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.

Usage
Please notice that none of the parameters should be capitalised, to avoid the article being tagged as having a broken citation. Use "url", "title", etc. - not "Url", "Title", etc.

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


 * All parameters, vertical layout

Required parameters

 * url: URL of online item. Start the url with the communications protocol e.g. http://.
 * title: Title of online item.

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
 * a date parameter:
 * either date: Full date of publication. Should be in the same format as used in the main text of the article and should not be wikilinked. (per Manual of Style (dates))


 * or year: Year of publication, and month: Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use date instead. Should not be wikilinked.
 * 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"
 * archive parameters (if used, must be used both of them together)
 * 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 Archive.org.
 * archivedate: Date when the item was archived, in the appropriate date format for the article. Should not be wikilinked.
 * accessdate: Full date when item was accessed, in the appropriate date format for the article. Should not be wikilinked.
 * quote: Relevant quote from online item.

Duplicate periods
By default, cite web separates fields with periods, so don't encode a field ending with a period or a duplicate period will be added. Example: publisher=Camelot, Inc will correctly show as Camelot, Inc. but publisher=Camelot, Inc. will incorrectly show as Camelot, Inc..

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"

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