Wikipedia:Wikipedia as a press source 2014

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• Lastname, Firstname. "Name of article."(If necessary, brief context here) Name of Source. [Month] [Day], 2010. link

  "Relevant/representative quotation here." (Please wikify the articles that were referenced)

Alternately, you may use Template:Cite news. The template, with the most commonly used parameters, is:

• {{Cite news |access-date=2025-05-05}}

  "Relevant/representative quote here."

• Abby Martin (journalist) (January 14, 2014). "Breaking the Set". RT. Archived from the original on January 20, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2014.

• Cannabis (drug):Ellison, Jake (February 27, 2014). "Poll: Redmond geek fires up international Wikipedia debate: 'cannabis' vs. 'marijuana'". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 21 April 2015. And it all started when a search-engine developer from Redmond, who spends some of her spare time cleaning up and adding to Wikipedia, noticed that the Wiki page for this drug was labeled "Cannabis (drug)." She then set out to have the page renamed "Marijuana."

• J Brooks Spector (23 March 2014). "Zuma's apparent minimal collateral damage as new polls point to potential ANC landslide". Daily Maverick. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014. Read more: South African general election, 2014 at Wikipedia

• Keating, Joshua (April 4, 2014). "Please, Russia, Don't Vindicate Tom Friedman's Silly McDonald's Theory". Slate. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
• "Wikipedia says Bam Aquino a ninja turtle". ABS-CBNnews.com. April 23, 2014. Lifestyle. Retrieved April 23, 2014.

"The Wikipedia entry of Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV has been defaced, depicting him as one of the teenage mutant ninja turtles."

• "Spoilt for choice? Candidates more than double". Johnston Publishing. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014. Article lifts two sentences word-for-word from Northern Ireland local elections, 2014.

• "Editorial: Larsen is truly a tough act to follow". Concord Monitor. June 6, 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-09.

  "There isn't much to state Sen. Sylvia Larsen's Wikipedia page. In fact, the entry is only two sentences long. It reads: 'Sylvia Larsen is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire Senate, representing the 15th District since 1994. From 2006 through 2010, when Democrats regained control of the chamber, Larsen served as Senate President.' Wikipedia is good for a lot of things, but it doesn't do a very good job of putting Larsen's 20 years of service to her district... and the state of New Hampshire in perspective."

• 张津铭 (June 17, 2014). 林肯后最伟大美国人！进球功臣维基页面被黑 (in Chinese). China Radio International. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
• Terry Gross (June 9, 2014). "Invisible 'Supermensch' Avoided The Spotlight While Making Others Famous". NPR. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  • At 41:07, Terry Gross and Shep Gordon's conversation goes like this:
    • Gross: "Now, some managers are famous, and I'm thinking about Ari Emanuel and Entourage, the show that's kind of loosely based on him, I'm sure you would have had that opportunity if you wanted it, to be a name like that... You know, you are so not famous outside of that world; you don't have a Wikipedia entry! In fact -"
    • Gordon: "I know!" (laughs)
    • Gross: "when I found out... wait, really, when I found out you didn't have a Wikipedia entry, my first reaction was, 'Oh no! The film is actually a mockumentary and not a real documentary; the whole thing is made up!' And then..."

• Rice, Simon (27 July 2014). "Thomas Vermaelen transfer latest: Manchester United remain confident of deal for Arsenal defender - whilst Wikipedia page has already changed". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 22 November 2014.

  "The Belgium international has indicated his future is uncertain and has been heavily linked with a move to Old Trafford - so much so that a particularly eager Wikipedia editor has updated Vermaelen's profile to suggest he has already moved."

• Melin, Erik (12 October 2014). "Därför spelades 'God Save the Queen'" [That's why 'God Save the Queen' was played]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 November 2014.

• "Holy Grail News: Nanteos Cup". Fortean Times. No. 319. October 2014. p. 20.

• Orr, James (29 December 2014). "Alan Pardew is the new manager of Crystal Palace...according to Wikipedia". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 30 December 2014.

  "Talks are reportedly at an advanced stage between Newcastle and managerless Palace over a compensation package for the 53-year-old. However, it seems that some bright spark writing on Wikipedia just could not wait any longer to update his job title."

• Greenwald, Glenn; Maass, Peter (December 19, 2014). "Meet Alfreda Bikowsky, the Senior Officer at the Center of the CIA's Torture Scandals". The Intercept. Retrieved 25 June 2015.

  "Bikowsky's name, and her long string of controversial actions, have become such an open secret that she even has her own lengthy, detailed Wikipedia page. The entry describes her as a 'career Central Intelligence Agency officer who has headed ... the Global Jihad unit.'"