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Re: Navigation articles on Wikipedia
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 Popko  wrote:
>
> 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
>
>

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