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Hello, welcome to the Fact and Reference Check WikiProject. The bold purpose of this project is nothing less than having facts in Wikipedia verified by multiple independent sources to make it the most authoritative source of information in the world. This project works to achieve the goals of the Wikipedia:Attribution policy.
We have some way to go before we attain this goal, but this project will help Wikipedia on its way.
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Why is this project necessary?
One of the major issues most people have with Wikipedia is the perception that it is not an accurate or definitive source of information.[1] The idea that at any time people could put in factual errors at will, as illustrated in the Isuzu Experiment, seems to make matters worse.
In addition, this project would make vandalism much easier to spot. Right now, we must use the RC patrol page when we are unsure if a user has fixed erroneous information, or vandalized an article. If this project succeeds, then people on the lookout for vandalism only need to compare current information with the references listed.
Getting started
First of all, you should read the guidelines section of this WikiProject to help you learn how to properly reference. We recommend keeping this page open as a reference, at least while you are getting started. If you're looking for an article to reference, we encourage participation in our Biweekly Special Article (linked to at the top of this page), but other articles needing references can be found in the open tasks section. Good luck!
If you have any questions, please feel free to comment on the project talk page, and someone will try to help as soon as may be possible!
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Related projects
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Unreferenced Good Articles - "aims to list those articles that are well-written but lack references, or, where applicable, lack printed or peer-reviewed references."
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Unreferenced Article Cleanup
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Citation cleanup
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- Wikicite - a project to create a standardized citation database.
- m:Wikicite - new proposal on Meta
- Wikipedia:Content contradictory to other language versions - a list of pages where content contradicts other language versions.
- Wikipedia:Unreferenced articles - a category based project to review articles that are in Category:Articles lacking sources.
- Stable versions (inactive)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange - a project where Wikipedians offer to search in their resources for the reference that you are looking for.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject critical source examination - a project for examining sources critically, with an emphasis on learning.
See also
- Category:Citation and verifiability maintenance templates
- Wikipedia:Unreferenced articles
- Unreferenced GA task force
Notes
Wikipedia content modification information:
- This page was last modified on 1 July 2008, at 01:17.
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