Event:1Lib1Ref Campaign 2025 in the WUGN Abuja Network

1Lib1Ref campaign in WUGN Abuja Network

Overview

The 1Lib1Ref is a global campaign for librarians, archivists, researchers, and open knowledge enthusiasts to improve the quality of Wikipedia articles by adding missing citations. The campaign invites participants to add one or more citations to Wikipedia articles needing citation. This year, the WUGN Abuja network joins the global efforts to make Wikipedia more reliable.

Timeline and deliverables

Campaign timeline: 1 June, 2025 - 30 June, 2025

Physical event: Saturday, 14 June, 2025

Time: 10:00 AM WAT

Address: Enspire Hub, 1st Floor, Merit House, Maitama, Abuja

How to participate

Sign in or Create a New Account on Wikipedia if you haven't.

Register on this event page to track your contributions on the outreach dashboard.

Find a Wikipedia article that has unsourced or undersourced statements. You can look out for articles that have the [citation needed] tag as shown on the image below. To make searching for them easier, you can use the Citation hunt tool.

Add or improve citations on Wikipedia articles. If using the Citation hunt tool and you find an article needing citation, copy the link to the reliable source for the statement. Navigate to the "edit" tab of the Wikipedia page. Click on the [citation needed] tag on the body of the article, and select "Add a citation." A window will pop up; select the "Automatic" tab, paste the URL of your source. Click "Generate" after the citation has been generated, click "insert" to insert the citation.

To save your edit, click on "publish pages". This will bring up the edit summary textbox, in the textbox, type this - Added citation #1Lib1Ref #1Lib1RefNG #1Lib1RefABJ

Resources and tools

👉 Citation hunt tool

👉 Wikipedia guide to knowing reliable sources

👉 Wikipedia guide to knowing unreliable sources

👉 Reliable sources quiz

👉 How to add references with visual editor

👉 How to add references with source editor

👉 Africa Sources List

Prizes

Top 5 participants will be awarded with amazing gifts at the end of the event.