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  2. Wikipedia:Citing sources - Wikipedia

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    In particular, sources are needed for material that is challenged or likely to be challenged. If reliable sources cannot be found for challenged material, it is likely to be removed from the article. Sources are also required when quoting someone, with or without quotation marks, or closely paraphrasing a source. But the need to cite sources is ...

  3. Wikipedia:When to cite - Wikipedia

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    INCITE: Cite your sources in the form of an inline citation after the phrase, sentence, or paragraph in question. INTEXT: Add in-text attribution whenever you copy or closely paraphrase a source's words. INTEGRITY: Maintain text–source integrity by placing inline citations in a way that makes clear which source supports which part of the text.

  4. Wikipedia:Identifying and using primary sources - Wikipedia

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    Primary sources can be reliable, and they can be used. Sometimes, a primary source is even the best possible source, such as when you are supporting a direct quotation. In such cases, the original document is the best source because the original document will be free of any errors or misquotations introduced by subsequent sources.

  5. Wikipedia:Use of primary sources in Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    This guideline concentrates on how to use primary sources most appropriately in Wikipedia. For instance, a published official court transcript of witness evidence would pass the minimum criteria of reliability for use as a source in Wikipedia. Quotes from such sources can be used to illustrate the position or perspective of the witness. The ...

  6. Help : Referencing for beginners with citation templates

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    The easiest way to start citing on Wikipedia is to see a basic example. The example here will show you how to cite a newspaper article using the {{}} template (see Citation quick reference for other types of citations).

  7. Wikipedia:Inline citation - Wikipedia

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    This is technically a valid inline citation for Wikipedia's purposes—it permits the reader to identify which source supports the material, right there in the line of text—but it is normally used in addition to some other system of inline citation for quotations, close paraphrasing, and anything contentious or distinctive, where the editor ...

  8. Wikipedia:No original research - Wikipedia

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    An account of a traffic incident written by a witness is a primary source of information about the event; similarly, a scientific paper documenting a new experiment conducted by the author is a primary source for the outcome of that experiment. For Wikipedia's purposes, breaking news stories are also considered to be primary sources. Historical ...

  9. Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia:Wikipedia as an academic source – list of academic works citing Wikipedia as a source. Reference resources. Help:Find sources – a place that helps access reliable sources. Wikipedia:Book sources – links to catalogs of libraries, booksellers, and other book sources where you can search for the book by its ISBN identifier .