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== Get in touch ==
== Get in touch ==
Contact Wikimedia Australia at:<br>
Contact Wikimedia Australia at:<br>
contact at wikimedia.org.au
contact@wikimedia.org.au

Revision as of 00:29, 25 April 2021

Imagine a world where every librarian added one more reference to Wikipedia.

1Lib1Ref stands for one librarian, one reference. It's a campaign by librarians around the world (and anyone who has a passion for free knowledge) to add a missing references to articles on Wikipedia.

Wikipedia is one of the first stops for readers and researchers. It’s an especially important resource now, during COVID-19, when people are increasingly turning to the platform for trustworthy, unbiased, and up-to-date information. Join us to help improve the quality of content on Wikipedia.

Key dates

Run twice per year, in Australia we are encouraging libraries to participate from 15 May to 2 June 2021.

How to participate

Wikimedia Australia is hosting drop in sessions during this time in Our Online Community room:

  • Tuesday 18 May, 10am - 12noon AEST / 12noon - 2pm NZST
  • Thursday 20 May, 12noon - 2pm AEST / 2pm - 4pm NZST
  • Tuesday 25 May, 10am - 12noon AEST / 12noon - 2pm NZST
  • Thursday 27 May, 12noon - 2pm AEST / 2pm - 4pm NZST
  • Tuesday 2 June, 10am - 12noon AEST / 12noon - 2pm NZST
  • Thursday 4 June, 12noon - 2pm AEST / 2pm - 4pm NZST

Just click on this link to join the video call. Coming soon!

You don't need to attend the whole time! Just drop in to learn how to add your reference (and get sent a free laptop sticker too!)

If you are a library that would like to offer a bigger program or other kind of event, please get in touch!

Event Dashboard

Add your name to the event dashboard here to have your citation counted.

How to add a reference

Your goal is to add at least one reference to Wikipedia! Any citation to a reliable source is a benefit to Wikipedia readers worldwide.

We have prepared some suggestions here!

Step 1:

If you don't already have one, sign up for a Wikipedia account. We don't recommend you use your real name or the name of your employee/organisation. We also recommend adding an email address so that you can reset your account if you forget your password!

Step 2:

Find a page that needs a citation. We also have some suggestions here.

Step 3:
  • Go to the Wikipedia page you plan to add your reference to. There are some suggestions here.
  • Find and select the Edit Tab. Make sure you are using the Visual Editor (i.e. if there is a lot of code in the window which looks a big scary, find the button with a pen icon (normally in the top right hand corner of the edit box next to the Publish changes button and the editor should switch to allow you to edit the page as it looks on Wikipedia.)
  • Place your curser at the end of the sentence where you want to add your reference.
  • Click the Cite button.
  • Copy and paste the link to your reference (if its a website) or the DOI, ISBN, PMC/PMID, QID, or title (if its a book) and select Generate, then Insert. You should see your citation appear. If it doesn't you will need to add your citation manually, so select the Manual tab in the Cite window.
  • Now select the blue Publish changes and add #1Lib1Ref in the Edit summary box. Then select the blue Publish changes button. Your citation should now have automatically appeared in the Reference section at the bottom of the page!

Struggling? Join on of our drop in sessions above! Otherwise congratulations and thank you for participating!

Get in touch

Contact Wikimedia Australia at:
contact@wikimedia.org.au

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