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On 4 February 2019 the University Library of Maastricht University organises the UM Wiki Citation Challenge.

Read about why adding references is important: meta:The Wikipedia Library/1Lib1Ref

Photos of the 1Lib1Ref event

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  • Location: Parlour, Inner City Library
  • Time: 12:00

Please bring your laptop with you and create an account on Wikipedia before 4 February.

How to Participate: Five Basic Steps

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Step 1: Finding an article that needs a reference (please open the links below in a new screen to find back this page)
  • Click on this link (English Wikipedia) or this link (Dutch Wikipedia) to find a random article that needs a reference.
  • Use the tool Citation Hunt in the English or Dutch Wikipedia. (Click Next! / Volgende! to skip this one and go to another page, click I got this! / Dit gaat mij lukken! if you can add a reference.)
Step 2: Finding the reference missing tag in the article
  • Go in the article to the part where the reference is needed (there might be multiple places in the article where this is the case)
  • An easy way to find the place where the reference is needed is by using the search function of your browser, often Ctrl + F, and search for [citation needed] in the English Wikipedia or [Bron?] in the Dutch Wikipedia.
Step 3: Finding a reliable source that confirms the text for what a reference is needed
  • Use Google or Pubmed and your experience to find a reliable source. What counts as a reliable source is explained at WP:RS (WP:MEDRS for health care related topics).
  • If it takes you more than a few minutes to find a source, we suggest you go to another article (step 1)
  • If you can't find a source, just go to the next one.
Step 4: Inserting the source you found
  1. Edit the page, use preferable the visual editor (because it is a lot easier).
  2. Remove the reference missing tag: place the cursor behind the tag and use the Backspace key on your keyboard.
  3. Click in the top bar on Cite (in Dutch: Citeren)
  4. Enter in the field the URL, ISBN, etc + click Generate
  5. If it is successful, you get a blue button labelled Insert on what you click.
    • If it is not successful, you get an error message, click then on Manual to enter some info about the reference manually.
Step 5: Save changes & you're done!
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Other

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Participants

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12 people present, 10 participants:

In total 54 references added.