Can I add citations to wikipedia?

Overt promotion of a publication is not a reason to add details to Wikipedia and excessive citation of your own work, which may be seen as promotional or a conflict of interest, could be removed. However, if an addition is relevant and will increase the quality of the Wikipedia coverage for your subject area then this is permitted. For example, adding a citation where there is currently a {{Citation needed}} tag, or developing an existing page on the subject with your research data would be fine and may be encouraged.

To add a citation or additional text to Wikipedia:

Go to http://www.wikipedia.org – create an account if you don’t have one – and find existing Wikipedia articles directly relevant to your publication that would benefit from additional citation information. In appropriate locations throughout these articles, add citations referring to your work. This can be done by:

• Add a Reference: This is quick and easy. Go to the “Edit” window of the Wikipedia page. (Click on Edit at the top right of the article.) Find a place where you would like to add a footnote to your work – using the citation format within your published article. There, add the following: <ref>BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE FOR YOUR WORK</ref>

For Instance: <ref>Howe, K. and Nussio, E. 2012. What if the FARC Demobilizes?. Stability: International Journal of Security and Development 1(1):58-67, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/sta.aj </ref>

• Add an External Link: If the article has a list of “external links”, go to the list at the bottom of the page and add an entry. An entry will start with an asterisk, followed by some text in between two brackets: [text goes here]. Inside of the brackets, you insert the URL/web address for your article followed by a space. Whatever you put after the space will be the display text (that the reader at Wikipedia will be able to see). [URL Title of the Article]

For example: *“What If the FARC Demobilizes?” by Howe & Nussio, November 2012

Please also ensure that you only place citations that are directly relevant to your publication, and improve Wikipedia, otherwise it is likely to be removed.

A list of additional suggested tasks for helping to increase the impact of a publication is available for download.