Wikipedia typically uses the citation style known as "Cite web," which is a modified version of the APA format.
Wikipedia editors are not required to use any particular citation format, as long as each article is consistent with itself. The most common format they use is partially based on APA, although it is a bit different. (They include the author's full first name, and the capitalization is different.)
Here is an example of an APA website reference: Smith, J. (2021). How to Cite Sources in APA Format. Retrieved from https://www.examplewebsite.com/cite-apa-format
To cite sources in APA format within a sentence, include the author's last name and the publication year in parentheses at the end of the sentence. For example, (Smith, 2019).
To cite multiple sources from the same author in APA format, list the author's name followed by the publication years of the sources in chronological order, separated by commas. For example: (Smith, 2015, 2017, 2019).
Common questions about APA format include how to properly cite sources, how to format a paper, how to create a reference page, and how to include in-text citations.
To cite multiple authors from different sources in APA format, list the authors in alphabetical order, separate them with a semicolon, and include the publication year in parentheses. For example: (Smith, 2019; Johnson, 2020).
To cite two sources in one sentence in APA format, you can list the authors' last names separated by a semicolon within the same set of parentheses at the end of the sentence (Author1, Year; Author2, Year).
To cite two sources in one sentence in APA format, list the authors' last names separated by a semicolon, followed by the publication year in parentheses. For example: (Smith Johnson, 2019; Brown, 2020).
The text citation for the website "How to Cite Sources in APA Style" with no author is ("How to Cite Sources in APA Style," n.d.).
To cite a book title in-text in APA format, you should italicize the title of the book.
The website "APA Style Guide: Citing Websites with No Author" provides guidelines on how to cite sources without an author in APA format. It explains the format for in-text citations and reference list entries for websites that do not have an author listed.
Here is an example of how to cite a book in APA format: Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of book. Publisher.