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  2. Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    For the cite tool, see Special:Cite, or follow the "Cite this page" link in the toolbox on the left of the page in the article you wish to cite. The following examples assume you are citing the Wikipedia article on Plagiarism , using the version that was submitted on July 22, 2004, at 10:55 UTC , and that you retrieved the article on August 10 ...

  3. Wikipedia:When to cite - Wikipedia

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    When using footnotes, the citation should be placed in the first footnote after the quotation. In-text attribution is often appropriate. Close paraphrasing: Add an inline citation when closely paraphrasing a source's words. In-text attribution is often appropriate, especially for statements describing a person's published opinions or words. In ...

  4. Wikipedia:Citing sources - Wikipedia

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    Note also that no space is added before the citation marker. Citations should not be placed within, or on the same line as, section headings. The citation should be added close to the material it supports, offering text–source integrity. If a word or phrase is particularly contentious, an inline citation may be added next to that word or ...

  5. Wikipedia:Citing sources/Further considerations - Wikipedia

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    Most citation templates (for example {}, {{cite journal}}, {}, {}, {}, etc.) can create wikilinks by using the ref parameter to create hyperlink destination anchors, thus allowing the short note citation to link to them using # (in the same way as would a link to a same-page section heading). For references written freehand, anchors can be ...

  6. Help:Referencing for beginners - Wikipedia

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    Now you know how to add sources to an article, but which sources should you use? The word "source" in Wikipedia has three meanings: the work itself (for example, a document, article, paper, or book), the creator of the work (for example, the writer), and the publisher of the work (for example, Cambridge University Press).

  7. Wikipedia:Academic use - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia is ideal in these situations because it will allow you to find the information, as well as sources which you can research to confirm that information. In any case, you should not cite Wikipedia itself, but the source provided; you should certainly look up the source yourself before citing it.

  8. Help:References and page numbers - Wikipedia

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    When citing sources in Wikipedia articles, the citation must clearly support the material as presented in the article, per the verifiability policy.It helps to give a page number or page range—or a section, chapter, or other division of the source—because then the reader does not have to carefully review the whole cited source to find the relevant supporting evidence, which promotes ...

  9. Help : Referencing for beginners with citation templates

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    and put as much information as you can to the right of the equal signs. For example, suppose you wish to cite the statement Going forward, Jimmy Wales emphasizes quality over quantity for Wikipedia articles. in a Wikipedia article's source text by using an article from The New York Times newspaper. It could be done by editing the article's ...