View source for Wikipedia:Press coverage

{{short description|Press coverage that mentions or discusses a Wikimedia project}}
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{{ombox|image=[[File:Gnome globe current event.svg|32px|alt=|link=]]|style=margin:4px auto;width:40%;min-width:16em;max-width:42em;|text=Current press coverage listings are located at '''[[Wikipedia:Press coverage {{CURRENTYEAR}}]]'''.}}

This set of pages lists any press coverage of Wikipedia that covers or discusses Wikipedia as a project &ndash; that is, any aspect of Wikipedia overall, such as its structure, success, information, goals, history &ndash; or views on Wikipedia in general, and so on. 

Press sources that reference content of a particular Wikipedia article but do not discuss the project itself should instead be [[WP:Talk page layout|noted on the talk page]] of the referenced Wikipedia article in question using the {{tl|Press}} template. [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia in blogs]] and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia on TV and radio]] are also kept seperately. 

Awards and other press coverage from articles that enhance the reputation of Wikipedia should be included in the '''[[m:Trophy shelf|trophy shelf]]'''.

If there are factual errors in a news article, please post the matter to the talk page of Wikimedia's [[m:talk:Communications_committee|Communications Committee]]. This way, the Wikimedia Foundation can send an official letter to the editor, or request for a correction.

==Searching for discussion of Wikipedia online==

The easiest way to search is to subscribe to a [http://www.google.com/alerts/ real-time news feed] of articles mentioning Wikipedia through [[Google Alerts]].

You may also want to perform searches for "Wikipedia" on various search engines, such as:
*[http://news.google.com/news?q=wikipedia Google News]
*[http://search.wn.com/?search_string=wikipedia World news search]
*[https://news.search.yahoo.com/search?p=wikipedia Yahoo News]

If you find press coverage not previously mentioned in {{Special|PrefixIndex|prefix|3=Press+coverage&namespace=4&hideredirects=1&stripprefix=1|4=the page corresponding to its publication year}}, you are welcome to add it in!

==Adding entries to a page==

Due to the amount of listings they have been {{Special|PrefixIndex|prefix|3=Press+coverage&namespace=4&hideredirects=1&stripprefix=1|4=broken up by publication year}}. If the press coverage in question was published in {{CURRENTYEAR}}, see '''[[Wikipedia:Press coverage {{CURRENTYEAR}}]]''' (the same goes for [[Wikipedia:Press coverage {{LASTYEAR}}|{{LASTYEAR}}]], [[Wikipedia:Press coverage {{LASTYEAR|2}}|{{LASTYEAR|2}}]], etc.).

If you add an article, cite both the title and the source. Note that if you're listing an article from a traditional press wire service that ran in your local newspaper, it may not have the same title everywhere; be cautious about duplicates.

Add your entry to the end of the page, using {{tl|Cite news}}. You may find a blank template at the bottom of the page to copy and paste. Depending on the publication circumstances, you may want to use different parameters &ndash; for more information and a list of all parameters, see the [[Template:Cite news|template page]].

Note that all templates varieties have the {{para|quote}} parameter: use this to include a short snippet of the press coverage.

; Coverage with a credited author
{{pre|*{{((}}Cite news
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'''  {{!}}first       {{=}}'''
  {{!}}date        {{=}}
  {{!}}title       {{=}}
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  {{!}}newspaper   {{=}}
  {{!}}location    {{=}}
  {{!}}access-date {{=}} {{date|2=ISO}}
  {{!}}quote       {{=}}
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}}

Additional authors may be listed using {{para|last2}} and {{para|first2}}, then {{para|last3}} and {{para|first3}}, and so on.

Do '''not''' wikilink the author to their Wikipedia article in the name fields, instead use {{para|author-link}}, {{para|author-link2}}, etc.

; Coverage without a credited author
{{pre|*{{((}}Cite news
'''  {{!}}author      {{=}}'''
  {{!}}date        {{=}}
  {{!}}title       {{=}}
  {{!}}url         {{=}}
  {{!}}newspaper   {{=}}
  {{!}}location    {{=}}
  {{!}}access-date {{=}} {{date|2=ISO}}
  {{!}}quote       {{=}}
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}}

In this variation, any other information about authorship may be put in under {{para|author}} (staff writers, etc.). This parameter may be omitted completely if no such information exists.

; Online coverage with archive link
{{pre|*{{((}}Cite news
  {{!}}last         {{=}}
  {{!}}first        {{=}}
  {{!}}date         {{=}}
  {{!}}title        {{=}}
'''  {{!}}url          {{=}}'''
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  {{!}}newspaper    {{=}}
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'''  {{!}}archive-url  {{=}}'''
'''  {{!}}archive-date {{=}}'''
  {{!}}access-date  {{=}} {{date|2=ISO}}
  {{!}}quote        {{=}}
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}}

In this variation, the original URL would go in {{para|url}}, even if it [[WP:DEADLINK|no longer displays the article]]. {{para|url-status}} can be used to show if a link no longer displays an article ("<code>dead</code>") or if it preemptively archived (still visible under the original URL ("<code>live</code>"). For a list of avaliable web archives, see [[List of Web archiving initiatives]].

; Foreign-language coverage
{{pre|*{{((}}Cite news
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  {{!}}url          {{=}}
'''  {{!}}language     {{=}}'''
  {{!}}newspaper    {{=}}
  {{!}}location     {{=}}
  {{!}}access-date  {{=}} {{date|2=ISO}}
  {{!}}quote        {{=}}
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To cite international coverage, use {{para|trans-title}} to hold an English-language translation to the original title. If the title can be simplified with [[WP:ROMAN|romanization]], use {{para|script-title}} to hold the original title (prefixed with [[Help:Citation_Style_1#&#124;script-&lt;param>= language codes|a language code]]) and {{para|title}} to hold the roman variation. Use {{para|language}} to hold the displayed language. See [[Template:Cite news#Title|the template page]] for further explanation.

; Coverage requiring registration or subscription to view
{{pre|*{{((}}Cite news
  {{!}}last        {{=}}
  {{!}}first       {{=}}
  {{!}}date        {{=}}
  {{!}}title       {{=}}
  {{!}}url         {{=}}
'''  {{!}}url-access  {{=}}'''
  {{!}}newspaper   {{=}}
  {{!}}location    {{=}}
  {{!}}access-date {{=}} {{date|2=ISO}}
  {{!}}quote       {{=}}
 {{))}}
}}

In {{para|url-access}}, three access levels can be used: <code>registration</code>, where a free registration is needed, <code>limited</code>, where there are other constraints (such as a cap on daily views), and <code>subscription</code>, where the source is [[paywall|only accessible via a paid subscription]].

=== Examples & Help ===

To view examples of this template in use, take a look at [[Wikipedia:Press coverage {{CURRENTYEAR}}|the active page for {{CURRENTYEAR}}]]. For further assistance, use {{tl|helpme}} on [[Special:MyTalk|a talk page]] and one of our editors will be happy to assist you.

==See also==
*[[History of Wikipedia]]
*[[meta:Communications committee/Press clippings]]
*[[n:Wikinews:In the news|Wikinews:In the news]]
*[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_room Wikimedia Foundation Press Room]
*[[Wikipedia in culture]]
*[[Wikipedia:America's Top Newspapers Use Wikipedia]]
*[[Wikipedia:Signpost]]
*[[Wikipedia:Wikilove from the press]]
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia as a press source 2007]]
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia cited on usenet]]
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia in blogs]]
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia on TV and radio]]
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia as a court source]]
*[[Wikidata:Wikidata:Press coverage|Wikidata:Press coverage]]

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