How do I cite a source on wikipedia?

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How do I cite a source for Wikipedia?

I'm making a bibliography for a project I'm doing and one of my sources is Wikipedia. One of the parts of siting a website is the author, but Wikipedia has multiple authors ...show more

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Go to Wikipedia and type WP:CW in the search box and click Go. There, you will find instructions for...

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What to cite Wikipedia as...I know, I got permission to use it as a source, but what do I cite it as?

Is it an electronic encyclopedia? Is the author just unknown? How do I cite it in MLA? I know it's not reliable, but our teacher said that it was OK to use for this...the article ...show more

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I would site the sources that Wikipedia sites instead of citing wikipedia. Wikipedia really can't be...

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In MLA style you credit sources with parenthetical citations in the txt of your paper,give the description...

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Author’s last name, first. Title of article. Name of home website. Date published. Date accessed...

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When I sometimes use outside references or quotations in my answers, I always confirm the source, as...

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Tom Morris already gave the search giving the answer. Note links on Talk and User pages are not restricted...

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How would I cite Wikipedia? Please read for more info.?

So I used Wikipedia to define around 42 different things for an assignment, but my teacher told me to cite the source. How can I cite Wikipedia when it's for 42 different entries? ...show more

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You probably shouldn't be citing Wikipedia anyways. It's usually a good source but really anything in...

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How do you combat the use of obscure (but "reliable") sources on Wikipedia?

Let's say there is a reliable source. It's written by a university professor and checks out via Wikipedia's reliable source guidelines. BUT, at the same time, it seems to violate Wikipedia Neutrality rules by being an extremely obscure opinion. Recently...

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This is not an issue of reliable sources, but giving sources due weight (policy WP:DUE). If it is not...

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Many answerers NEVER cite a single source; why?

...and then they are VOTED the most correct answer- give me a break! Am I the only one that witnesses so many people answer the question and never ever cite a single source or reference? When they do it is often times wikipedia (many of its articles...

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(I wrote this yesterday but forgot to post it, so sorry if it doesn't take proper account of Rabbit...

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