This document provides instructions for citing sources in a Wikipedia article in 3 steps: 1. Copy relevant sections from your Google Doc into a Wikipedia Sandbox page and label them with level 2 headings. 2. When including a quote or fact, place your cursor after it and click the book button to insert a reference tag. 3. Find the correct citation template for the source, fill in the details, and paste it between the reference tags to cite the quote or fact.

1. How to cite
a source in
Wikipedia

2. 1. Decide which parts of your GoogleDoc
need to be added to the real Wikipedia
page. Highlight them in your document.
3. Copy and paste the highlighted parts into
your Sandbox.
5. Make sure each section is labeled with a
Level 2 heading (Plot or Synopsis,
Characters, Major themes, Style,
Background, Publication history,
Reception, Awards, or Adaptations)

3. 1. When you see a fact or quote that you took from the
novel or an article . . .
3. Delete the parentheses with the pink card nickname.
5. Place your cursor immediately after the quotation or
the fact. If the quotation/fact is at the end of the
sentence, place your cursor after the period.

4. DO NOT ADD YOUR
REFERENCES TO THE
REFERENCES
SECTION
Crazy, but true.
Nothing else goes down
there. Don’t put anything
else down there.

5. Find the article that you cited on the internet. If it was from your
novel, skip ahead.
Copy and paste the correct citation template into Word.
Looking at the article, fill in the blanks after the equals signs. If there’s
any information you don’t know, leave it blank. Copy everything in
between curly brackets
Example:
{{cite web
| last = Wood
| first = Sarah A.
| authorlink =
| coauthors =
| title = Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale
| work =
| publisher = TeenReads
| date = 1 August 2011
| url =
http://www.teenreads.com/reviews/ironside-a-modern-faerys-tale
| format =
| doi =
| accessdate = 15 March 2012}}

6. In your Sandbox, with your cursor
placed after the quote, click the
book button.

7. Leave it blank and click Insert.

8. Now you should see…
<ref></ref>
Make sure your cursor is in
between. Now, click paste.