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| The citation expander gadget adds a button to trigger the bot from the edit window! This button will work even if the bot is blocked. |
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| It also adds an "Expand citations" link in your toolbar! These are only two of the many ways to activate the bot. |
Citation bot is a piece of software designed to expand and fix citations on Wikipedia, making referencing easier. This guide will help you get the best results with Citation bot. There is no need to painstakingly enter and copy-paste author names, date, source titles, and page numbers anymore. Now you can type or paste in only the DOI, PMID, S2CID, or, the Google Books URL, and let the bot do the rest! It will also try to fix a variety of common errors with existing citations, and tidy them up as best it can!
See simple cases below to quickly see how to get the most out of Citation bot. See also how to deal with mistakes.