Help Centre
Sources and citations
Read the source identity and attribution retained by every topic page.
Wikipedia identity
- Language edition
- Stable page ID
- Retrieved revision ID and timestamp
- Canonical live article URL
- Permanent oldid revision URL
Structured and media sources
A linked Wikibase item resolves to a Wikidata entity. Commons search returns only image files with file-page URLs and the author and licence fields exposed by the API. Missing media produces a media-limited state instead of an unattributed substitute.
Verifying a claim
Open a claim from the Overview or the evidence index on Sources. Each claim quotes its supporting block, identifies the stable block ID, names the section, and links the exact retrieved revision anchor. Relationships disclose whether support is direct, derived by co-occurrence, or supplied by Wikidata.