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The '''Citing Sources''' [[Portal:Learning Projects|Learning Project]] functions as a workshop on how to improve the quality of cited sources in WikiMedia projects. Citing sources is a basic skill for wiki editors. This is a support project for the Wikiversity [[Service community]].
The '''Citing Sources''' [[Portal:Learning Projects|Learning Project]] functions as a workshop on how to improve the quality of cited sources in WikiMedia projects. Citing sources is a basic skill for wiki editors. This is a support project for the Wikademia [[Wikademia:Service community]].


Covered topics:
Covered topics:
#How to set up or participate in Wikiversity projects that seek to improve the cited sources for WikiMedia project articles.
#How to set up or participate in Wikademia projects that seek to improve the cited sources for WikiMedia project articles.
#Single source verification. Making sure that a source really supports the statement made in a WikiMedia project article that cites that source.
#Single source verification. Making sure that a source really supports the statement made in a WikiMedia project article that cites that source.
#Multiple source verification. Just because a cited source makes a claim, that does not mean that the claim has a factual basis. Tracking claims made in sources to verifiable data.
#Multiple source verification. Just because a cited source makes a claim, that does not mean that the claim has a factual basis. Tracking claims made in sources to verifiable data.
#When are there too few or too many sources cited? How to start and run a campaign to find more sources. How to "off-load" and archive excess sources to Wikiversity.
#When are there too few or too many sources cited? How to start and run a campaign to find more sources. How to "off-load" and archive excess sources to Wikademia.
 
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[APA style]]
*[[MLA format]] - learning project
*[[m:WikiTextrose]]
*[[m:WikiTextrose]]
*[[w:Wikipedia:Citing sources|Wikipedia:Citing sources]]
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citing sources|Wikipedia:Citing sources]]
*[[w:Wikipedia:Research resources|Wikipedia:Research resources]]
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Research resources|Wikipedia:Research resources]]
*[[w:Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team|Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team]]
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team|Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team]]
* list of past and current source/verification projects at Wikipedia
* list of past and current source/verification projects at Wikipedia
**[[w:Wikipedia:WikiProject Unreferenced GA|Wikipedia:WikiProject Unreferenced GA]]
**[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:WikiProject Unreferenced GA|Wikipedia:WikiProject Unreferenced GA]]
**[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check]]
**[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check]]
**[[m:Wikicite]] (was [[w:Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikicite|Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikicite]])


==List of interested learning activity developers==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/EvalSrcW/index.html Evaluating Sources of Information] - Hypertext Workshop
*[http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/EvalSrcW/index.html Evaluating Sources of Information] - Hypertext Workshop
*[http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/infosearch.htm Searching for information]
*[http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/infosearch.htm Searching for information]
*[http://www.zotero.org/ Zotero] citations plugin


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[[Category:Wikiversity]]
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[[Category:Learning projects]]
[[Category:Learning projects]]
[[Category:Writing]]
[[Category:Research]]

Latest revision as of 05:33, 25 May 2011

The Citing Sources Learning Project functions as a workshop on how to improve the quality of cited sources in WikiMedia projects. Citing sources is a basic skill for wiki editors. This is a support project for the Wikademia Wikademia:Service community.

Covered topics:

  1. How to set up or participate in Wikademia projects that seek to improve the cited sources for WikiMedia project articles.
  2. Single source verification. Making sure that a source really supports the statement made in a WikiMedia project article that cites that source.
  3. Multiple source verification. Just because a cited source makes a claim, that does not mean that the claim has a factual basis. Tracking claims made in sources to verifiable data.
  4. When are there too few or too many sources cited? How to start and run a campaign to find more sources. How to "off-load" and archive excess sources to Wikademia.

See also

List of interested learning activity developers

Sign up here by adding # ~~~ to the bottom of this list.