AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY ASSOCIATION (APA) 7TH EDITION
SAMPLE REFERENCE CITATIONS FOR ENTRY IN A WIKIPEDIA ENTRY REFERENCES
*The source of these reference samples is: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples
Oil painting. (2019, December 8). In Wikipedia.
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Parenthetical citation: (“Oil Painting,” 2019)
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Narrative citation: “Oil Painting” (2019)
Use this format to cite any wiki page, including pages for Wikipedia entries.
If you are a student, ask your professor whether Wikipedia is an appropriate source for you to use in your paper. Wikipedia reports information from other sources, making it a secondary source. Many professors prefer that students cite primary sources.
When citing Wikipedia, cite an archived version of a Wikipedia page so that readers can retrieve the version you used.
Access the archived version on Wikipedia by selecting “View history” and then the time and date of the version you used.
If a wiki does not provide permanent links to archived versions of the page, include the URL for the entry and a retrieval date.
