వికీపీడియా:మూలాలను ఎప్పుడు ఉదహరించాలి

మూలాలను ఎప్పుడు ఉదహరించాలి

కంటెంటును చేర్చినపుడు

All material that is challenged or likely to be challenged needs a source.

The need for citations is especially important when writing about opinions held on a particular issue. Avoid weasel words such as, "Some people say ..." Instead, make your writing verifiable: find a specific person or group who holds that opinion and give a citation to a reputable publication in which they express that opinion. Remember that Wikipedia is not a place for expressing your own opinions or for original research.

Because this is the English Wikipedia, English-language sources should be given whenever possible, and should always be used in preference to other language sources of equal calibre. However, do give references in other languages where appropriate. If quoting from a different language source, an English translation should be given with the original-language quote beside it.

ఇతరులు చేర్చిన కంటెంటును సరిచూసినపుడు

You can also add sources even for material you did not write. Adding citations is an excellent way to contribute to Wikipedia. See వికీపీడియా:Forum for Encyclopedic Standards and వికీపీడియా:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check for organized efforts to add citations.

మీరు ఎక్కడి నుండి తెచ్చారో చెప్పండి

It is improper to copy a citation from an intermediate source without making clear that you saw only that intermediate source. For example, you might find some information on a web page which says it comes from a certain book. Unless you look at the book yourself to check that the information is there, your reference is really the web page, which is what you must cite. The credibility of your article rests on the credibility of the web page, as well as the book, and your article must make that clear.

When adding material to the biography of a living person

ప్రధాన పేజీ: వికీపీడియా:Biographies of living persons

Biographies of living persons should be sourced with particular care, for legal and ethical reasons. All negative material about living persons must cite a reliable source. Do not wait for another editor to request a source. If you find unsourced or poorly sourced negative material about a living person — whether in an article or on a talk page — remove it immediately! Do not leave it in the article and ask for a source. Do not move it to the talk page. This applies whether the material is in a biography or any other article.

ఎవరినైనా ఉదహరించేటపుడు

You should always add a citation when quoting published material, and the citation should be placed directly after the quotation, which should be enclosed within double quotation marks — "like this" — or single quotation marks if it's a quote-within-a-quote — "and here is such a 'quotation' as an example." For long quotes, you may wish to use Quotation templates.

బొమ్మలు

Images must include source details and a copyright tag on the image description page.

If you downloaded this image from the web, you should give the URL. Example:

Source: Downloaded from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4280841.stm

If you got the image from an offline source, you should specify. For example:

Source: Scanned from public record #5253 on file with Anytown, Somestate public surveyor

It is important that you list the author of the image (especially if different from the source), which is important both for copyright and for informational purposes. Some copyright licenses require that the original author receive credit for their work.