Find neutral, authoritative, and appropriate source materials for your article. Ideally, these should be original articles, rather than summaries of information from many sources, such as Wikipedia. The information should be produced by reputable organizations or authors, and should not be added for self-promotional purposes. Avoid adding any links that aren't direct sources of information shared on the page, and that aren't reputable or neutral. If it appears you're trying to promote particular sites or services, or repetitively adding links to the same site in multiple places, the website in question is likely to be blacklisted, preventing its future use on wikiHow. Check out our External Links Policy for specific link policy information.
Add a citation. To do this, open your article for editing, and place your cursor after the first piece of information that needs a citation or reference. Type in the reference markup and URL as follows: http://www.example.com/exact-page-you-found-information-on For non-online materials, like books or journals, type the information needed to identify the work in between the open and close ref tags. This includes author's last name, first initial, year of publication (in parentheses), the title of the work, chapter titles, page numbers, and other information needed to find the reference material. If the source is a book, you can help readers to search for the book online by including its ISBN (International Standard Book Number) in the reference.
Move to the next fact in the article you plan to reference. Repeat the citation process as needed until you finish adding all the references you plan to add. Provide a reference at the end of each point or suggestion where readers may wonder about its source; it’s okay to repeat reference links if you used them for more than one point.
Create the "References" section if needed. If you're using Guided Editor, there should be a section for it already. If you're using the Advanced Editor, you can add it manually; it should go at the very bottom of the page, below any Related wikiHows, and be labeled, "== References ==".
Type {{reflist}} under the "References" section. This template automatically generates the code to produce the numbered citation list. It does not need a bullet point in front of it.
Save your page and test your links. If everything is correct, you've now made significant progress in improving the quality and reliability of the information on wikiHow.
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