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Also known as Help:Gadget-ProveIt, prove it

gadget that makes it easy to find, edit, add and cite references when editing Wikipedia articles.

Key facts

Original authors
Kurt Luther Matthew Flaschen Terris Johnson Amy Bruckman Andrea Forte Christopher Jordan see mw:ProveIt#Credits
Developer
Sophivorus
Written in
JavaScript , CSS
Type
MediaWiki Gadget
License
CC BY-SA 3.0 and GPLv2
Website
www .mediawiki .org /wiki /ProveIt
Repository
gerrit .wikimedia .org /g /mediawiki /gadgets /ProveIt

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Wikidata facts

Image
ProveIt interface 0 (en).png
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Commons category
ProveIt
source code repository URL
www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ProveIt
translation contribution URL
translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:ProveIt

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Article

ProveIt (/ˈpruːvɪt/) is a gadget that makes it easy to find, edit, add, and cite references when editing Wikipedia articles using the source editor.

Referencing is a key task at Wikipedia, but handling citation wikitext is often difficult because the citation templates (such as Template:Cite book) are complex. ProveIt simplifies the process by adding a smart and simple graphical user interface for citations when editing any article. You deal with the interface, and ProveIt deals with the wikitext.