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[[File:Be-like-Bill-1lib1ref.png|thumb|A [[Be like Bill]] meme relating to the campaign]]

'''#1Lib1Ref''' (known in some [[Romance languages]] as '''#1Bib1Ref''') is a [[Wikipedia]] campaign inviting librarians[[librarian]]s to participate in the [[online encyclopedia]] project, specifically improving articles by adding citations[[citation]]s.

The first #1Lib1Ref campaign coincided with the 15th anniversary of the founding of Wikipedia in January 2016.<ref name="Rust">{{cite web|url=http://dsg.neu.edu/1lib1ref-imagine-a-world-where-every-librarian-added-one-more-reference-to-wikipedia/ |title=#1Lib1Ref: Imagine a World Where Every Librarian Added One More Reference to Wikipedia|last=Rust|first=Amanda|date=14 January 2016|access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="ACRL">{{cite web|url=http://acrl.ala.org/techconnect/post/1lib1ref|title=#1Lib1Ref ACRL TechConnect Blog|date=15 January 2016|publisher=ACRL|access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="IFLA">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifla.org/node/10118|title=Wikipedia birthday greetings|last=Scheeder|first=Donna|date=15 January 2016|publisher=[[International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions]]|access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref> Based on the premise of '''''One Lib''rarian, ''One Ref''erence''', organizers estimated that if each librarian on the planet spent 15 minutes adding a citation, the combined effort would eliminate English Wikipedia's backlog of 350,000 "citation n{{not a typo|eeded}}<!-- This is necessary to prevent the source of this page from triggering maintenance searches for misformatted CN tags -->" notices.<ref name="Meta">{{cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref|title=The Wikipedia Library/1Lib1Ref|publisher=[[Wikimedia Foundation]]|access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref> The inaugural, weeklong event ran from 15–23 January 2016, and employed the [[hashtag]] ''#1lib1ref'' on various [[social media]] platforms.<ref name="Stinson">{{cite web |last=Stinson |first=Alex |date=15 January 2016 |title=#1Lib1Ref: Help Celebrate Wikipedia's Birthday during 15–23 January by Adding a Reference |url=https://www.diglib.org/1lib1ref-help-celebrate-wikipedias-birthday-during-15-23-january-by-adding-a-reference-2/ |access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref>

''#1lib1ref'' on various social media platforms.<ref name="Stinson">{{cite web |last=Stinson |first=Alex |date=15 January 2016 |title=#1Lib1Ref: Help Celebrate Wikipedia's Birthday during 15–23 January by Adding a Reference |url=https://www.diglib.org/1lib1ref-help-celebrate-wikipedias-birthday-during-15-23-january-by-adding-a-reference-2/ |access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref>

== Results of the first campaign==

The inaugural campaign ended with 1,232 revisions on 879 pages, by 327 users in 9 languages, using the hashtag #1lib1ref in the edit summary; these numbers likely underestimate the overall impact, since many participants were observed omitting the hashtag from edit summaries. On [[Twitter]] the #1lib1ref hashtag was used in over 1,100 posts by over 630 users.<ref>{{cite web|title=1Lib1Ref Lessons - 2016 Outcomes by the numbers |url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons/2016#Outcomes_by_the_numbers |access-date=2 January 2019}}</ref>