Wikipedia biblioteket/OAWiki/Deltag
The Wikipedia Library: OAWiki An Annual Fall Event Your goal today is to add one Open Access citation on Wikipedia! Every citation we can make open access means that we are making more information accessible to all. Check a citation
Wikipedia articles operate on an assumption of "Verifiability" where every statement in an article should be "verifiable" in a footnoted source, preferably a source that is OA. By checking a footnote to a reliable source in any Wikipedia article, you help Wikipedia readers worldwide. When adding a citation to the article, please include the hashtag #OAWiki in the edit summary so that we can track participation. What makes a source good to add as an OA reference in Wikipedia?
Note: If you can't find an OA source for a citation, leave the citation as is and add a note to the article talk page that you were unable to locate an OA source. Read more at the Wikipedia guideline Identifying reliable sources. Need help locating OA resources?
Pro tip: If you make a good effort at finding an OA source to confirm the statement on Wikipedia, but can't find one, leave the source as is. Wikipedia's principles around sourcing and Verifiability require that every statement that is controversial be supported by a reference or be removed if it's likely untrue.
Find en artikel der mangler kilderThere is lots of great research that is available OA but that is not cited in Wikipedia articles. Part of our goal is to locate this research. If you are interested in working on articles from a particular topic area on English Wikipedia, there is an index of work for those topic areas. Here is how to use it:
Vælg en artikel mens du bladrer dem igennemAnother strategy for finding a Wikipedia article to work on is simply browsing Wikipedia or using it for your own research. Every article on Wikipedia needs more sources, so either add new footnotes to verify content, or if there is a relevant source that doesn't link to a specific fact feel free to add sources to the "Further reading" sections. Once you have found an article, follow the instructions here for adding a reference. Cite a source from your collection or researchOne of the easiest ways to add a reference to Wikipedia is to work with a topic you are familiar with. The Wikipedia Library has outlined strategies for adding references to digital and physical collection materials on English Wikipedia. Demos of adding referencesIf you are looking a demonstration or example of librarians contributing references to Wikipedia, check out this blog post by LITA librarians. |
|