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Is it OK to write Wikipedia articles about your research?
On Wikipedia, people sometimes write articles on their research topic or add their results to existing articles (probably in order to increase their visibility). I make this assumption if the ...
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How to decode a difficult citation in Wikipedia with "Historical Library"? [closed]
Historical Library, V,39,1.
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligures#cite_note-89
I came across this (bad?) citation while reading Wikipedia and I don't know how to follow it. Can someone please ...
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Scientific Topic on Wikipedia originated from a Scientific Article with Low Citations
As fas as I see it, one way to known if certain scientific article is important or relevant, is to see how much cited it is .. For example, let's take Karl Schwarzschild
He's known better known for ...
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Wikipedia paragraph in the Introduction section?
The Introduction section of a paper is supposed to broadly introduce the topic.
What better beginning of a broad chapter than a part of the Wikipedia summary paragraph on the topic? Because it is free ...
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Does copying facts from Wikipedia, with attribution, constitute plagiarism?
I had an assignment where I had to create a web-based advertisement for a Computer that was created in the 1970 era or earlier. In my advertisement, I copied facts from Wikipedia such as "Output ...
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Would it be inappropriate to cite wikipedia for something trivial in an academic article? [duplicate]
Edit: I believe this is not a duplicate of Are there instances where citing Wikipedia is allowed?, because that question asks about citing Wikipedia for knowledge that is very basic but is nonetheless ...
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How to cite that something is *not* on Wikipedia
I am presently writing an article about a certain class of discrete probability distributions, and I want to mention that the distribution is relatively obscure compared to other common distributions. ...
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Is it true that articles cited in Wikipedia get more citations?
It is famously known that “visibility” of an article influences its citation count. Is it true that articles cited in Wikipedia page get more academic citations?
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Use of Wikipedia images I created myself
I have created several images for Wikipedia and would like to use them for my own poster/talks as well. However I am concerned that my colleagues will assume that I took them from Wikipedia and will ...
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Should I quote Wikipedia if I can't rephrase it? [duplicate]
I want to write down this idea that I get from Wikipedia: both (James Watson and Francis Crick) thanked the Schroedinger's book for their inspiration.
(More specifically, that page is What Is Life?, ...
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Why are some professors critical of even casual use of Wikipedia?
Many of the professors and lecturers I come across are very critical of Wikipedia, but they never give proper support for their claims of "Wikipedia is bullshit!". And they threaten "Do not use ...
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How to cite simple definitions when writing university papers?
When writing any kind of paper or homework at the university I am supposed to give references for my citations. At the same time, sources like Wikipedia are not considered good for university level. ...
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Should I cite sources about a technology description?
I want to add some description of a technology (Node.js = server-side JavaScript) in my thesis. The description is about what exactly this technology is, how it works, what it can do etc.
I want to ...
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Should I treat specialized wikis with the same scrutiny as Wikipedia itself?
Suppose I am making a paper on the impact of popular TV shows on the spread of correct knowledge and facts about current and past events. Shows like South Park, The Simpsons and likely others often ...
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Are there instances where citing Wikipedia is allowed?
For example, suppose you're writing an article about triangles, and you want to include a short proof of Pythagoras' theorem, but you can't quite remember how to derive it, so you pop over to: https://...
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