Wikipedia:Benelux Education Program/Maastricht University/1Lib1Ref 2019

On 4 February 2019 the University Library of Maastricht University organises the UM Wiki Citation Challenge.

Read about why adding references is important: meta:The Wikipedia Library/1Lib1Ref

Photos of the 1Lib1Ref event

Details

• Location: Parlour, Inner City Library
• Time: 12:00

Please bring your laptop with you and create an account on Wikipedia before 4 February.

How to Participate: Five Basic Steps

Step 1: Finding an article that needs a reference (please open the links below in a new screen to find back this page)

• Click on this link (English Wikipedia) or this link (Dutch Wikipedia) to find a random article that needs a reference.
• Use the tool Citation Hunt in the English or Dutch Wikipedia. (Click Next! / Volgende! to skip this one and go to another page, click I got this! / Dit gaat mij lukken! if you can add a reference.)

Step 2: Finding the reference missing tag in the article

• Go in the article to the part where the reference is needed (there might be multiple places in the article where this is the case)
• An easy way to find the place where the reference is needed is by using the search function of your browser, often Ctrl + F, and search for [citation needed] in the English Wikipedia or [Bron?] in the Dutch Wikipedia.

Step 3: Finding a reliable source that confirms the text for what a reference is needed

• Use Google or Pubmed and your experience to find a reliable source. What counts as a reliable source is explained at WP:RS (WP:MEDRS for health care related topics).
• If it takes you more than a few minutes to find a source, we suggest you go to another article (step 1)
• If you can't find a source, just go to the next one.

Step 4: Inserting the source you found

1. Edit the page, use preferable the visual editor (because it is a lot easier).
2. Remove the reference missing tag: place the cursor behind the tag and use the Backspace key on your keyboard.
3. Click in the top bar on Cite (in Dutch: Citeren)
4. Enter in the field the URL, ISBN, etc + click Generate
5. If it is successful, you get a blue button labelled Insert on what you click.
   • If it is not successful, you get an error message, click then on Manual to enter some info about the reference manually.

Step 5: Save changes & you're done!

Handy links

• Category:Articles with unsourced statements

• Tutorial in Wikipedia in general
• Annotated article
• File:Editing Wikipedia brochure EN.pdf

Other

• Wikipedia:Benelux Education Program/Maastricht University
• 2018 edition of 1Lib1Ref in UM

Participants

12 people present, 10 participants:

• Hedylus (talk) 11:47, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

• Praie NL (talk) 11:47, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

• JongStef (talk) 11:47, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

• Diony.vandenHeuvel (talk) 11:48, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

• Mltrodenburg (talk) 11:48, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

• Jonas.tjepkema (talk) 11:48, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

• Lidwien1974 (talk) 11:48, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

• S.Schleper (talk) 11:49, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

• HenriettaHazen (talk) 11:49, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

• Marielle.prevoo (talk) 11:51, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

In total 54 references added.