Wikipedia:Article wizard/Referencing

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Wikipedia Article Wizard
Referencing and notability
 Your article will be declined if the topic is not
referenced properly
.
Notability
The topic of an article must already be covered in
independent
 of the subject. These include academic journals, books, newspapers, magazines, and media with a reputation for fact checking. Social media, press releases or corporate/professional profiles do not qualify.
Copyright
Do not
copy-paste or closely paraphrase
material from sources. Rather, summarize what the source says in your own words.
Referencing
  • Reliable, independent sources (see above) are preferred over non-independent sources
  • Non-independent sources (like company websites or press releases) can be used to verify
    basic facts
     only.
  • Blogs, social media, and tabloid journalism are generally not acceptable.
To create a reference, use <ref></ref> as follows
Bizco was founded in 1942.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/bizco</ref>
More details on how to cite different types of materials can be found at our
introduction to referencing
 guide.





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