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1 00:00:01,234 --> 00:00:03,925 This is part 2 of the citing sources tutorial, 2 00:00:03,925 --> 00:00:07,053 which will show you how to add citations on Wikipedia 3 00:00:07,053 --> 00:00:10,517 using the Cite function in the edit toolbar. 4 00:00:10,517 --> 00:00:12,254 From an edit window, click the 5 00:00:12,254 --> 00:00:14,377 cite button, which brings down a 6 00:00:14,377 --> 00:00:17,430 bar of extra options. Here you can click the 7 00:00:17,430 --> 00:00:19,482 templates pulldown menu, and then 8 00:00:19,482 --> 00:00:22,108 select which kind of source you are trying to cite: 9 00:00:22,108 --> 00:00:26,122 a generic web page, a news article, a book, or a journal. 10 00:00:26,122 --> 00:00:29,061 For this example, we'll go with a book. 11 00:00:29,061 --> 00:00:31,439 We're citing the part of this sandbox page 12 00:00:31,439 --> 00:00:34,958 that says "being bold is important on Wikipedia". 13 00:00:34,958 --> 00:00:37,118 And I have a book that backs that up. 14 00:00:37,118 --> 00:00:39,114 So clicking cite book 15 00:00:39,114 --> 00:00:40,939 brings up fields where you can put in 16 00:00:40,939 --> 00:00:42,743 the author -- John Broughton -- 17 00:00:42,743 --> 00:00:45,955 and the title -- Wikipedia: The Missing Manual -- 18 00:00:45,955 --> 00:00:47,119 and the year 19 00:00:47,119 --> 00:00:48,924 and publisher and so on. 20 00:00:48,924 --> 00:00:51,296 Another way to go is to 21 00:00:51,296 --> 00:00:54,658 start with the ISBN. Then you can press the 22 00:00:54,658 --> 00:00:56,733 search button next to it, and it will 23 00:00:56,733 --> 00:01:00,036 fill in the rest of the info automatically. 24 00:01:00,036 --> 00:01:03,191 Another handy feature is the Ref name field. 25 00:01:03,191 --> 00:01:06,695 Put in a short word or phrase to identify the source 26 00:01:06,695 --> 00:01:08,612 -- I'll call this one Broughton -- 27 00:01:08,612 --> 00:01:11,383 and it will be easy to cite the source multiple times 28 00:01:11,383 --> 00:01:14,421 without having to re-enter any info. 29 00:01:14,421 --> 00:01:17,155 If there's more you need to add to the citation, 30 00:01:17,155 --> 00:01:19,830 you can press the show extra fields button, 31 00:01:19,830 --> 00:01:24,703 which lets you add coauthors, editor, and other details. 32 00:01:24,703 --> 00:01:27,827 Once you've added all the info you want for the citation, 33 00:01:27,827 --> 00:01:31,229 press insert, and the wiki code for the citation 34 00:01:31,229 --> 00:01:33,399 will be added right where the cursor was 35 00:01:33,399 --> 00:01:35,873 when you started the citation tool. 36 00:01:35,873 --> 00:01:37,288 Add an edit summary, 37 00:01:37,288 --> 00:01:38,418 save the page, 38 00:01:38,418 --> 00:01:40,845 and you see the new citation, 39 00:01:40,845 --> 00:01:43,779 with a numbered superscript linking to the footnote, 40 00:01:43,779 --> 00:01:47,123 just like with a manually-added citation. 41 00:01:47,123 --> 00:01:49,754 If you used the ref name feature, 42 00:01:49,754 --> 00:01:51,899 then when you make another edit to the page, 43 00:01:51,899 --> 00:01:55,259 you can click "named references" in the cite toolbar 44 00:01:55,259 --> 00:01:59,682 to pull up a list of all the named references in the article. 45 00:01:59,682 --> 00:02:02,427 Pick the one you want, press insert, 46 00:02:02,427 --> 00:02:03,554 and it will add the code 47 00:02:03,554 --> 00:02:06,614 for another reference to the same footnote. 48 00:02:06,614 --> 00:02:10,022 Another feature of the cite tool is error check. 49 00:02:10,022 --> 00:02:13,837 Press that button to pull up the error checking options. 50 00:02:13,837 --> 00:02:15,963 Select the ones you want and press "Check", 51 00:02:15,963 --> 00:02:19,007 and you'll get a citation error report, 52 00:02:19,007 --> 00:02:21,982 listing any broken or duplicate references. 53 00:02:21,982 --> 00:02:23,237 And that's it! 54 00:02:23,237 --> 99:59:59,000 Happy editing!