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These are tools with a variety of interfaces that provide a complete formatted reference based on a few initial details. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#General"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">General</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Generators"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Generators</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Templates"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Templates</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Bookmarklets"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Bookmarklets</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Desktop_software"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Desktop software</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Reference_management_software"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Reference management software</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#User_scripts"><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">User scripts</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Tools_to_improve_existing_citations"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Tools to improve existing citations</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Duplicate_reference_finders"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Duplicate reference finders</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Libraries_for_developers"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Libraries for developers</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Documentation"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Documentation</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="General" data-mw-thread-id="h-General"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-General"></span>General<span data-mw-comment-end="h-General"></span></h2><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-General","replies":[]}}--></div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/User:ProveIt_GT" class="mw-redirect" title="User:ProveIt GT">ProveIt</a> provides a graphical interface for editing, adding, and citing references. 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Adds links to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161022143433/http://annals.org/aim/journal-club">ACP Journal Club</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ebm.bmj.com/">Evidence-Based Medicine</a> comments if present.</li> <li><b><a class="external text" href="https://citationhunt.toolforge.org/">Citation Hunt</a></b>: A tool for browsing snippets of Wikipedia articles that <a href="/wiki/Template:Cn" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Cn">lack citations</a>.</li> <li><b><a class="external text" href="https://citer.toolforge.org/">Citer</a></b>: Converts a URL, DOI, ISBN, PMID, PMCID, <a href="/wiki/OCLC" title="OCLC">OCLC</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Google_Books" title="Google Books">Google Books</a> URL into a citation and <a href="/wiki/Help:Shortened_footnotes" title="Help:Shortened footnotes">shortened footnote</a>. 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See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User_guide#Using_Citoid" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User guide">user guide</a>.</li> <li><b><a class="external text" href="https://citation-template-filling.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi">Diberri Template builder</a></b>: Converts URL, DrugBank ID, HGNC ID, PubMed ID, PubMed Central ID or PubChem ID to full citation.</li> <li><b><a class="external text" href="https://makeref.toolforge.org">MakeRef</a></b>: A form for creating various <span>{{<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_templates#Examples" title="Wikipedia:Citation templates">cite xxx</a>}}</span> templates.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OABOT" title="Wikipedia:OABOT">OABOT</a></b>, a tool that finds open-access links for citations</li> <li><b><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Web2Cit" class="extiw" title="m:Web2Cit">Web2Cit</a></b>: An automatic citation generator for web sources, meant to complement citation results by Citoid for which no valid <i>translators</i> exist. Web2Cit translators are community controlled. It runs <a class="external text" href="https://web2cit.toolforge.org/">its own server on toolforge</a>.</li> <li><b><a class="external text" href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Microsoft_Word_Macros#Wikipedia_AutoReferencer">Wikipedia AutoReferencer</a></b>, Microsoft word tool to convert embedded links to wikitext</li> <li><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en/firefox/addon/wikipedia-references-creato/">Wikipedia-References-Creator</a></b>: A Firefox addon for creation of references (output changeable).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Odie5533/SnipManager" title="User:Odie5533/SnipManager">SnipManager</a> adds a ribbon interface to add citations</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Cacycle/wikEd" title="User:Cacycle/wikEd">wikEd</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor" title="Wikipedia:VisualEditor">visual editor</a> helps users format, insert, and edit sources by simply providing a DOI, URL, ISBN etc., see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:REFVISUAL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:REFVISUAL">WP:REFVISUAL</a>.</li> <li>The citation generation tool of the Visual Editor (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:REFVISUAL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:REFVISUAL">WP:REFVISUAL</a>) can also be used when editing the article source, for users who have enabled the <a class="external text" href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/2017_wikitext_editor">2017 wikitext editor</a> in their preferences.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Badgettrg" title="User:Badgettrg">User:Badgettrg</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sumsearch.org/cite/">Biomedical citation maker</a>. uses Pubmed ID (PMID) or DOI or PMCID or NCT. Adds links to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://annals.org/aim/journal-club">ACP Journal Club</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ebm.bmj.com/">Evidence-Based Medicine</a> comments if present.