How to Cite Wikipedia

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Open the article you're citing.. Click Cite this page.. Find your citation style.

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Steps

1

Open the article you're citing.

Step 1

Open the article you're citing.

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Click Cite this page.

Step 2

Click Cite this page.

3

Find your citation style.

Step 3

Find your citation style.

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Select the whole citation.

Step 4

Select the whole citation.

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Copy the citation.

Step 5

Copy the citation.

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Open a rich-text editor.

Step 6

Open a rich-text editor.

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Paste in your citation.

Step 7

Paste in your citation.

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Start your entry with the Wikipedia entry title.

Step 8

Start your entry with the Wikipedia entry title.

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Include the date, if available.

Step 9

Include the date, if available.

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Write the words "In Wikipedia".

Step 10

Write the words "In Wikipedia".

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Follow with the retrieval date.

Step 11

Follow with the retrieval date.

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End with the URL.

Step 12

End with the URL.

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Begin with the article title.

Step 13

Begin with the article title.

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Add the larger source.

Step 14

Add the larger source.

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Include the publisher.

Step 15

Include the publisher.

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Add the date of publication, if possible.

Step 16

Add the date of publication, if possible.

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Add the publication type.

Step 17

Add the publication type.

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End with the date you found the source.

Step 18

End with the date you found the source.

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