Mmcdougall
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editThese are my recent contributions
Here's my favorite current way to help https://citationhunt.toolforge.org/en
Three helpful buttons:
Citation needed tag
editBefore adding a {{CN}} tag, consider:
- Dont understand - don't understand a statement, or feel that "non-expert" readers are likely to be confused. Use {{Clarify}}, {{Explain}}, {{Confusing}}, {{Examples}}, {{Why}} or {{Non sequitur}}, as appropriate, instead.
- False - be bold and delete it!
- False/Poorly sources contentious and about living folks - Remove it immediately!
- Trivial - Per WP:DIARY, do not tag excessively trivial claims. Remove them.
- False and likely to be put back - Delete and add a suitable edit summary such as "Very doubtful – please add a citation if you return the content". If the original statement was accurate after all, this gives someone the chance to put it back, hopefully with a proper citation this time.
- Plausible, and consistent with other statements in the article, but you doubt that it is totally accurate, then consider making a reasonable effort to find a reference yourself. In the process, you may end up confirming that the statement needs to be edited or deleted to better reflect the best knowledge about the topic.
- If an article, or a section within an article, is under-referenced, then consider adding an {{Unreferenced}}, {{Refimprove}}, or {{Unreferenced section}} tag to the article or section concerned – these tags allow you to indicate more systemic problems to the page.
Chats
editA note from Corey
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editHi Mmcdougall! The thread you created at the Wikipedia:Teahouse,
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