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Ref_info" title="Template:Ref info">Template:Ref info</a>, which can aid evaluating what kind of citation style was used to write the article</li> <li>Based on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Citoid" title="Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library/Citoid">Citoid</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User_guide#Using_standard_cite_templates" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User guide">Cite templates in Visual Editor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Salix_alba/Citoid" title="User:Salix alba/Citoid">User:Salix alba/Citoid</a> a client for the <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/citoid" class="extiw" title="mw:citoid">mw:citoid</a> server which generates <a href="/wiki/Help:Citation_Style_1" title="Help:Citation Style 1">Citation Style 1</a> templates from urls.</li></ul></li> <li>Hosted on tools.wmflabs.org: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RefToolbar_2.0" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RefToolbar 2.0">Wikipedia:refToolbar 2.0</a>, used in the Source Editor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Citation_bot" title="User:Citation bot">Citation bot</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/yadkard/">Yadkard</a>: A web-based tool for generating <a href="/wiki/Help:Shortened_footnotes" title="Help:Shortened footnotes">shortened footnotes</a> and citation using Google Books URLs, DOI or ISBN. Also supports some news websites.</li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/citation-template-filling/cgi-bin/index.cgi?ddb=&type=pubmed_id&id=&add_param_space=1&add_ref_tag=1&full_journal_title=1">Wikipedia template filling</a> – generates <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_style" class="mw-redirect" title="Vancouver style">Vancouver style</a> citations from PMIDs (<a href="/wiki/PubMed" title="PubMed">PubMed</a> IDs).</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Templates" data-mw-thread-id="h-Templates-Generators"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Templates-Generators"></span>Templates<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Templates-Generators"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://citations.toolforge.org/">Citation Bot</a> (<a href="/wiki/User:Citation_bot" title="User:Citation bot">more info</a>) – Partial citations must either contain a DOI, PMID, PMC, ISBN, <a href="/wiki/S2CID" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID">S2CID</a> or enough fields to be uniquely found; the bot will also fix formatting errors</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Rjwilmsi/CiteCompletion" title="User:Rjwilmsi/CiteCompletion">CiteCompletion</a> for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AWB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AWB">AutoWikiBrowser</a> – A custom module for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AWB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AWB">AWB</a> to complete citations of common English-language news sites</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Find_sources" title="Template:Find sources">Find sources</a> – provides links to customized searches for reliable sources in news newspapers books scholar JSTOR free images and the like. Points to a variety of templates for use in talk pages, on the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion">AfD</a> page etc., and for a variety of types of articles and situations.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:PleaseStand/References_segregator" title="User:PleaseStand/References segregator">References segregator</a> (<a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a>) – Shows references in a separate edit window for easy editing; can also convert references to <a href="/wiki/Help:Footnotes#List-defined_references" title="Help:Footnotes">list-defined references</a> format</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RefToolbar" title="Wikipedia:RefToolbar">refToolbar</a> (<a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a>) – Allows you to format a reference during editing when you already have all the data</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Smith609/Scopus" title="User:Smith609/Scopus">Scopus search add-on</a> – Find a reference on <a href="/wiki/Scopus" title="Scopus">Scopus</a>, then with one click it's formatted ready for use in an article</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Odie5533/SnipManager" title="User:Odie5533/SnipManager">SnipManager</a> (<a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a>) – Adds a Ribbon menu above the edit form with templates (including citations) and the ability to preview citations</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:CitationTool" title="User:CitationTool">User:CitationTool</a> – Semi-bot for finding citation errors and fixing them</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bookmarklets" data-mw-thread-id="h-Bookmarklets-Generators"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Bookmarklets-Generators"></span>Bookmarklets<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Bookmarklets-Generators"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cite4Wiki" title="Wikipedia:Cite4Wiki">Cite4Wiki</a>, an <a href="/wiki/XUL" title="XUL">XUL</a>-based add-on for <a href="/wiki/Pale_Moon" title="Pale Moon">Pale Moon</a> to generate <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> and <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_news" title="Template:Cite news">cite news</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> for the browser's current page.