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This is a guide to help staff at Consumer Reports add content to Wikipedia. Consumer Reports is a United States-based non-profit organization which promotes consumer rights by sharing information on products and services. The organization's editors, reports, researchers, and engineers are often subject matter experts on product testing and evaluation and have general information to share.
Open this link in a new tab to create a Wikipedia account or login here.
The purpose of asking you to create an account is so that other Wikipedians can find your contribution and suggestion and implement it into the article.
Copy this
* {{user|YOUR WIKIPEDIA USERNAME HERE}}
then click "edit" to the immediate right and just above this line. Paste the template at the bottom of the list and type your username into it. Click save at the bottom of the text box and you will return here.
Below is an example template for a table to make a comparison between products. Here are some examples of what this template can produce.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #CCEEEE;" | Light bulb comparison<ref>
{{cite web
|url= http://www.example.com
|title=Buying Guide
|first= |last=
|work=consumerreports.org
|year=2012
|accessdate=2 August 2012}}</ref>
|-
|-
! Type
! Advantages
! Disadvantages
|-
| '''Type:''' (list here 1)
| '''Advantages''' (list here 1)
| '''Disadvantages''' (list here 1)
|-
| '''Type:''' (list here 2)
| '''Advantages''' (list here 2)
| '''Disadvantages''' (list here 2)
|-
| '''Type:''' (list here 3)
| '''Advantages''' (list here 3)
| '''Disadvantages:''' (list here 3)
|-
|}
That template inserted into an article generates this:
| Light bulb comparison | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Advantages | Disadvantages | |
| Type: (list here 1) | Advantages (list here 1) | Disadvantages (list here 1) | |
| Type: (list here 2) | Advantages (list here 2) | Disadvantages (list here 2) | |
| Type: (list here 3) | Advantages (list here 3) | Disadvantages: (list here 3) | |
Here is an example citation for a magazine. Copy this, and change the fields for your citation.
{{Citation
| author= Gregory L. Williams
| title = Buyer Beware: The Consumers' Research achives at the Rutgers University Libraries
| journal = Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries
| volume = 57
| issue = 1-2
| date = 1995
| pages = 25-39
| url = http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/journals/index.php/jrul/article/viewFile/1737/3179
}}
That template inserted into an article generates this:
Gregory L. Williams (1995), "Buyer Beware: The Consumers' Research achives at the Rutgers University Libraries", Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries, 57 (1–2): 25–39
Here is an example citation template for a website. Copy this, and change the fields for your citation.
{{Citation
| url = http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov
| title = NPS Focus
| work = National Register of Historic Places
| publisher = [[National Park Service]]
| date =
| accessdate = November 30, 2010
}}
That template inserted into an article generates this:
"NPS Focus", National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, retrieved November 30, 2010
Search for a Wikipedia article where you can add your fact. When you find it, find an appropriate section in which to add your state, click edit, at the top right immediately above where your destination section begins, then paste the template into the appropriate place. Complete the template and add your fact. Click save below the text box.
| Search for an article where you can add your fact and reference |
Hopefully you found the instructions on this page sufficient for making your suggestion. If you want further support then here are some options.
This guide is a learning exercise created for Consumer Reports staff who are learning to use Wikipedia.
Want to learn more about Wikipedia? Individual editors can go to Wikipedia:Tutorial. Consumer Reports staff may contact Lane Raspberry at lrasberry@consumer.org for Wikipedia tutorials.