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If you're working on a topic related to medicine or psychology, ensure that your sources follow these special guidelines.
If you're creating a new article, consider the following:
Ensure that your topic meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines.
In order for a topic to meet the notability requirement, you must be able to identify 2-3 sources that are reliable, verifiable, and independent of the subject you're writing about.
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Edit this section to compile the bibliography for your Wikipedia assignment. Add the name and/or notes about what each source covers, then use the "Cite" button to generate the citation for that source.
King, Zach. "2021-22 NFL season recap". Redwood Bark. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
A high school article of a brief overview of the 21-22 season. May need to fact check, but the article/site is very well rated.
Press, Associated (2022-01-30). "Bengals roar back from 18 points down to stun Chiefs and reach Super Bowl". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
There is most of this information in the article, yet there are no citations for almost all of the article. This article would fill those gaps.
"2021 NFL Game Scores - Wild Card". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
Once again most of this information is in the article just not cited. Details of all games from wild care to division championships.
"NFL announces Super Bowl LVI officiating crew; four of eight officials have prior SB experience". NFL.com. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
Has more information regarding officials of the Super Bowl.
"Nickelodeon Broadcast to Return for NFL Wild-Card Weekend". SI. 2021-09-01. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
Information regarding the showing of the wild card game on Nickelodeon for the second season in a row.
Examples:
Luke, Learie. 2007. Identity and secession in the Caribbean: Tobago versus Trinidad, 1889–1980 Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press.
This is a book published by a university press, so it should be a reliable source. It also covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
Galeano, Gloria; Bernal, Rodrigo (2013-11-08). "Sabinaria , a new genus of palms (Cryosophileae, Coryphoideae, Arecaceae) from the Colombia-Panama border". Phytotaxa.
This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source. It covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
Baker, William J.; Dransfield, John (2016). "Beyond Genera Palmarum: progress and prospects in palm systematics". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.
This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source for a specific fact. Since it only dedicates a few sentences to the topic, it can't be used to establish notability.
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Outline of proposed changes
I plan on adding a lot of sources. The article has very few, and some sources listed above have a lot of the same facts. Along with that, I have found a couple things here and there that can be added such as the referees in the Super Bowl game and the showing of the games on Nickelodeon. There is a lot to add in this article it is just finding better in-depth sources to elaborate on all the points written about.
Now that you have compiled a bibliography, it's time to plan out how you'll improve your assigned article.
In this section, write up a concise outline of how the sources you've identified will add relevant information to your chosen article. Be sure to discuss what content gap your additions tackle and how these additions will improve the article's quality.
Consider other changes you'll make to the article, including possible deletions of irrelevant, outdated, or incorrect information, restructuring of the article to improve its readability or any other change you plan on making. This is your chance to really think about how your proposed additions will improve your chosen article and to vet your sources even further.
Note: This is not a draft. This is an outline/plan where you can think about how the sources you've identified will fill in a content gap.
