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Wikipedia requires Harvard referencing as its citation style.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that Wikipedia requires Harvard referencing as its citation style?

Unclear. The retrieved items describe Harvard referencing and Wikipedia citation practices generally, but none states Wikipedia's required citation style. One dataset indicates English Wikipedia citations use Citation Style 1 templates rather than Harvard style, which partially undercuts the claim without settling it.

Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 0 sources for, 3 against · Last checked

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Parenthetical referencing - Wikipedia
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Parenthetical referencing - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parenthetical_referencing

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Structured citations in the English Wikipedia
2016
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Antonin, D. (2016). Structured citations in the English Wikipedia. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.55004

Wikipedia Complete Citation Corpus
2022
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Piotr, P., Piotr, B., & Konrad, K. (2022). Wikipedia Complete Citation Corpus. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6539054

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