To cite Wikipedia in MLA on the Works Cited page, follow this formula: "Title of Article." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Day Mo. Year, URL. Accessed Day Mo. Year. In-Text Citation Rules Wikipedia in MLA has a simple citation format for in-text citations.

On Wikipedia, an inline citation is generally a citation in a page's text placed by any method that allows the reader to associate a given bit of material with specific reliable source (s) that support it. The most common method is numbered footnotes within the text, but other forms are also used on occasion.

When citing the Wikipedia source within your narrative, place it within your sentence by shortening the entry’s title and enclosing it in quotation marks. Include the version year in parentheses immediately after the entry’s title.

The in-text citation includes the title of the article (with title-case capitalization, and shortened if necessary) and the year. APA recommends linking to a specific archived version of the Wikipedia article so that the reader can be sure they are accessing the same version.

Typically, an in-text and parenthetical citation using MLA format includes the author and page number elements. However, Wikipedia entries don’t name a single author and don’t have page numbers. When incorporating an in-text citation in your research paper, use an abbreviated version of the Wikipedia entry title in quotation marks.