User:Smith609/Cite

NB. The following tools are no longer maintained and may not work. I recommend that you install the Citation Expander gadget in your user preferences (listed under "Editing gadgets"); this can expand a reference from just a DOI, PMID number, and often a URL.

Quick links:


 * I have details of a reference and wish to create a Wikipedia citation


 * I want to find a reference with Google Scholar, then cite it in Wikipedia

=Change Log=

27th July 2009
Google Scholar has had a facelift, causing a bug in the screen-ripping algorithm (which was always stretching Google's terms of service a little more than I liked). So I've created a GreaseMonkey userscript for the Scholar front-end. I'll work on it occasionally to restore the previous functionality. Users can just add the WP:SCHOLAR add on and everything should behave as it used to (but more reliably).

3rd July 2008

 * Add support for ISBN lookup
 * Add "drag and drop" function - copy and paste a reference from any web page and the tool will extract the salient information. (Under development, feedback welcome!)

6th June 2008

 * Complete overhaul using DOI bot technology.

11th March 2008

 * Support for DOIs including <>s

25th August 2007

 * Speed greatly improved
 * DOI support enhanced
 * Special character support improved

22nd August 2007

 * Author and Year search bugs squashed.

27th June 2007

 * Only output minimum number of fields

26th June 2007

 * Repair incompatibilities with new Google Scholar

25th May 2007

 * Author bug

11th May 2007

 * Upgraded to Google interface
 * Fixed special character bug
 * Improved doi handling

6th May 2007

 * Added compatibility with special characters
 * DOI & ISSN grabbing
 * Various minor tweaks

28th April 2007

 * Fixed 'Date = today' bug
 * Improved formatting of author list

26th April 2007

 * Apostophes now compatible
 * Increased harvesting powers:
 * now reaps details Google Scholar doesn't find.
 * Can Citify items without related articles

25th April 2007

 * More compatibility with other formats (number of braces, capitalisation)
 * Enhanced performance with

24th April 2007

 * Implemented URL-grabber
 * Implemented DOI-finder
 * ALLCAPS sensibliser activated
 * Improved conference capabilities
 * Whitespace optimisation

23rd April 2007

 * Fully functional
 * Compatibility issues fixed
 * Conference support