Tim Wilson discovers a wikipedia citing tool. As with http://citationmachine.net/, wikipedia offers many formats and flavours for your choosing. Here’s an example for Moose Jaw:
Bibliographic details for “Moose Jaw”
- Page name: Moose Jaw
- Author: Wikipedia contributors
- Publisher: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
- Date of last revision: 10 March 2004 13:31 UTC
- Date retrieved: 28 July 2006 17:28 UTC
- Permanent link: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moose_Jaw&oldid=16357282
- Primary contributors: View the list
- Page Version ID: 16357282
Please remember to check your manual of style, standards guide or instructor’s guidelines for the exact syntax to suit your needs. For more detailed advice, see Citing Wikipedia.
Citation styles for “Moose Jaw”
APA style
Moose Jaw. (2004, March 10). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17:28, July 28, 2006, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moose_Jaw&oldid=16357282.
MLA style
“Moose Jaw.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 10 Mar 2004, 13:31 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 28 Jul 2006 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moose_Jaw&oldid=16357282>.
MHRA style
Wikipedia contributors, ‘Moose Jaw’, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 10 March 2004, 13:31 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moose_Jaw&oldid=16357282> [accessed 28 July 2006]
Chicago style
Wikipedia contributors, “Moose Jaw,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moose_Jaw&oldid=16357282 (accessed July 28, 2006).
CBE/CSE style
Wikipedia contributors. Moose Jaw [Internet]. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; 2004 Mar 10, 13:31 UTC [cited 2006 Jul 28]. Available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moose_Jaw&oldid=16357282.
Bluebook style
Moose Jaw, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moose_Jaw&oldid=16357282 (last visited July 28, 2006).
Bluebook: Harvard JOLT style
See Wikipedia, Moose Jaw, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose_Jaw (optional description here) (as of Jul. 28, 2006, 17:28 GMT).
AMA style
Wikipedia contributors. Moose Jaw. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. March 10, 2004, 13:31 UTC. Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moose_Jaw&oldid=16357282. Accessed July 28, 2006.
BibTeX entry
@misc{ wiki:xxx, author = "Wikipedia", title = "Moose Jaw --- Wikipedia{,} The Free Encyclopedia", year = "2004", url = "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moose_Jaw&oldid=16357282", note = "[Online; accessed 28-July-2006]" }When using the LaTeX package url (
\usepackage{url}somewhere in the preamble), which tends to give much more nicely formatted web addresses, the following may be preferred:@misc{ wiki:xxx, author = "Wikipedia", title = "Moose Jaw --- Wikipedia{,} The Free Encyclopedia", year = "2004", url = "\url{http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moose_Jaw&oldid=16357282}", note = "[Online; accessed 28-July-2006]" }