How do i cite a wikipedia article?

Answer 1

For citing Wikipedia, see the help page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_Wikipedia and the tool to help you at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Cite

Answer 2

You don't. Ever. Wikipedia is not a reliable source for facts, and cannot, therefore, be cited as evidence for anything. It's just a bunch of schmoes like all of us here in Yahoo Answers who think we have something to say. Find a website that has actual confirmed facts and use that one as a source.

Answer 3

1. Name of the author, editor, compiler, or translator of the source (if given), reversed for alphabetizing and, if appropriate, followed by an abbreviation, such as ed.
2. Title of an article, poem, short story, or similar short work in the Internet site (enclosed in quotation marks). Or title of a posting to a discussion list or forum (taken from the subject line and put in quotation marks), followed by the description Online posting
3. Title of a book
4. Name of the editor, compiler, or translator of the text (if relevant and if not cited earlier), preceded by the appropriate abbreviation, such as Ed.
5. Publication information for any print version of the source
6. Title of the Internet site (e.g., scholarly project, database, online periodical, or professional or personal site or, for a professional or personal site with no title, a description such as Home page
7. Name of the editor of the site (if given)
8. Version number of the source (if not part of the title) or, for a journal, the volume number, issue number, or other identifying number
9. Date of electronic publication, of the latest update, or of posting
10. For a work from a subscription service, the name of the service and--if a library or a consortium of libraries is the subscriber--the name and geographic location (e.g., city, state abbreviation) of the subscriber
11. For a posting to a discussion list or forum, the name of the list or forum
12. The number range or total number of pages, paragraphs, or other sections, if they are numbered
13. Name of any institution or organization sponsoring the site (if not cited earlier)
14. Date when the researcher accessed the source
15. URL of the source or, if the URL is impractically long and complicated, the URL of the site's search page. Or, for a document from a subscription service, the URL of the service's home page, if known; or the keyword assigned by the service, preceded by Keyword; or the sequence of links followed, preceded by Path.

Answer 4

you shouldn't....wikipedia articles can be written by almost anyone and changed by almost anyone. What you cite, might be gone the next day. Find a more reliable source.

Answer 5

on the side of the article- there should be a button that gives you the citation in various formats like MLA etc.

it under the heading - tool box ----->last button "Cite this Article"

Answer 6

Same way you would cite any internet website.

"Article name." website. Date accessed.

Answer 7

I cite mine like this:

"The article name" Wikipedia.org Wikimedia(R)
"the url link"

Answer 8

you don't
wikipedia's information constantly changes
it does not have a realiable author as well
the information could be wrong since some of it is not cited

so do not use wikipedia as your information source

Answer 9

en.wikipedia.com