Search results
Editing a Wikipedia Page - Beginners guide.pdf. English: A complete beginner's guide to editing Wikipedia using the visual editor to add information, add a reference source in a citation, and then add an edit summary and save. Date. 9 March 2018.
From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Jump to navigation Jump to search. File; File history; File usage on Commons; File usage on other wikis
Original file (1,239 × 1,754 pixels, file size: 9.23 MB, MIME type: application/pdf, 61 pages) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help. Summary. Licensing.
- Misconceptions & Benefits
- Areas For Caution
- Using Wikipedia Wisely
Wikipedia—the world’s largest reference website—is broadly misunderstood. Because it is written by thousands of anonymous volunteers around the world, Wikipedia generates uncertainty or skepticism in many. If just anyonecan change Wikipedia, won’t there be inaccuracies? Won’t people potentially abuse that power? The open, collaborative approach of ...
Not all Wikipedia articles are useful. Some articles are incomplete or contain “citation needed” warnings. You may find very short “stub” articlesthat are awaiting either further expansion, or deletion. You should avoid using these types of articles for your research. Another known concern is systemic bias in Wikipedia, including gender and racial ...
With an awareness of these benefits and concerns, you can more effectively use Wikipedia for fact-checking and to find background information on a topic. Please watch the following video [2:41] that addresses some of the common misconceptions about Wikipedia and demonstrates how you can use this tool wisely, as professional fact-checkers often do.
File:Introducing Wikipedia to New Readers (Wikimania 2018).pdf - Meta. File history. File usage. Metadata. Size of this JPG preview of this PDF file: 800 × 450 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 180 pixels | 640 × 360 pixels | 1,024 × 575 pixels | 1,500 × 843 pixels. Go to page. next page →.
File history. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. File usage. No pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed). Global file usage. The following other wikis use this file: Usage on www.mediawiki.org. Wikimedia Research/Showcase. Metadata.
Summary. Description Citing your sources.pdf. English: Citations are the backbone of Wikipedia, and of most Wikipedia-based classroom assignments. This is a practical and advice-driven guide on identifying good sources, and how to cite those sources using Wiki markup.
