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Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check/Most cited domains

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As of May 2015, VisualEditor includes a tool to automatically fill citations. For some types of references, the tool is able to retrieve information about the source, and add it using one of the usual citation templates. You can see screenshots or test the tool yourself in your sandbox, for example with sources like the following: 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/world/africa/nigeria-election-muhammadu-buhari-goodluck-jonathan.html

doi:10.1038/nature14258

This tool notably uses Zotero to extract the information. Zotero was originally created for academic research, and may not work as well with other types of sources used on Wikipedia, like news outlets or popular culture websites.

The VisualEditor team has identified the most cited domains on the English Wikipedia, in order to test them with the citation tool and identify possible areas of improvement.

The table below only includes the first few entries from the list of most cited domains. You can look at the longer list and add entries if you check other sites.

Domains to check edit

Rank Site Example URL(s) Works with autofill citation tool? Output Notes
1 http://books.google.com [1] Yes [1]
2 http://news.bbc.co.uk [2] Partial [2] Information is retrieved; formatting/parameter matching needs fixing.
3 http://www.nytimes.com [3] Yes [3]
4 http://www.bbc.co.uk [4] Partial [4] Only basic information is retrieved.
5 http://news.google.com [5] Yes [5]
6 http://www.guardian.co.uk [6] Yes [6]
7 http://www.census.gov [7] Yes [7]
8 http://www.imdb.com [8] Yes [8]
9 http://factfinder2.census.gov [9] Yes [9] Information is usually retrieved, but may not if the target site is being slow.
10 http://www.billboard.com [10] Yes [10]
11 http://www.allmusic.com [11] Yes [11]
12 http://www.youtube.com [12] [13] Partial [12] [13] User channels work; videos don't.
13 http://web.archive.org [14] [15] [16] Partial [14] [15] [16] The result depends on the archived page that we're trying to cite.
14 http://www.telegraph.co.uk [17] Partial [17] Some information is retrieved, some is missing (site/outlet name), some is mangled (author)
15 http://www.baseball-reference.com [18] Yes [18]

See also edit

  • m:WikiCite 2017
    • Presentation by Andrew Lih and Rob Fernandez - Citoid performance for news citations, May 2017. Slides:[19], data set: [20]

Output edit

  1. ^ Ananta, Aris; Arifin, Evi Nurvidya; Suryadinata, Leo (2005-01-01). Emerging Democracy in Indonesia. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN 9789812303226.
  2. ^ "Crossrail link may reach Reading". BBC. 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  3. ^ Holden, Stephen (1985-09-02). "JAZZ: MORGANA KING". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  4. ^ "BBC - Your Paintings - Diego Velázquez (1599–1660)". Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  5. ^ "The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  6. ^ Conlan, Tara. "David Attenborough goes to Sky for 3D Flying Monsters programme". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  7. ^ "Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 - U.S Census Bureau". www.census.gov. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  8. ^ "Diane Franklin". IMDb. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  9. ^ (DADS), Data. "American FactFinder - Results". factfinder2.census.gov. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  10. ^ "City High - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  11. ^ "Havin' a Rave-Up! Live in Los Angeles, 1978 - The Knack | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  12. ^ "Bear McCreary, Composer". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  13. ^ https://youtube.com/devicesupport, 2015-04-17, retrieved 2015-05-29 {{citation}}: External link in |title= (help)
  14. ^ "NOVA | Transcripts | MARS Dead or Alive | PBS". 2004-04-16. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  15. ^ "Whammo Homepage". 2004-04-17. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  16. ^ "Canadian Society of New York". 2004-04-27. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  17. ^ Gribben, By. "BP chief Tony Hayward fights to limit the damage after Gulf of Mexico rig disaster". Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  18. ^ "Jesse Bragg Negro League Statistics & History | Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
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