Wikipedia:Wikipedia as a press source 2013

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• Lastname, Firstname. "Name of article."(If necessary, brief context here) Name of Source. [Month] [Day], 2010. [http://en.wikipedia.org link]
• :"Relevant/representative quotation here." (Please wikify the articles that were referenced)

Alternately, you may use Template:Cite news. The template, with the most commonly used parameters, is:

• {{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= |url= |work= |publisher= |date= |accessdate={{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}} }}
• : "Relevant/representative quote here."

• {{cite news |title=Our Sultan of Sulu and Sabah |url=http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/opinion/editorials/41591-our-sultan-of-sulu-and-sabah |newspaper=The Manila Times |date=2013-02-16 |at=Editorial |accessdate=2013-03-05 }}

:: "According to Wikipedia, the present Sultan of Sulu, who has reigned since 1986 up to the present is “Raja Muda, crowned 2012".

• {{cite news |title=Sabah sultan followers take fight to cyberspace |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-04/sabah-sultan-followers-take-fight-to-cyberspace/4552378?section=australianetworknews |publisher=Australia Network News |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=2013-03-04 |at=News |accessdate=2013-03-05 }}

:: "A Google search for the word "Sabah", the state at the centre of Malaysia's biggest security crisis in years, came back with a search results page that quotes "Wikipedia" calling Malaysian control of the state "illegitimate".

• {{cite news |title=Timpla ng kape: Nancy Binay Wiki page defaced |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/05/15/13/timpla-ng-kape-nancy-binay-wiki-page-defaced |publisher=ABS-CBNnews.com |date=2013-05-15 |at=Nation |accessdate=2013-05-15 }}

:: "Binay's Wikipedia page showed several changes. It said Binay "comes from a dynasty" in the Philippines and is professionally known as "Noggie", a play on the word "nognog" or a black person."

• {{cite news | title = Rising Aggression Against Turtle Conservationists Preceded Costa Rica Slaying| author = Andrew C. Revkin | date = June 3, 2013| url = http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/03/rising-aggression-against-turtle-conservationists-preceded-costa-rica-slaying/| publisher = Dot Earth Blog (New York Times)| accessdate = June 4, 2013}}

::"There is now a Wikipedia page on the killing."

• {{cite news | title = Egyptian military removes President Mohamed Morsi - as it happened| author = Oliver Laughland | date = June 4, 2013| url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/04/egypt-morsi-removed-army-live| publisher = Guardian | accessdate = June 4, 2013}}

::"Wikipedia has launched a new page describing today's events as a coup d'état.
The entry, available to read in full here, starts with the following two sentences:"

• {{cite news | title = Snowden a friend or foe? Wikipedia fight takes both sides| author = Michael Jaccarino| date = August 4, 2013| url = http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/04/snowden-friend-or-foe-wikipedia-fight-takes-both-sides| publisher = Fox News| accessdate = August 4, 2013}}

::"While the world watches for the next development concerning the one-time National Security Agency contractor who leaked details of top-secret U.S. surveillance programs to the press, a battle rages on the Internet – and specifically Wikipedia – over just how to refer to the man in print."

Category:Wikipedia as a media source