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A general reference is a citation to a reliable source that supports content, but is not linked to any particular text in the article through an inline citation. General references are usually listed at the end of the article in a "References" section, and are usually sorted by the last name of the author or the editor.
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The Wikipedia reference desk works like a library reference desk. Ask a question here and Wikipedia volunteers will try to answer it. Before asking a question, please try the search boxes below to search Wikipedia as a whole or the reference desk archives. See also the reference desk guidelines. Note: Legal or medical advice is prohibited.
If you are creating a new page, or adding references to a page that didn't previously have any, remember to add a References section like the one below near the end of the article: ==References== {{reflist}} Note: This is by far the most popular system for inline citations, but sometimes you will find other styles being used in an article.
Wikipedia:Verification methods – listing examples of the most common ways that citations are used in Wikipedia articles; Wikipedia:Citing sources/Example edits for different methods – showing comparative edit mode representations for different citation methods and techniques.
I am a librarian who is killing time at the reference desk reading old Help Desk archives (because I have learned a ton about Wikipedia and its policies by doing so), and I encountered a discussion of Draft:Uman (artist) being repeatedly declined through the AfC process in January of last year. In viewing the draft, I see that it was further ...
The English Wikipedia is the most edited Wikipedia's language version of all time. The English Wikipedia reached 4,000,000 registered user accounts on 1 April 2007, [22] over a year since the millionth Wikipedian registered an account in February 2006. [23] Over 1,100,000 volunteer editors have edited Wikipedia more than 10 times. [24]
Wiki markup quick reference – a one-page quick reference (included in the Welcome to Wikipedia brochure) to help you remember the most frequently used wiki markup codes. References – explains why references are important, what the expectations for sourcing on Wikipedia are, where to place references, and the basics of adding "ref" tags.