On Jan 4, 2004, at 4:15 PM, Karissa S. wrote:

hey- I just used Wikipedia to help write me write my paper, but I am having trouble putting this sight into my bibliogrpahy. Is there acompany,city andstateincluded in this project? Those are the things I must include in my bibliogrpahy.

Hey, Karissa. I'm sending this to the list and you, in case you're off the list. Here's what you need to know:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_Wikipedia

That's the word from Wikipedia. It uses the APA guidelines. You won't be able to use the book format you have because [[m:wiki is not paper]], so use this (electronic) format instead. For a more official source, see:

http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/online.shtml

That has the format for MLA-style citations for online and electronic media. I think it's pretty much the same thing. Best idea is to confirm with your teacher first, if you can. But the upshot is that you can't use the book citation format for a website.

To the list: Perhaps we should have a [[Cite Wikipedia|Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia]] link on the sidebar. Also, please correct me if I got anything wrong.

You're sight is very helpful

I rather think so. Without it I'd walk into twice the walls I do now. ;)

Peter

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