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The Wikimedia URL Shortener is a feature that allows you to create short URLs for any page on projects hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, in order to reuse them elsewhere, for example on social networks, on wikis, or on paper.
The list of footnotes is created by using the {} template or the <references /> tag. Some articles that use only shortened footnotes manually define narrower columns at {{reflist|20em}}. References created via {}, {}, {}, the standard <ref /> tags, and list-defined references will all be included in the same list.
Wikipedia article traffic statistics – a tool for charting how many hits any given article gets, great for comparing different kinds of articles at different times, e.g., Genetics (in the school year) vs. (in the summer), or YouTube (with weekend spikes) and Simpsons (with spikes when new episodes come out). Students can also use it to see ...
Don't delete red links if you can't find an existing Wikipedia article for the wikilink. A red link is an invitation for an editor to create the article. The page Wikipedia:Most wanted articles (shortcut WP:MWA) lists nonexistent pages with more than 20 wikilinks pointing to them.
Lastly, a critical step: add sources for the information you have put into the stub; see citing sources for information on how to do so in Wikipedia. Most stub articles have one to three inline citations; some also list sources at the end of the page, as general references.
Evaluating Wikipedia brochure – covers the basics of what makes a high-quality article on Wikipedia. Editing Wikipedia articles: Biographies - specific guidance on editing biographies. Editing Wikipedia articles on ecology – specific guidance on editing ecology-related topics.
In very short articles, you may be able to get away with leaving all the sources for a separate reference section at the end; for longer articles, the text of the article should have inline footnotes that refer to the list of references at the end. The trustworthiness of a Wikipedia article is based on the authority of the sources, not the ...
Writing Wikipedia Articles: The Basics and Beyond (WIKISOO) Past courses: March • May • August 2013 February 2014 • February 2017