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Bazzargh/citemark" title="User:Bazzargh/citemark">citemark</a> (<a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a>) – A <a href="/wiki/Bookmarklet" title="Bookmarklet">bookmarklet</a> to help create <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> templates; see the <a href="/wiki/User:Bazzargh/citemark" title="User:Bazzargh/citemark">developer's page</a> for details</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/User:Ark25/RefScript" title="User:Ark25/RefScript">RefScript</a></b>: A bookmarklet that generates references with a single click. Works with a few news websites (BBC, Daily Mirror, Daily Telegraph, Huffington Post, Huffington Post Canada, New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Times of India, Financial Times, The Economist, Business Week, Ars Technica, TG Daily) and it can learn any other newspaper or website.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/User:V111P/js/WebRef" title="User:V111P/js/WebRef">WebRef</a></b>: A bookmarklet automating the filling of the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Ark25/RefScript" title="User:Ark25/RefScript">User:Ark25/RefScript</a>, a JavaScript bookmarklet – creates references in one click, works for many newspapers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:V111P/js/WebRef" title="User:V111P/js/WebRef">User:V111P/js/WebRef</a>, a script or bookmarklet automating the filling of the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template. You use the script on the page you want to cite.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Desktop_software" data-mw-thread-id="h-Desktop_software-Generators"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Desktop_software-Generators"></span>Desktop software<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Desktop_software-Generators"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikicite" title="Wikipedia:Wikicite">Wikicite</a> is a free program that helps editors to create citations for their Wikipedia contributions using <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Citation templates">citation templates</a>. It is written in <a href="/wiki/Visual_Basic_.NET" class="mw-redirect" title="Visual Basic .NET">Visual Basic .NET</a>, making it suitable only for users with the <a href="/wiki/.NET_Framework" title=".NET Framework">.NET Framework</a> installed on Windows, or, for other platforms, the <a href="/wiki/Mono_(software)" title="Mono (software)">Mono</a> alternative framework. Wikicite and its source code is freely available; see the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikicite" title="Wikipedia:Wikicite">developer's page</a> for further details.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reference_management_software" data-mw-thread-id="h-Reference_management_software-Generators"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Reference_management_software-Generators"></span>Reference management software<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Reference_management_software-Generators"></span></h3></div> <p>Reference management software can output formatted citations in several styles, including Wikipedia citation templates. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software" title="Comparison of reference management software">Comparison of reference management software</a> – side-by-side comparison of various <a href="/wiki/Reference_management_software" title="Reference management software">reference management software</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources_with_Zotero" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources with Zotero">Wikipedia:Citing sources with Zotero</a> – essay on using <a href="/wiki/Zotero" title="Zotero">Zotero</a> to quickly add citations to articles.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Nathanstrait/Wikipedia_BibDesk_Export_Template" title="User:Nathanstrait/Wikipedia BibDesk Export Template">BibDesk Export Template</a> – An export template for formatting <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Citation templates">Wikipedia citation templates</a> in <a href="/wiki/BibDesk" title="BibDesk">BibDesk</a>, which is a free <a href="/wiki/Open-source" class="mw-redirect" title="Open-source">open-source</a> <a href="/wiki/BibTeX" title="BibTeX">BibTeX</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Reference_management_software" title="Reference management software">reference management software</a> application for <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="User_scripts" data-mw-thread-id="h-User_scripts-Generators"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-User_scripts-Generators"></span>User scripts<span data-mw-comment-end="h-User_scripts-Generators"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/User:TheDJ/Folded_references" title="User:TheDJ/Folded references">Folded references</a> collapses the references of a page</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Blue-Haired_Lawyer/Footnote_popups" title="User:Blue-Haired Lawyer/Footnote popups">Footnote popups</a> Displays a small popup box of a footnote when you hover the cursor above a footnote link</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Ucucha/HarvErrors" title="User:Ucucha/HarvErrors">HarvErrors</a> shows errors when using Harvard templates</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Listref" title="Template:Listref">ListrefErrors</a> shows errors when using <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Listref" title="Template:Listref">listref</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:PleaseStand/References_segregator" title="User:PleaseStand/References segregator">PleaseStand/References segregator</a> places references into a separate edit box</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Smith609/endnote.js" title="User:Smith609/endnote.js">Reference exporter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Cumbril/Reference_Organizer" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Cumbril/Reference Organizer">Reference Organizer</a> presents all references in graphical user interface, where you can choose whether the references should be defined in the body of article or in the reference list template(s) (<a href="/wiki/Help:List-defined_references" title="Help:List-defined references">list-defined format</a>). You can also sort the references in various ways (and optionally keep the sort order), and rename the references.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Anomie/reftooltip.js" title="User:Anomie/reftooltip.js">RefTooltip</a> sets the tooltip for references to the text of the reference.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Lingzhi2/reviewsourcecheck" title="User:Lingzhi2/reviewsourcecheck">ReviewSourceCheck</a> (different versions for different preferences) flags 16 types of errors in the references and/or notes, when using Harv templates.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Ohconfucius/script/Sources" title="User:Ohconfucius/script/Sources">Sources</a> Formats names of newspapers within citation templates</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Anomie/ajaxpreview.js" title="User:Anomie/ajaxpreview.js">User:Anomie/ajaxpreview.js</a> adds a preview button that will show references when editing a section</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:BrandonXLF/Autoref" title="User:BrandonXLF/Autoref">User:BrandonXLF/Autoref</a> replaces the reference button in the editing toolbar in the 2010 wikitext editor with a button that allows the use of Citoid to insert an auto generated reference</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:BrandonXLF/Citoid" title="User:BrandonXLF/Citoid">User:BrandonXLF/Citoid</a> generates a reference using the Citoid server. Designed for being used inside user scripts.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Js/ajaxPreview" title="User:Js/ajaxPreview">user:js/ajaxPreview</a> adds a preview button that will show references when editing a section</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Salix_alba/Citoid" title="User:Salix alba/Citoid">User:Salix alba/Citoid</a> Generates citation templates using the Citoid server. Standalone javascript which can be used outside of Visual Editor.</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Tools_to_improve_existing_citations" data-mw-thread-id="h-Tools_to_improve_existing_citations"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Tools_to_improve_existing_citations"></span>Tools to improve existing citations<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Tools_to_improve_existing_citations"></span></h2><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Tools_to_improve_existing_citations","replies":[]}}--></div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_expander" title="Wikipedia:Citation expander">Citation expander</a> automatically adds missing data to citations using citation templates, and makes corrections to their formatting</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ReFill" title="Wikipedia:ReFill">reFill</a> expands bare url references</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Duplicate_reference_finders" data-mw-thread-id="h-Duplicate_reference_finders"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Duplicate_reference_finders"></span>Duplicate reference finders<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Duplicate_reference_finders"></span></h2><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Duplicate_reference_finders","replies":[]}}--></div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <p>Finding duplicate references by examining reference lists is difficult. There are some tools that can help: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser" title="Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser">AutoWikiBrowser</a> (AWB) will identify and (usually) correct <i>exact duplicates</i> between <ref>...</ref> tags. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:HTADC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:HTADC">the documentation</a>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.convertcsv.com/url-extractor.htm">URL Extractor For Web Pages and Text</a> can identify Web citations with the <i>exact same URL</i> but otherwise possibly different. Most differences are not significant, but sometimes different page numbers from the same URL are cited. Occasionally references to the same Web page might be followed by different non-significant tracking parameters (<code>?utm ...</code>, <code>#ixzz...</code>), and will not be listed as duplicates. <ul><li>Step 1: click "Enter URL", enter (paste) the URL of the Wikipedia article and click "Load",</li> <li>Step 2: tick "Only Display duplicate URL addresses" (which unticks "Remove duplicate addresses") <ul><li>Optional: Tick the radio button "Do not show", tick the box at the beginning of its line, and enter (paste) into the box <code>web.archive.org,wikipedia,wikimedia,wikiquote,wikidata,worldcat</code></li></ul></li> <li>Step 3: Click Extract.</li> <li>Then the duplicates will be listed, and must be manually merged. There will often be false positives; <code>web.archive.org</code> URLs, in particular, are a nuisance as they contain the original URLs, which show as duplicates. The optional part of Step 2 eliminates the archive URLs, but unfortunately the list of duplicates includes the archived pages. The wiki* URLs are less of a problem as they can just be ignored.</li></ul></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Libraries_for_developers" data-mw-thread-id="h-Libraries_for_developers"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Libraries_for_developers"></span>Libraries for developers<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Libraries_for_developers"></span></h2><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Libraries_for_developers","replies":[]}}--></div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/User:Richiez" title="User:Richiez">User:Richiez</a> wrote <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&oldid=536234043#Scripts_to_do_automatic_PMID/ISBN_referencing">tools to automatically handle citations</a></span> for a whole article at a time. These were marked as <a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/705834247" title="Special:Diff/705834247">obsolete in 2016</a>. They convert occurrences of {{pmid|XXXXXXXX}} (<a href="/wiki/PubMed" title="PubMed">PubMed</a>) or {{isbn|XXXXXXXXXX}} to properly formatted footnote or Harvard-style references. Written in <a href="/wiki/Ruby_(programming_language)" title="Ruby (programming language)">Ruby</a> and requires a working installation with basic libraries.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/lindenb/xslt-sandbox/blob/master/stylesheets/bio/ncbi/pubmed2wikipedia.xsl">pubmed2wikipedia.xsl</a> an <a href="/wiki/Extensible_Stylesheet_Language" class="mw-redirect" title="Extensible Stylesheet Language">XSL</a> stylesheet transforming the XML output of <a href="/wiki/PubMed" title="PubMed">PubMed</a> to Wikipedia refs.</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Documentation" data-mw-thread-id="h-Documentation"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Documentation"></span>Documentation<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Documentation"></span></h2><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Documentation","replies":[]}}--></div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <p>These templates can be used in documentation: </p><p><b>Typing aids</b> </p> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_*" title="Template:Cite *">cite *</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>: shortcut for <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Citation/core" title="Template:Citation/core">Citation/core</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_xxx" class="mw-disambig" title="Template:Cite xxx">cite xxx</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>: shortcut for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Citation templates">Wikipedia:Citation templates</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cite.php" title="Template:Cite.php">cite.php</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>: shortcut for <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Cite">mw:Extension:Cite</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cs1" title="Template:Cs1">cs1</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>: shortcut for <a href="/wiki/Help:Citation_Style_1" title="Help:Citation Style 1">Help: Citation Style 1</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cs2" title="Template:Cs2">cs2</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>: shortcut for <a href="/wiki/Help:Citation_Style_2" title="Help:Citation Style 2">Help: Citation Style 2</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Fnote" title="Template:Fnote">fnote</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>: shortcut for <a href="/wiki/Help:Footnotes" title="Help:Footnotes">Help:Footnotes</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Ldr" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Ldr">ldr</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>: shortcut for <a href="/wiki/Help:Footnotes#WP:LDR" title="Help:Footnotes">List-defined references</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Paren" title="Template:Paren">paren</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>: shortcut for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Parenthetical_referencing" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Parenthetical referencing">Wikipedia:Parenthetical referencing</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Sfnote" title="Template:Sfnote">sfnote</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>: shortcut for <a href="/wiki/Help:Shortened_footnotes" title="Help:Shortened footnotes">Help:Shortened footnotes</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Vcite" title="Template:Vcite">vcite</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>: shortcut for <a href="/wiki/Help:Citation_Style_Vancouver" title="Help:Citation Style Vancouver">Help:Citation Style Vancouver</a></li></ul> <p><b>Navboxes</b> </p> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Citation_Style_1" title="Template:Citation Style 1">Citation Style 1</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>: navbox for <a href="/wiki/Help:Citation_Style_1" title="Help:Citation Style 1">Citation Style 1</a> templates</li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_referencing" title="Template:Wikipedia referencing">Wikipedia referencing</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>: navbox for referencing help pages</li></ul> <p><b>Debug</b> </p> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_compare" title="Template:Cite compare">Cite compare</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>: a tool for comparing the output of the various versions of a <a href="/wiki/Help:Citation_Style_1" title="Help:Citation Style 1">Citation Style 1</a> template</li></ul> <p><b>Documentation</b> </p> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Citation_Style_documentation" 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center;;width:1%">Automated editing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Helper_script" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Helper script">AfC helper script</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AntiVandal" title="Wikipedia:AntiVandal">AntiVandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser" title="Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser">AutoWikiBrowser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots" title="Wikipedia:Bots">Bots</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Creating_a_bot" title="Help:Creating a bot">Creating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:History_of_Wikipedia_bots" title="Wikipedia:History of Wikipedia bots">history</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:HotCat" title="Wikipedia:HotCat">HotCat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Huggle" title="Wikipedia:Huggle">Huggle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups" title="Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups">Navigation popups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RedWarn" title="Wikipedia:RedWarn">RedWarn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Twinkle" title="Wikipedia:Twinkle">Twinkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ultraviolet" title="Wikipedia:Ultraviolet">Ultraviolet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WPCleaner" title="Wikipedia:WPCleaner">WPCleaner</a></li> <li>Inactive <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Igloo" title="Wikipedia:Igloo">igloo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:STiki" title="Wikipedia:STiki">STiki</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div> <ul><li>See also: <b><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_how-to" title="Category:Wikipedia how-to">Category:Wikipedia how-to</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_information_pages" title="Category:Wikipedia information pages">Category:Wikipedia 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