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YouTube and similar sites do not have editorial oversight engaged in scrutinizing content, so editors need to watch out for the potential unreliability of the user uploading the video. Editors should also attempt to make sure that the video has not been edited to present the information out of context or inaccurately.
The easiest way to start citing on Wikipedia is to see a basic example. The example here will show you how to cite a newspaper article using the {} template (see Citation quick reference for other types of citations). Copy and paste the following immediately after what you want to reference:
Citations can also be placed as external links, but these are not preferred because they are prone to link rot and usually lack the full information necessary to find the original source in cases of link rot. In cases where citations are lacking, the template {} can be added after the statement in question.
To do this, you can put {{Reflist}} in the "References" section. You can put <references/> there instead, if you want. If all this is a bit confusing, you can use this handy tool while you learn how to make citations by hand. It has a form you fill out with the information of the web page or news story and it will generate a citation for you.
Use {{cite AV media}} to provide bibliographic citations in footnotes. Alternatively, use {{ cite news }} if the video is a newscast, or {{ cite episode }} if the video is in an episodic format.
If you have a URL (web page) link, you can add it to the title part of the citation, so that when you add the citation to Wikipedia the URL becomes hidden and the title becomes clickable. To do this, enclose the URL and the title in square brackets—the URL first, then a space, then the title. For example:
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The content of any webpage may change at any moment, or disappear completely. To ensure link accessibility and stability, please consider pre-emptively adding an archive URL from an archive source such as the Internet Archive or WebCite. Wikipedia citation templates all allow for archive information to be included along with the original reference.