Template:Cite web/doc

This template is used to cite online sources in Wikipedia articles. Cite news can also be used when citing a news source; for general information about citations in Wikipedia articles, see Wikipedia:cite sources.

A general discussion of the use of templates for adding citation of open-source web content to Wikipedia articles is available at citation templates.

Common forms
 
 * Common form (with current date)

 
 * Using last, first and coauthor(s) (with current date)

 
 * Using author (with current date)

 
 * Using archived version

All parameters
When copying all parameters, in either horizontal or vertical layout, delete those you don't need.  
 * All parameters, horizontal layout (with current date)


 * All parameters, vertical layout

Parameters for alternate access date formatting:

Required parameters

 * url: URL of online item. Start the url with the communications protocol e.g. http://.
 * title: Title of online item.
 * accessdate: Full date when item was accessed.

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 in the same format as the main text of the article.
 * format: Format, e.g. PDF. HTML implied if not specified.
 * work: If this item is part of a larger "work", such as a book, periodical or website, write the name of that work.
 * publisher: Publisher, if any—for example if the website is hosted by a government service, educational institution, or company
 * location: Geographical place of publication.
 * pages: pp. 5–7: first page and optional last page. 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).
 * doi: A digital object identifier for the document, such as  10.1038/news070508-7 
 * Doilabel: If the doi contains some characters that must be escaped, use "doilabel" for the unescaped version. See doi: "id" is equivalent to "doi" and "label" is "doilabel"
 * archiveurl: The URL of an archived copy of the page, if (or in case) the url becomes unavailable. Typically used to refer to services like WebCite and The Internet Archive.  Requires archivedate.
 * archivedate: Date when the item was archived (requires archiveurl).
 * quote: Relevant quote from online item.

Examples

 * Some standard use cases












 * Using format


 * language


 * coauthors


 * No author


 * No author, no publisher






 * Using archiveurl and archivedate for webpages that have been archived




 * Using quote


 * Omitting the title in error

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