1Lib1Ref_Campaign_Video.webm 1lib1ref sticker-final The international library campaign to improve Wikipedia articles by adding references to reliable sources begins on January 15th and ends February 5th. (There is a second campaign in May.) This will be the fourth year that IUPUI libraries contribute to #1lib1ref. Any library employee from IUPUI is welcomed to participate!
If you are not able to attend, but you still want to participate, you can follow the instructions under the "How to Participate" section. Please add your wiki username under "Participants" once you have made your contribution.
When: TBD
Where: Contact TBD for calendar invite with a Zoom link.
Find an article that needs a citation
Find a reliable source to support the article After adding the citation, include the project hashtag #1Lib1Ref in the Edit Summary box Share your contribution on social media
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Use the Citation Hunt This tool shows you a snippet of an existing Wikipedia article that needs a citation
A tag for [citation needed]
Read the snippet and decide whether you want to find a citation to back up this statement
Or click on Next to view the next snippet available
You can also filter the article search by category by simply typing the info into the search box and selecting from the autocomplete drop-down list
When you find the article you want to work on, click on I got this! which will take you to the article page
Once on the article page, make sure you log in by clicking on Log In on the top right corner of the page
Search for a reliable source to back up the statement
Once you have the source you want to use, come back to the Wikipedia article and click on Edit
Find the [citation needed]
Place your cursor to the right of the tag and hit Delete to remove it
Click on Cite and paste the reference link into the Automatic tab. You can also input the reference using the Manual tab
When you are done inputing the citation, Click Generate and Insert
Lastly, include the project hashtag #1lib1ref in the Edit Summary area before saving the changes And , don't forget to share your contribution on social media using #1Lib1Ref !
Jaireeodell
Jaireeodell (talk ) 22:49, 11 January 2022 (UTC) [ reply ] Lfgrogg (talk ) 11:58, 20 January 2022 (UTC) [ reply ] Coateshl (talk ) 10:19, 21 January 2022 (UTC) [ reply ] Rj.hinrichs (talk ) 15:38, 21 January 2022 (UTC) [ reply ] Ajs.ulib.iupui (talk ) 19:04, 21 January 2022 (UTC) [ reply ] Gemmicka (talk ) 17:10, 2 February 2022 (UTC) [ reply ] g.maixner (talk ) 08:38, 3 February 2022 (UTC) [ reply ]
Also see: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/IUPUI/IUPUI_1Lib1Ref_January_2022/students/overview
