This page is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference. Either the page is no longer relevant or consensus on its purpose has become unclear. To revive discussion, seek broader input via a forum such as the village pump. Use the ((Press)) template to add press coverage of a particular Wikipedia article to that article's talk page, and use Wikipedia:Press coverage for press coverage of the Wikipedia project in general.

This page is not Wikipedia:Reliable sources or Wikipedia:Citing sources.

Wikipedia is increasingly being used as a source in the world press. Articles citing Wikipedia have been published in over two dozen countries including:

IF THERE ARE ERRORS IN AN ARTICLE, please post the matter to the Wikimedia Communications Committee's talk page. This way, the Wikimedia Foundation can send an official letter to the editor, or request a correction.

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• Wikipedia news search: Google News | Yahoo! News | AltaVista News | MSN News

• If the article is about Wikipedia itself, please add it to Wikipedia:Press coverage, rather than here.
• If the citation is in a book, rather than a periodical, please add it to Wikipedia:Wikipedia as a book source.
• If the citation is in an academic publication, such as a peer-reviewed journals, please add it to Wikipedia:Wikipedia as an academic source.
• Also, please check to make sure this is the first publication of the article—newspapers often reprint things other papers published days and even weeks before.
• Place a notice on the article's talk page about the press reference. See below for instructions.
• To link to this page from the talk pages of articles concerned, use ((Onlinesource)).

• Lastname, Firstname. "Name of article."(If necessary, brief context here) Name of Source. [Month] [Day], 2010. link

  "Relevant/representative quotation here." (Please wikify the articles that were referenced)

Alternately, you may use Template:Cite news. The template, with the most commonly used parameters, is:

• ((cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= |url= |work= |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2024-04-24 ))

  "Relevant/representative quote here."

Brian Corder (June 2018). "Increase Energy Efficiency with ICFs". Walls & Ceilings. If we were to ask ourselves what walls are really for, Wikipedia has a pretty simple definition: "The purposes of the walls in buildings are to support roofs, floors and ceilings; to enclose a space as part of the building envelope along with a roof to give buildings form; and to provide shelter and security. In addition, the wall may house various types of utilities such as electrical wiring or plumbing."