Help:Introduction to referencing with VisualEditor/6
Verifiability
Why references are important
Adding references
Automatically or manually
Editing existing ones
Always room for improvement
Reusing references
Some are just really useful
Reliable sources
Which sources are good enough?
Summary
Review of what you've learned
Summary
- Information in articles needs to have references that show where that information came from.
- Verifiable - other users must be able to check the information
- Reliable sources - with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy
- Clicking the
button opens a dialog box that allows you to:
- Cite a new reference
- Edit an existing reference
- Reuse the same reference in several places
More detailed information
- Wikipedia:Verifiability
- Wikipedia:Citing sources
- Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources
- Help:Citations quick reference
- Wikipedia:References dos and don'ts
- Help:References and page numbers
- Wikipedia:Parenthetical referencing
Put what you learned into practice
There are currently over 531,282 articles that have statements that need citations. The Citation Hunt tool makes referencing those statements easier by suggesting random articles which you can work on. Practice your new skills by helping us solve a "Citation needed" issue:
