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What is the Citation bot?
The Citation bot is a piece of software designed to expand and fix citations on Wikipedia.
Among other things, it adds missing DOIs, makes sure they are correctly formatted, corrects misspelled parameters in the {{cite journal}} template, and adds title, journal, page number, etc. information.
Can I use the Citation bot?
Yes – in fact, you are strongly encouraged to!
You can ask the Citation bot to look at pages "on demand", which might save you a lot of editing. There are two ways of doing this:
1: Bookmark http://toolserver.org/~verisimilus/Bot/DOI_bot/. This page contains a form and a few options; you can use it to let the bot know which pages you want it to edit.
2: Add a widget to your toolbox. This will add a link to the "toolbox" on the left of your screen. Clicking that link will make the Citation bot fix all the citations in the page you are currently looking at.
How do I add a widget?
It couldn't be easier. Just and follow the simple instruction provided. No download is required!
If you have problems, Smith609 Talk will be pleased to help out!
Why should I add a widget?
Do you ever add references to Wikipedia articles? Do you get frustrated copying and pasting author names, titles, journals, page numbers, etc...? Wouldn't it be nice just to type or paste in only the ISBN, DOI or PMID and let a bot do the rest?
With the Citation bot, you can.
Just type {{cite journal|10.####/whatever}}, save the page, and set the bot on it – then the bot will fill in all the details you missed!
Or, does the software provided by your library recognise DOIs or ISBNs and link them to versions you have access to? If a page's references are missing DOIs, there's a good chance Citation bot can find some of them. Give it a whirl!
Or, are the citations in your page a mess? Missing page numbers, badly formatted fields? Just set the bot on it and it will set things to right!
What if...
If you spot a bug with Citation bot, please report it here.
If you have an idea for how the bot could be even more helpful, let its maintainer know, and he should be able to implement it!
See also
- The Reference tool : To convert references in a references section to use the cite journal template (so Citation bot can find them!).
