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Re: Navigation articles on Wikipedia
From: Bill Lionheart
Date: 2019 Aug 29, 17:07 +0100
From: Bill Lionheart
Date: 2019 Aug 29, 17:07 +0100
People might already know this but Wikipedia aims to be verifiable from reliable sources (rather than aiming at the loftier goal of truth). So providing citations to sources is really important, and if they disagree we can write "A says this but B says that". It helps of course to know stuff bue being an expert ourselves is not enough (frustratingly), we have to find it published somewhere reliable or, publish it ourselves somewhere reputable, then cite it. The sources will typically NOT be available on line, mostly behind pay walls or on paper in libraries. That is fine! The formatting for references (done properly) is a bit fiddly. Best thing is to look for an example and copy it. Any questions on using Wikipedia I am happy to help. You can ask on my Talk page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Billlion Bill On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 at 11:03, Ed Popkowrote: > > Frank, > > This is really a good suggestion for Navlisters. Where else can you find this scope and depth of CN. > > I have never edited an article but it seems easy enough. > > Many Wikipedia topics have top callouts telling the site's collective authors there are insufficient references or footnotes. Thus, editing is more than wordsmithing, it's linking to historic references or other Wikipedia topics. > > This a worthy NavList mission! > > Ed > >