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imported>Debresser
(Restore Cite web with capital. That is the name of the template, and what it should be. Common or not is another matter. We are giving the official documenttation here. Not how to do it wrong.)
imported>John Cardinal
(add explanation of page (in addition to pages))
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*'''publisher''': Publisher, if any—for example if the website is hosted by a government service, educational institution, or company. The '''publisher''' is not usually the name of the website (that is usually the '''work'''). If the publisher cannot be found on the site, try [[whois]]. For self-published works, e.g. blogs, use <code>self-published<code>.
*'''publisher''': Publisher, if any—for example if the website is hosted by a government service, educational institution, or company. The '''publisher''' is not usually the name of the website (that is usually the '''work'''). If the publisher cannot be found on the site, try [[whois]]. For self-published works, e.g. blogs, use <code>self-published<code>.
**'''location''': Geographical place of publication.
**'''location''': Geographical place of publication.
* a page parameter:
*'''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.<!-- COmmentedout:notimplemented in the template! This is especially useful for [[PDF]] format, where the page can be linked to with the <code>#page=''number''</code> anchor tagged on the end of the URL:
** ''either'' '''page''': Page number if a multi-page web article and referencing a single page. "page=5" produces ''p. 5.''
** ''or'' '''pages''': Page numbers if a multi-page web article and referencing more than one page. "pages=5–7" produces ''pp. 5–7''. This is for listing the pages relevant to the citation, not a total number of pages.<!-- COmmentedout:notimplemented in the template! This is especially useful for [[PDF]] format, where the page can be linked to with the <code>#page=''number''</code> anchor tagged on the end of the URL:
*:<code><nowiki>pages = [http://www.example.org/file.pdf#page=123 p. 123]</nowiki></code>-->
*:<code><nowiki>pages = [http://www.example.org/file.pdf#page=123 p. 123]</nowiki></code>-->
*'''language''': language of publication (don't specify "English" as this is the default).
*'''language''': language of publication (don't specify "English" as this is the default).