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  2. Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source for citations ...

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    Wikipedia is not a reliable source for citations elsewhere on Wikipedia. As a user-generated source, it can be edited by anyone at any time, and any information it contains at a particular time could be vandalism, a work in progress, or simply incorrect. Biographies of living persons, subjects that happen to be in the news, and politically or ...

  3. Wikipedia:Video links - Wikipedia

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    Contents. Wikipedia:Video links. Videos on user-submitted sites can sometimes be used as references or external links, but copyright infringement and unreliability will rule out the use of many of these videos. There is no blanket ban on linking to user-submitted video sites through external links or when citing sources.

  4. Wikipedia:Citing sources - Wikipedia

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    Do not delete a citation merely because the URL is not working. Dead links should be repaired or replaced if possible. If you encounter a dead URL being used as a reliable source to support article content, follow these steps prior to deleting it: Confirm status: First, check the link to confirm that it is dead and not temporarily down. Search ...

  5. Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia:Why Wikipedia is so great – discusses what accounts for Wikipedia's enormous growth and success. Wikipedia:Why Wikipedia is not so great – discusses many drawbacks of Wikipedia. Wikipedia:Wikipedia is a tertiary source – describes how Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and as such Wikipedia is a tertiary source.

  6. Wikipedia:Researching with Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia can be a great tool for learning and researching information. However, as with all tertiary reference works, Wikipedia is not considered to be a reliable source as not everything in Wikipedia is accurate, comprehensive, or unbiased. Wikipedia, like other encyclopedias, is intended to provide an overview of topics and indicate sources ...

  7. Help:Referencing for beginners - Wikipedia

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    A template window then pops up, where you fill in as much information as possible about the source, and give a unique name for it in the "Ref name" field. Click the "Insert" button, which will add the required wikitext in the edit window. If you wish, you can also "Preview" how your reference will look first.

  8. Wikipedia:Wikipedia as a Citable Source - Wikipedia

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    According to Wikipedia, “Wikipedia [pronounced wee-kee-pee-dia] is a collaboratively edited, multilingual, free Internet encyclopedia that is supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation” [1]. Anyone can edit any page on Wikipedia by simply pressing the “edit” button on the top right corner [2].

  9. Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not YouTube - Wikipedia

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    Contents. Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not YouTube. This short clip adds value to the plasma globe article by providing information not possible to describe fully in text or in a static image. In contrast the article-video File:Epilepsy video.webm adds nothing to the epilepsy article that could not have been published as text or static images.