Template:Cite web/doc



This template is used to cite sources in Wikipedia. It is specifically for web sites which are not news sources. This template replaces deprecated template:web reference. It provides lower case parameters only.

Usage
 
 * Common form for cases where little is known about authorship of the page

 
 * Using last, first

 
 * Using author

 
 * Using non-linked retrieved date, last, first

 
 * Using non-linked retrieved date, author


 * All parameters

Required parameters
For producing a wikilinked date of retrieval:
 * url: URL of online item.
 * title: Title of online item.
 * accessdate: Full date when item was accessed, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, for example "accessdate = 2006-02-17". Must not be wikilinked

For producing a non-wikilinked date of retrieval:
 * accessmonthday and accessyear: Month and day when item was accessed, for example "accessmonthday = May 10", and year when item was accessed, for example "accessyear = 2005".

Optional parameters

 * author: Author
 * last works with first to produce
 * authorlink works either with author or with last & first to link to the appropriate wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs.
 * coauthors: allows additional authors
 * date: Full date of publication, preferably in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17. May be wikilinked.
 * OR: year: Year of publication, and month: Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use date instead. Must not be wikilinked.
 * format: Format, e.g. PDF. HTML implied if not specified.
 * work: If this item is part of a larger work, name of that work.
 * publisher: Publisher, if any.
 * pages: Pages, if any, especially if pdf format. This is for listing the pages relevant to the citation, not the total number of pages in the book.
 * language: language of publication (don't specify "English" as this is the default).
 * archiveurl: URL of the archive location of the item (requires archivedate)
 * archivedate: Date when the item was archived (requires archiveurl), in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17. Must not be wikilinked; it will be linked automatically.
 * quote: Relevant quote from online item.

Examples

 * Some standard use cases












 * Non-linking date of retrieval (using accessmonthday and accessyear)


 * Using format


 * language


 * coauthors


 * No author


 * No author, no publisher








 * Using archiveurl and archivedate to refer to items that went away but are available from an archive site



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 * Using quote


 * No parameters (error)

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