Wikipedia:Benelux Education Program/Maastricht University/1Lib1Ref 2019
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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
Details
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
- Edit the page, use preferable the visual editor (because it is a lot easier).
- Remove the reference missing tag: place the cursor behind the tag and use the
Backspace
key on your keyboard. - Click in the top bar on
Cite
(in Dutch:Citeren
) - Enter in the field the URL, ISBN, etc + click
Generate
- 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!
Handy links
[edit]- Tutorial in Wikipedia in general
- Annotated article
- File:Editing Wikipedia brochure EN.pdf
Other
[edit]Participants
[edit]12 people present, 10 participants:
In total 54 references added.