How do you add sources to a Wikipedia article?
Wikipedia can often auto-format a reference citation if you just insert the website URL and click “Generate”. Take a look at the citation that it then creates. To accept it, click “Insert”. You can then modify the details, if VE has got something wrong, such as the publication date, by clicking “Edit”.
What citation format does Wikipedia use?
APA citation
It corresponds to the APA citation style, with additional quotation marks around the paper title (which are not present in the standard APA style). Also, the references are styled as footnotes rather than “(author year)”.
Where should citations be included in your research paper?
At the end of your research paper, full citations should be listed in order according to the citation style you are using:
- In MLA style, this list is called a Works Cited page.
- In APA style, it is called a References page.
- In CSE style, it is called a Cited References page.
How do you add references to an article?
The basics of a Reference List entry for a journal article:
- Author or authors. The surname is followed by first initials.
- Year of publication of the article.
- Article title (in single inverted commas).
- Journal title (in italics).
- Volume of journal.
- Issue number of journal.
- Page range of article.
Unknown Author If the work does not have an author, cite the source by its title in the signal phrase or use the first word or two in the parentheses. Titles of books and reports are italicized; titles of articles, chapters, and web pages are in quotation marks.
Who is the publisher of Wikipedia?
Wikimedia Foundation
Wikipedia
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| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Created by | Jimmy Wales Larry Sanger |
| URL | wikipedia.org |
When should you use citations?
ALWAYS CITE, in the following cases:
- When you quote two or more words verbatim, or even one word if it is used in a way that is unique to the source.
- When you introduce facts that you have found in a source.
- When you paraphrase or summarize ideas, interpretations, or conclusions that you find in a source.
Why does a writer need to cite a source?
It allows those who are reading your work to locate your sources, in order to learn more about the ideas that you include in your paper. Citing your sources consistently and accurately helps you avoid committing plagiarism in your writing.