ProveIt

Also known as Help:Gadget-ProveIt, prove it

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

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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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Image: ProveIt interface 0 (en).png

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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.