User:Bongan

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Tip of the moment... Fixing bare URLs to prevent link rot Bare URLs used as article references (citations) are subject to link rot. The usability of a bare URL depends entirely on the target WWW site retaining its chosen site structure, which it is under no obligation to do. A full citation, in contrast, gives the author, title, publisher, publication, and date of the work. So, if the web site address changes, the additional information may assist in finding the new location. If the source is no longer available on the internet, then the additional information may assist in tracking down the source if it is in printed form, microfiche archives, article/paper collections, published as books, and the like. Fully dressed citations may be filled in manually, or there are semi-automated tools online, such as: reFILL (can be installed as a Toolbox link or as a Bookmarklet), or Yadkard. For Google Books, try the: Wikipedia Citation Tool for Google Books. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Wikipedia:Bare URLs   Wikipedia:Citing sources#Citation styles   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-randomizing template to your user page, use {{totd-random}}

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Policies and guidelines

• Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources
• Wikipedia:Notability
• Wikipedia:No original research
• Wikipedia:Verifiability

• Wikipedia:Deletion policy
• Wikipedia:Before nominating an article for deletion
• Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion
• Wikipedia:Citing sources
• Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners

Related projects

• WikiProject Stubsensor
• WikiProject Citation cleanup
• WikiProject Fact and Reference Check
• WikiProject Resource Exchange
• Unreferenced BLP Rescue

Cite tools and templates

• List of request references template messages
  • Category:Citation and verifiability maintenance templates
  • Category:Inline citation and verifiability dispute templates
  • Category:Citation templates

• Reftool
• Reftools
• Universal Reference Formatter
• WebCite - Archives a cited web page, providing a view of the page as it was at the time of citation.

Finding references

• Google web search
• Google books search
• Google news search
• Google scholar

• Wikipedia:List of free online resources
• Wikipedia:Goodcharts - A list of links to verify music chart positions and certifications.

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