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Update Sources

Update an article with a source published this year.

Among other issues, Indigenous author articles often struggle to prove notability within Wikipedia’s standards. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, they want to ensure that their articles are about people (and topics) who have had a significant impact. One way that Wikipedia ensures this is by requiring editors to rely on what they consider to be reliable sources, most notably academic and peer-reviewed sources (see the activity on Citations). Because of the historical marginalization of Indigenous peoples and topics within the academy, Indigenous authors often struggle to prove notability against Wikipedia’s guidelines. One way to help with this is to find and use current and recent sources and citations to demonstrate that these authors are relevant and making an impact.


Instructions

  • Browse our HIW Authors List and find an author whose article doesn’t have any recent sources.
  • Do some research to find recent sources of information about the article.
  • Read the new source and see what information could be added to the article.
  • Edit the Wikipedia page and enter the new information.
  • In the editing bar, click the icon for “Cite”
  • Paste a link for automatic citation, or enter the citation information in manually.
  • Generate the citation, then Insert.
  • Publish Changes.

Resources

  • Reliable Sources Checklist
  • HIW Citations and Notability Handout

Complete this Activity

After you have finished updating the sources, let us know by tweeting out the Author page and the new source using the hashtag #HonouringIndigenousWriters.


Image Attribution: Featured photo by Oskars Sylwan on Unsplash

Posted in Level 4, Week 2 | Tagged with Editing, Research

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