The following topics are important to know about for your Wikipedia Articles.
When searching in Wikipedia:
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See Infobox in the Help manual for general information about the infobox templates.
I recommend that you search for a template that matches your subject area, copy it and paste it into your article, and then modify it.
Read this page on Linking to learn guidelines about what to make links to, how to make good linkes, and when something is overlinked or underlinked.
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See this page: Citing Sources. It discusses when to cite sources, and how.
Also, read the page Referencing for Beginners
I recommend that you use the "inline citation" style, which means using footnotes. The quickest reference on this is the help page on Footnotes
If you are using one reference multiple times, I recommend using a "named reference". See: Wikipedia:NAMEDREFS
See also: Citation templates
(Copied from the article on Michael Jordan):
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player and active businessman. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." [1]Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Jordan won numerous awards and set many records during his career. The following are some of his achievements: [1] [2]
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"By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." [1] Jordan won numerous awards and set many records during his career. The following are some of his achievements: [1]
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The following topics are important to know about for your Wikipedia Articles.
When searching in Wikipedia:
site:wikipedia.org help editing pages
(Note: The box above is created by putting a one-character space at the beginning of the line.)
Read the help pages for Images and Media for more ideas.
See also "Searching for Images" in the previous section.
See Infobox in the Help manual for general information about the infobox templates.
I recommend that you search for a template that matches your subject area, copy it and paste it into your article, and then modify it.
Read this page on Linking to learn guidelines about what to make links to, how to make good linkes, and when something is overlinked or underlinked.
In general, link only the first occurrence of an item. This is a rule of thumb that has many exceptions, including the following:
See this page: Citing Sources. It discusses when to cite sources, and how.
Also, read the page Referencing for Beginners
I recommend that you use the "inline citation" style, which means using footnotes. The quickest reference on this is the help page on Footnotes
If you are using one reference multiple times, I recommend using a "named reference". See: Wikipedia:NAMEDREFS
See also: Citation templates
(Copied from the article on Michael Jordan):
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player and active businessman. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." [1]Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Jordan won numerous awards and set many records during his career. The following are some of his achievements: [1] [2]
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References
"By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." [1] Jordan won numerous awards and set many records during his career. The following are some of his achievements: [1]
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help)