Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- kb:zotero_and_wikipedia [2010/01/02 14:41] – dstillman
+++ kb:zotero_and_wikipedia [2021/08/18 10:26] (current) – Update as the Wikidata QuickStatements translator is now in the official repo zuphilip
@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-==== Zotero and Wikipedia ====
+==== Zotero and Wikipedia/ Wikidata ====
+=== Wikipedia ===
+Zotero can be a powerful tool for Wikipedia users, be they casual visitors or regular contributors. By incorporating print-based references, Wikipedia users are able lend greater credibility to their articles and provide readers with a broader reference base, forging new relationships between online and offline resources. Wikipedia employs its own format for bibliographic citations, known as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation_templates|Wikipedia Citation Templates]]. Because the Wikipedia Citation Templates for books and articles embed COinS tags in each bibliographic entry---see, for example, the raw HTML markup of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zotero|Wikipedia article for Zotero]]---Zotero can import references from articles that employ them. In addition, a Wikipedia Citation Templates export format in Zotero allows for the exporting of references to Wikipedia. This read/write relationship promises to allow better circulation of information through different scholarly communication networks.
-=== Wikipedia Integration ===
+//N.B.: if you wish to cite a web page in Wikipedia you must include a date in the accessed field.//
-Zotero can be a powerful tool for Wikipedia users, be they casual visitors or regular contributors. By incorporating print-based references, Wikipedia users are able lend greater credibility to their articles and provide readers with a broader reference base, forging new relationships between online and offline resources. Wikipedia employs its own format for bibliographic citations, known as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation_templates|Wikipedia Citation Templates]]. Because the Wikipedia Citation Templates for books and articles embed COinS tags in each bibliographic entry (see, for example, the raw code of the Wikipedia article for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibian|"Amphibian"]]), Zotero can import references from articles that employ them. In addition, a Wikipedia Citation Templates export format in Zotero allows for the exporting of references to Wikipedia. This read/write relationship promises to allow better circulation of information through different scholarly communication networks.
+See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources_with_Zotero
-=== Quick Copy ===
+== Quick Copy ==
-Zotero's Quick Copy feature makes it trivial to export Zotero items to Wikipedia. The configuration panel for Quick Copy is found by clicking the gear icon in the Zotero toolbar, choosing Preferences, then selecting the Export tab. If Wikipedia Citation Templates is set as the default output format, you can copy properly formatted templates for selected items to the clipboard by using the keyboard shortcut set in the Shortcut Keys preference pane or by dragging and dropping items directly into a text area on Wikipedia.
+Zotero's Quick Copy feature makes it easy to export Zotero items to Wikipedia. Open the [[preferences:export|Export]] pane of Zotero preferences and select "Wikipedia Citation Templates" as the Default Format. Then, you can drag and drop items from your library to the Wikipedia to insert properly formatted citations. You can also copy Wikipedia Citation Templates data to your clipboad by pressing Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-C.
+=== Wikidata ===
-=== Site-Specific Settings ===
+Wikidata is a sister project of Wikipedia, operated by the same non-profit organisation (the Wikimedia Foundation), in the same volunteer-edited manner. It provides linked, open data about the entities described in Wikidata, and many more besides, under a Public Domain licence.
-While Wikipedia Citation Templates may be a valuable output format, for most users it will likely not make sense as the default. This is where site-specific settings come in. Zotero can adjust its citation format on the fly to match whatever site is being visited. Click the "+" button in the Quick Copy section of the Export preference pane, specify wikipedia.org as the domain, and select Wikipedia Citation Templates as the output format. From then on, when you are browsing Wikipedia in Firefox, Zotero will use generate Wikipedia Citation Templates automatically when you use the Quick Copy shortcut key or drag-and-drop.
+Zotero has two translators for use with Wikidata; one for reading Wikidata pages and adding their data to Zotero; the other for outputting data from other sources in a format that can be used create new Wikidata items, using a tool called QuickStatements.
+For details, see : https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Zotero
 {{tag>kb}}