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  2. Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia is an encyclopedia; Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view; Wikipedia is free content that anyone can use, edit, and distribute; Wikipedia's editors should treat each other with respect and civility; Wikipedia has no firm rules

  3. Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia:Wikipedia is a tertiary source – describes how Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and as such Wikipedia is a tertiary source. References ^ Bould, Dylan M., et al., References that anyone can edit: review of Wikipedia citations in peer reviewed health science literature , 2014, British Medical Journal , 6 March 2014, 348 DOI , online from BMJ

  4. Wikipedia:Citing sources - Wikipedia

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    Forms of short citations used include author-date referencing (APA style, Harvard style, or Chicago style), and author-title or author-page referencing (MLA style or Chicago style). As before, the list of footnotes is automatically generated in a "Notes" or "Footnotes" section, which immediately precedes the "References" section containing the ...

  5. Wikipedia:Authors of Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Several portions of Wikipedia were created as articles copied from traditional encyclopedias, such as from the 1911 Britannica, or generated from a long list of town population-data, but those articles now represent, at most, maybe 10% of the current article base. The remaining bulk of Wikipedia contains random articles added as each subject ...

  6. Wikipedia:Who writes Wikipedia? - Wikipedia

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    The essence of Wikipedia – describes how Wikipedia is the harnessing of the collective intelligence and collaborative efforts of editors who hold opposing points of view, in an attempt to preserve all serious contributions which are reliably sourced. Wikipedia is a volunteer service – discusses how editors on Wikipedia are mainly volunteers ...

  7. Wikipedia:Wikipedia as a Citable Source - Wikipedia

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    Research papers, particularly the one research paper students write in their eleventh grade, have always been an integral part of high school education [4].They stress the need to verify information and teach students how to evaluate sources critically, and as a result, teachers have developed various criteria to help students identify credible sources, an especially important skill in the ...

  8. Wikipedia:Identifying and using primary sources - Wikipedia

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    The diary will reflect the prejudices of its author, and its author might be unaware of relevant facts. The book and the journal article are secondary sources. These secondary sources have advantages: The authors were not involved in the event, so they have the emotional distance that allows them to analyze the events dispassionately.

  9. Template:Cite encyclopedia - Wikipedia

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    References ^ Wordsmith 2021, uncommon-term-1. ^ Wordsmith 2021, uncommon-term-2. Parameters Syntax Nested parameters rely on their parent parameters: parent OR: parent2 —may be used instead of parent child —may be used with parent (and is ignored if parent is not used) OR: child2 —may be used instead of child (and is ignored if parent2 is not used) Where aliases are listed, only one of ...