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Wikipedia
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| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Created by | Jimmy Wales Larry Sanger |
| URL | wikipedia.org |
Can I reference Wikipedia?
Wiki is not paper, so you will need to use an electronic-citation format instead. You should not cite any particular author or authors for a Wikipedia article, in general. Wikipedia is collaboratively written. However, if you do need to find the list of authors of a particular article, you can check the Page history.
How do I find the history of a Wikipedia article?
Click the View History tab to see the revision history of a page. (Your user preferences offers customization.) See Help:Page history. On the left column of the page, activate the Toolbox’s Related changes to see the revision history of an article, classes of articles, or of the entire Wikipedia.
Can you trust Wikipedia as a source?
Wikipedia is not a reliable source for citations elsewhere on Wikipedia. Because it can be edited by anyone at any time, any information it contains at a particular time could be vandalism, a work in progress, or just plain wrong. Therefore, Wikipedia should not be considered a definitive source in and of itself.
What is the first Wikipedia article?
The earliest edit found was made to HomePage on 15 January 2001, reading “This is the new WikiPedia!” However, in 2010 Jimmy Wales stated that he made Wikipedia’s first edit, a test edit to the homepage with the text “Hello, World!”, after installing UseModWiki. Wikipedia:UuU found here and in Nostalgia Wikipedia.
How to find out who originally created a Wikipedia page?
On top of (almost) every Wikipedia page, just left to the search box, there is a tab named “View history”. Click that one, and then just above the button “Compare selected revisions” click the link “earliest”, scroll down to the very bottom of the page, and you should see the first edit,…
Where do I find revisions on a Wikipedia article?
You can do this by clicking “View History” located in the upper right corner of every wikipedia article. There you will find a list of the revisions of an article. If you want to specifically was committed by each user, you can click “cur” next to each revision and wikipedia will highlight what was changed.
Where do you find the edit summary on Wikipedia?
See more at Wikipedia:Added or removed characters. This is the edit summary. It is the text the user wrote in the edit summary box (below the edit box). This edit summary begins with an arrow link and grey text. This means the user has only edited a section of the page (named in the grey text).
How to write an article for an actor on Wikipedia?
Anyone who starts writing the article for an actor on Wikipedia should collect verified references that needed to add in the article. It will value the content and the Wikipedia community will easily accept the article. Therefore, gather all the trusted reference for your actor article and add them properly in your article citation.
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