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One of the best resources for a good Wikipedian is your fellow Wikipedian. Do not be discouraged at a lack of reliable sources or skills, if you know something is essential but you don't know how to communicate it in a high quality encyclopedic fashion. Speak on the Talk page to collaborate and we'll turn Apple lore into real history.


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Sources

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For general information on what constitutes reliable wikipedia sources please read the Wikipage: Reliable sources article. Besides conventional press sources, there are several reliable publications focused on Apple News, Rumors, Reviews, Products, and Guides that can be used:

WP:WikProject Apple Inc. - Reliable Sources
Name Media Date Type Notes
9to5mac Online 2007- Apple News; Apple Rumors; Apple Products Leading website within the Apple News Community in terms of breaking impactful news;
AppleInsider Online 1997- Apple News; Rumors; Reviewes Apple related news, rumors and reviews;
CultOfMac Online 2009- Apple News; Reviews Apple related news, how-tos and reviews;
Gizmodo Online 2002- Technology News; Reviews technology, science and gadgets;[1]
MacLife Print, App 2007- Apple News; Guides; Reviews Apple related news, guides and reviews;[2]
MacRumors Online 2000- Apple News; Rumors; Reviews Mac and Apple related news, rumors, and reports;
Macworld Online 1984- Apple News; Reviews software and hardware review, tips and buying advice;[3]
PCMag Online 1982- Reviews; Guides computer-industry developments, reviews and guides
TechCrunch Online 2005- Technology / Business Tech News; Reviews business related to tech, technology news, analysis of emerging trends in tech;
TechRadar Online 2008- Technology News; Reviews technology and gadgets reviews;
TidBITS Online 1990- Apple news; reviews Apple coverage
Daring Fireball Online 2002- Apple news; reviews Apple coverage
512Pixels Online 2008- Apple history Good coverage of Apple's history; credible source
SixColors Online 2014- Apple coverage Jason Snell, who created SixColors, was the lead editor of Macworld for decades
Michael Tsai Online ? News aggregator Tsai's blog can't be cited directly, but it links to tons of stories and accurately takes the pulse of the general "Apple journalist-sphere". Quite useful, especially for "Reception" sections.

Some of the sources in list publish Rumors. Usually these articles can be clearly identified and caution and common sense should be used when referring to such articles. Also notice that some of these sources publish "sponsored articles" for product or software reviews. These are usually well identified and, though a paid review does not necessarily implies a good review, sponsored content is generally not acceptable as wikipedia source.

Online

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Internet Archive has searchable, browsable, and downloadable copies of print and software works. The Wayback Machine has archives of websites through history such as Apple.com. There are thousands of instantly playable Apple II games and applications in browser-based emulation.

Google Books has free access to searchable and browsable print works. Google Books is tricky, so don't blindly trust its global search. You might want to browse an entire magazine series for a particular issue, or you might need to find a particular series (such as ComputerWorld or InfoWorld) and just do a search within that.

The Wikipedia Library (WP:LIBRARY) invites you to apply for access to proprietary databases such as EBSCO. These are archives of even more magazines and journals from the computing and scientific industries and trades.

VintageApple.org has many old magazines concerning Apple's early history, which can be searched with Google.

Sometimes, Google Search will offer you many low-quality results, when better articles exist for your search query. You can try a query like: "[QUERY]" site:arstechnica.com OR site:cnet.com OR site:theregister.com OR site:nytimes.com OR site:venturebeat.com OR site:theverge.com OR site:wired.com -viewtopic, customizing the list of sites as needed, which will filter out the SEO-optimized junk and fluff; and, thanks to -viewtopic most forum posts will be filtered out too.

There are many more outside websites for the archival of print media, if you google for your favorite books and magazines by name.

Print

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Some books have PDF versions online, and your local public library may have an ebook lending service. Post on the Talk page to ask your fellow WikiProject members for a favor about sourcing, because many people have familiarity with or personal collections of books.

Style guide

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Strive to comply with all Wikipedia manual of style guidelines. What follows is a more specific style guide for Apple-related articles.

Software release names

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To minimize reader confusion, when first mentioning a Mac operating system release, state both the version number and marketing name. Do so in the following form used by secondary sources:

Do not prefix the version number with the letter v or place the version number at the end, which could lead readers to think that 10.4 is a version of Tiger, rather than being Tiger itself:

  • Mac OS X Tiger v10.4.

On subsequent mention, consider only referring to the codenames, for example: Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard (without "Mac OS X" or the version number).

When referring to a specific version, mention the version number only at the end. This is done by Apple[13] and reliable sources:[14][15][16]

  • macOS 13 Ventura 13.2
  • macOS 13.2 Ventura
  • macOS Ventura 13.2

Be appropriately precise. Do not add unnecessary decimals to product versions:

Example:

  • Avoid iOS 6.0 unless you are referring to that specific version.
  • Prefer iOS 6.

Per Wikipedia guidelines, avoid MOS:SEAOFBLUE:

Example:

  • Avoid iOS 6, where iOS and 6 link to separate articles.
  • Prefer iOS 6.

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Diaz, Jesus. "What is Gizmodo? Here's a guide to all the stuff we love". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  2. ^ "Mac|Life". future-publishing.msgfocus.com. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  3. ^ "About Us". Macworld. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  4. ^ Siracusa, John (9 November 2003). "Mac OS X 10.3 Panther". Ars Technica. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  5. ^ Wood, Molly. "Mac OS X 10.3 Panther". ZDNET. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  6. ^ Snell, Jason. "Mac OS X 10.3 Panther by the numbers". Macworld. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  7. ^ Pierce, David (16 October 2014). "Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite review". The Verge. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  8. ^ Hemphill, Kenny (26 April 2016). "OS X 10.10 Yosemite review". TechRadar. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  9. ^ Siracusa, John (16 October 2014). "OS X 10.10 Yosemite: The Ars Technica Review". Ars Technica. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  10. ^ Chin, Monica (2022-10-27). "Apple macOS 13 Ventura review: a bunch of good updates you can mostly ignore". The Verge. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  11. ^ Cunningham, Andrew (26 October 2022). "macOS 13 Ventura: The Ars Technica review". Ars Technica. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  12. ^ Haslam, Karen. "macOS 13 Ventura superguide: Everything you need to know". Macworld. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  13. ^ "macOS Ventura 13.3 Release Notes". Apple Developer Documentation. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  14. ^ Axon, Samuel (27 March 2023). "Apple rolls out iOS 16.4 and macOS Ventura 13.3 with new emoji and features". Ars Technica. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  15. ^ Roth, Emma (30 October 2022). "Apple's 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros might not arrive until next March". The Verge. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  16. ^ Haslam, Karen. "macOS 13 Ventura superguide: Everything you need to know". Macworld. Retrieved 6 June 2023.