Wikipedia service-learning courses/200
Importance of citing
[edit | edit source]Verifiability is one ot the three fundamental policies in Wikimedia.
Overview of citable references
[edit | edit source]In general, the most reliable sources are peer-reviewed journals and books published in university presses; university-level textbooks; magazines, journals, and books published by respected publishing houses; and mainstream newspapers. As a rule of thumb, the greater the degree of scrutiny involved in checking facts, analyzing legal issues, and scrutinizing the evidence and arguments of a particular work, the more reliable it is.
Where can I find a more detailed guide on reliable sources?
Where can I ask and discuss if a specific source is reliable?
- Concept check
- Why should I add a page number when citing books?
Overview of copyrights
[edit | edit source]Can I copy material from the wikipedia?
- Generally yes with several obligations: w:Wikipedia:Copyrights#Reusers' rights and obligations
- You do not need to ask the wikimedia foundation.
- You do not need to ask the authors.
- You should, however, attribute wikipedia, i.e. refer to the article.
- When you publish material from the wikipedia you must ensure that its also freely accessible.
- An exceptions is the material that has been published using the "fair use" principle, which should be indicated in the article or media.
Where can I find a general overview about what is regulated in copyrighs?
Where can I find more detailed information on copyrights in wikipedia?
How does the copyright of other wikimedia projects differ from wikipedia?
- The copyright in other wikimedia projects is essentially the same.
- Differences
- so far no reader of this course has noted differences.
- Wikiversity pages
- Wikibooks pages
- Concept check
- When writing wikipedia articles, can you cite other wikipedia articles?
- Can you cite non-freely available material?
- Can you include non-freely material in wikipedia articles?
- Can you include non-freely available material in Wikimedia Commons, and in Wikibooks?
- Will you get attribution if you write a page in a wikimedia project?
- See also
Wiki format of citing references
[edit | edit source]How do I include references in content pages?
How should I format the references?
- generell rule: "must contain enough information for other editors to identify the specific published work you used"
- w:WP:CITE#HOW
Where can I find tools to generate the correct reference formats?
How can I cite a web page and link to its current state?
- Concept check
- Why is it better to cite in a wrong format instead of not citing at all?
- Assignment
- Use the tool Google Scholar reference generator to search for the paper Nash 1950 and generate a reference in wiki format
- Edit your My first page to cite this reference in all of the four commonly used forms of citation.
- Edit your My first page to cite the online learning course in its current version using the WebCite archive page.
- See also
- Learning project Citing Sources