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APA style

Wikipedia contributors. (2025, January 6). Main Page. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 08:08, April 18, 2025, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=1267837350

MLA Style Manual

Wikipedia contributors. "Main Page." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 6 Jan. 2025. Web. 18 Apr. 2025.

MHRA style

Wikipedia contributors, 'Main Page', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 6 January 2025, 22:59 UTC, <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=1267837350> [accessed 18 April 2025]

Chicago style

Wikipedia contributors, "Main Page," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=1267837350 (accessed April 18, 2025).

CBE/CSE style

Wikipedia contributors. Main Page [Internet]. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; 2025 Jan 6, 22:59 UTC [cited 2025 Apr 18]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=1267837350.

Bluebook style

Main Page, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=1267837350 (last visited Apr. 18, 2025).

AMA style

Wikipedia contributors. Main Page. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. January 6, 2025, 22:59 UTC. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=1267837350. Accessed April 18, 2025.

BibTeX entry

  @misc{ enwiki:1267837350,
    author = "{Wikipedia contributors}",
    title = "Main Page --- {Wikipedia}{,} The Free Encyclopedia",
    year = "2025",
    url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=1267837350",
    note = "[Online; accessed 18-April-2025]"
  }

When using the LaTeX package url (\usepackage{url} somewhere in the preamble), which tends to give much more nicely formatted web addresses, the following may be preferred: 

  @misc{ enwiki:1267837350,
    author = "{Wikipedia contributors}",
    title = "Main Page --- {Wikipedia}{,} The Free Encyclopedia",
    year = "2025",
    howpublished = "\url{https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=1267837350}",
    note = "[Online; accessed 18-April-2025]"
  }

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