Wikipedia:GLAM/IUPUI University Library/Events/50 Citations: IUPUI 1Lib1Ref Contributions





About the Event
Over the past two years, our institution has participated in the #1Lib1Ref campaign organized by The Wikipedia Library to contribute citations to existing Wikipedia articles. We are participating in this global campaign again this year with the goal of contributing at least 50 citations to articles in need. If you are not able to attend, but you still want to participate, you can follow the instructions under the "How to Participate" section. Please add your wiki username under "Participants" once you have made your contribution.

When: January 28, 2019

Where: Ruth Lilly Medical Library (Room 302)

How to Participate

 * Find an article that needs a citation
 * Use the Citation Hunt tool to find articles needing citations


 * Find a reliable source to support the article


 * Add a citation


 * After adding the citation, include the project hashtag #1Lib1Ref in the Edit Summary box


 * Share your contribution on social media

How to Add a Citation

 * Use the Citation Hunt tool to find articles in need of citations
 * This tool shows you a snippet of an existing Wikipedia article that needs a citation
 * A tag for [citation needed] displays where a citation needs to be inserted
 * Read the snippet and decide whether you want to find a citation to back up this statement
 * Or click on Next to view the next snippet available
 * You can also filter the article search by category by simply typing the info into the search box and selecting from the autocomplete drop-down list
 * When you find the article you want to work on, click on I got this! which will take you to the article page
 * Once on the article page, make sure you log in by clicking on Log In on the top right corner of the page
 * Search for a reliable source to back up the statement
 * Once you have the source you want to use, come back to the Wikipedia article and click on Edit
 * Find the [citation needed] tag
 * Place your cursor to the right of the tag and hit Delete to remove it
 * Click on Cite and paste the reference link into the Automatic tab. You can also input the reference using the Manual tab
 * When you are done inputing the citation, Click Generate and Insert
 * Lastly, include the project hashtag #1lib1ref in the Edit Summary area before saving the changes

And, don't forget to share your contribution on social media using #1Lib1Ref!

Facilitators
Mlemusrojas

Jaireeodell

Participants
Fios10

Rena.k.seidler

Cravenha

Flo251

Sddemaine