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If you're working on a topic related to medicine or psychology, ensure that your sources follow
these special guidelines.
If you're creating a new article, consider the following:
Ensure that your topic meets Wikipedia's
notability guidelines.
In order for a topic to meet the notability requirement, you must be able to identify 2-3 sources that are reliable, verifiable, and independent of the subject you're writing about.
Finding sufficient sources to establish notability can be especially hard when writing about people or organizations.
Sources that are not independent of the subject might be useful additions, but don't count towards the notability requirement.
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living persons. Please follow these carefully.
Wikipedia has a series of
guidelines for writing about different categories of people, such as academics and artists. If you're trying to create a new entry about a living person, please look at these carefully.
If you're not sure whether a source is reliable, ask a librarian! If you have questions about Wikipedia's sourcing rules, you can use the Get Help button below to contact your Wikipedia Expert.
This is where you will compile the bibliography for your Wikipedia assignment.
Development, P. B. (2020, January 30). Taking direct action with Nancy Pili Hernandez. Taking Direct Action with Nancy Pili Hernandez. Retrieved October 21, 2021, from https://sanfranciscoinflux.podbean.com/e/taking-direct-action-with-nancy-pili-hernandez/.
Contributor. (2017, February 9). Nancy Pili: Our homegirl in the Sky. El Tecolote. Retrieved November 01, 2021, from http://eltecolote.org/content/en/nancy-pili-our-homegirl-in-the-sky/.
Nancypili Hernandez - LinkedIn. (n.d.). Retrieved October 11, 2021, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancypili-hernandez-1694b427.
Nancy Pili Hernandez. Trust Your Struggle Collective™. (n.d.). Retrieved October 16, 2021, from http://www.trustyourstruggle.com/a/about/nancy/.
Waxmann, L. (2016, Dec 29). Los partidarios de Alex Nieto celebran la victoria del monumento. El Mundo https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/los-partidarios-de-alex-nieto-celebran-la/docview/1870857067/se-2?accountid=14512
“Bay Area Greenpeace Activists Charged with Unfurling 'Resist' Banner near White House.” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2017, https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-greenpeace-resist-crane-white-house-20170127-story.html.
Chávez, L. (2020, September 29). A new mural goes up on 24th and Folsom Streets. Mission Local. Retrieved November 21, 2021, from https://missionlocal.org/2017/08/a-new-mural-goes-up-on-24th-and-folsom-streets/.
Swanhuyser, H. (2020, September 29). Eviction looming for elderly Bernal Woman and more than a dozen tenants. Mission Local. Retrieved November 21, 2021, from https://missionlocal.org/2018/08/eviction-looming-for-elderly-bernal-woman-and-more-than-a-dozen-tenants/.
“#Myhomiesaremyheroes: For the People.” Mission Cultural Center For Latino Arts (MCCLA), https://missionculturalcenter.org/event/my-homies-are-my-heroes/.
Reliable publications include established newspapers, academic journals and books, textbooks, and other published sources with reputations for accuracy and fact-checking.
Unreliable sources include blog posts and other self-published works, press releases, and social media posts.
In order for a source to be considered verifiable, other editors should be able to consult the source.
Is the source independent of the subject?
Is the source connected in any way to the subject? This is especially important when writing biographies or about organizations.
For example, if you were writing a biography, sources like the person's webpage or personal blog would not be considered independent.
Is the source primary or secondary?
Primary sources include first-hand accounts, autobiographies, and other original content.
Wikipedia allows limited use of primary sources, but typically only for straightforward, descriptive statements of facts, and only if they are published and verifiable without requiring specialized knowledge.
Secondary sources should be the main basis for a biography on Wikipedia.
If you're working on a topic related to medicine or psychology, ensure that your sources follow
these special guidelines.
If you're creating a new article, consider the following:
Ensure that your topic meets Wikipedia's
notability guidelines.
In order for a topic to meet the notability requirement, you must be able to identify 2-3 sources that are reliable, verifiable, and independent of the subject you're writing about.
Finding sufficient sources to establish notability can be especially hard when writing about people or organizations.
Sources that are not independent of the subject might be useful additions, but don't count towards the notability requirement.
Wikipedia has developed special guidelines for writing about
living persons. Please follow these carefully.
Wikipedia has a series of
guidelines for writing about different categories of people, such as academics and artists. If you're trying to create a new entry about a living person, please look at these carefully.
If you're not sure whether a source is reliable, ask a librarian! If you have questions about Wikipedia's sourcing rules, you can use the Get Help button below to contact your Wikipedia Expert.
This is where you will compile the bibliography for your Wikipedia assignment.
Development, P. B. (2020, January 30). Taking direct action with Nancy Pili Hernandez. Taking Direct Action with Nancy Pili Hernandez. Retrieved October 21, 2021, from https://sanfranciscoinflux.podbean.com/e/taking-direct-action-with-nancy-pili-hernandez/.
Contributor. (2017, February 9). Nancy Pili: Our homegirl in the Sky. El Tecolote. Retrieved November 01, 2021, from http://eltecolote.org/content/en/nancy-pili-our-homegirl-in-the-sky/.
Nancypili Hernandez - LinkedIn. (n.d.). Retrieved October 11, 2021, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancypili-hernandez-1694b427.
Nancy Pili Hernandez. Trust Your Struggle Collective™. (n.d.). Retrieved October 16, 2021, from http://www.trustyourstruggle.com/a/about/nancy/.
Waxmann, L. (2016, Dec 29). Los partidarios de Alex Nieto celebran la victoria del monumento. El Mundo https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/los-partidarios-de-alex-nieto-celebran-la/docview/1870857067/se-2?accountid=14512
“Bay Area Greenpeace Activists Charged with Unfurling 'Resist' Banner near White House.” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2017, https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-greenpeace-resist-crane-white-house-20170127-story.html.
Chávez, L. (2020, September 29). A new mural goes up on 24th and Folsom Streets. Mission Local. Retrieved November 21, 2021, from https://missionlocal.org/2017/08/a-new-mural-goes-up-on-24th-and-folsom-streets/.
Swanhuyser, H. (2020, September 29). Eviction looming for elderly Bernal Woman and more than a dozen tenants. Mission Local. Retrieved November 21, 2021, from https://missionlocal.org/2018/08/eviction-looming-for-elderly-bernal-woman-and-more-than-a-dozen-tenants/.
“#Myhomiesaremyheroes: For the People.” Mission Cultural Center For Latino Arts (MCCLA), https://missionculturalcenter.org/event/my-homies-are-my-heroes/.