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<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= }}</nowiki></tt> |
<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= }}</nowiki></tt> |
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<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |datestyle=dmy}}</nowiki></tt> |
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<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |datestyle=mdy}}</nowiki></tt> |
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===All parameters=== |
===All parameters=== |
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When copying all parameters, in either horizontal or vertical layout, delete those you don't need. |
When copying all parameters, in either horizontal or vertical layout, delete those you don't need. |
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;All parameters, horizontal layout |
;All parameters, horizontal layout |
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<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate= |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth= |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</nowiki></tt> |
<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate= |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth= |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= |datestyle=}}</nowiki></tt> |
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::*'''accessmonthday''' and '''accessyear''': Month and day when item was accessed, for example "accessmonthday = May 10", <u>and</u> year when item was accessed, for example "accessyear = 2006". Produces: ''Retrieved on May 10, 2006.'' |
::*'''accessmonthday''' and '''accessyear''': Month and day when item was accessed, for example "accessmonthday = May 10", <u>and</u> year when item was accessed, for example "accessyear = 2006". Produces: ''Retrieved on May 10, 2006.'' |
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::*'''accessdaymonth''' and '''accessyear''': Month and day when item was accessed, for example "accessdaymonth= 10 May", <u>and</u> year when item was accessed, for example "accessyear = 2006". Produces: ''Retrieved on 10 May 2006.'' |
::*'''accessdaymonth''' and '''accessyear''': Month and day when item was accessed, for example "accessdaymonth= 10 May", <u>and</u> year when item was accessed, for example "accessyear = 2006". Produces: ''Retrieved on 10 May 2006.'' |
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::*'''datestyle''' may be used to force the [[ISO 8601]] YYYY-MM-DD format '''date''', '''accessdate''' & '''archivedate''' parameters to a particular style: |
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::**''|datestyle=dmy'' - International style, e.g. 5 August 2007 |
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::**''|datestyle=mdy'' - American style, e.g. August 5, 2007 |
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::**''|datestyle=ymd'' - Asian style, e.g. 2007 August 5 |
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::**''|datestyle='' - default unspecified gives the linked date, e.g. [[2007-08-05]] |
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====Optional parameters==== |
====Optional parameters==== |
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**'''authorlink''' works either with '''author''' or with '''last''' & '''first''' to link to the appropriate wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs. |
**'''authorlink''' works either with '''author''' or with '''last''' & '''first''' to link to the appropriate wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs. |
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**'''coauthors''': allows additional authors |
**'''coauthors''': allows additional authors |
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*'''date''': Full date of publication in the same format as the main text of the article. If in [[ISO 8601]] YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. ''2006-02-17'', must not be wikilinked; it will be linked automatically |
*'''date''': Full date of publication in the same format as the main text of the article. If in [[ISO 8601]] YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. ''2006-02-17'', must not be wikilinked; it will be linked automatically, unless '''datestyle''' has been set'' |
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**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. |
**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. |
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*'''format''': Format, e.g. PDF. HTML implied if not specified. |
*'''format''': Format, e.g. PDF. HTML implied if not specified. |
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**'''Doilabel''': If the doi contains some characters that must be [[Percent-encoding|escaped]], use "doilabel" for the unescaped version. See {{tl|doi}}: "id" is equivalent to "doi" and "label" is "doilabel" |
**'''Doilabel''': If the doi contains some characters that must be [[Percent-encoding|escaped]], use "doilabel" for the unescaped version. See {{tl|doi}}: "id" is equivalent to "doi" and "label" is "doilabel" |
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*'''archiveurl''': Significant webpages can be [[Web archiving|archived]] by a service like [[WebCite]], in which case this parameter is the URL of the archived copy (requires '''archivedate'''). |
*'''archiveurl''': Significant webpages can be [[Web archiving|archived]] by a service like [[WebCite]], in which case this parameter is the URL of the archived copy (requires '''archivedate'''). |
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*'''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 |
*'''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 as normally it will be linked automatically and does not directly support American/International dates (they will display incorrectly as redlinks if used). Instead if '''datastyle''' has been set, then appropriate unlinked American/International format is shown |
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*'''quote''': Relevant quote from online item. |
*'''quote''': Relevant quote from online item. |
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Revision as of 20:53, 20 July 2008
This is a documentation subpage for Template:Cite web. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
This template is used to cite non-news sources in Wikipedia articles. (See cite sources for general information about citations in Wikipedia articles and see {{cite news}} to learn about citing a news source). This template replaces deprecated template:web reference. It provides lower case parameters only.
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
Common forms
- Common form (with current date)
{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=2024-06-03 |work= |publisher= |date= }}
- Using last, first and coauthor(s) (with current date)
{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=2024-06-03 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=}}
- Using author (with current date)
{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=2024-06-03 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=}}
- Using non-linked retrieved date, last, first
{{cite web |url= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |last= |first= |date= |work= |publisher= }}
- Using non-linked retrieved date, author
{{cite web |url= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= }}
- Using non-linked date fields in International format
{{cite web |url= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |datestyle=dmy}}
- Using non-linked date fields in American format
{{cite web |url= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |datestyle=mdy}}
All parameters
When copying all parameters, in either horizontal or vertical layout, delete those you don't need.
- All parameters, horizontal layout
{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate= |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth= |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= |datestyle=}}
- All parameters, vertical layout
{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate= |accessdaymonth= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= |datestyle= }}
Required parameters
- url: URL of online item. Start the url with the communications protocol e.g. http://.
- title: Title of online item.
- Choose a date format from the following options that matches the main text of the article.
- For producing a wikilinked date of retrieval:
- accessdate: Full date when item was accessed, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, for example "accessdate = 2024-06-03". Must not be wikilinked; it will be linked automatically. If the American/International date format is required for consistency within the article, use accessyear and accessmonthday or accessdaymonth, as American/International dates will not display correctly if used for accessdate.
- 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 = 2006". Produces: Retrieved on May 10, 2006.
- accessdaymonth and accessyear: Month and day when item was accessed, for example "accessdaymonth= 10 May", and year when item was accessed, for example "accessyear = 2006". Produces: Retrieved on 10 May 2006.
- datestyle may be used to force the ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format date, accessdate & archivedate parameters to a particular style:
- |datestyle=dmy - International style, e.g. 5 August 2007
- |datestyle=mdy - American style, e.g. August 5, 2007
- |datestyle=ymd - Asian style, e.g. 2007 August 5
- |datestyle= - default unspecified gives the linked date, e.g. 2007-08-05
Optional parameters
- author: Author
- last works with first to produce
last, first
- 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
- last works with first to produce
- date: Full date of publication in the same format as the main text of the article. If in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17, must not be wikilinked; it will be linked automatically, unless datestyle has been set
- 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", 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
- 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
- archiveurl: Significant webpages can be archived by a service like WebCite, in which case this parameter is the URL of the archived copy (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 as normally it will be linked automatically and does not directly support American/International dates (they will display incorrectly as redlinks if used). Instead if datastyle has been set, then appropriate unlinked American/International format is shown
- quote: Relevant quote from online item.
Examples
- Some standard use cases
- {{cite web
|author=Doe, John
|title=My favorite things part II
|publisher=Open Publishing
|date=2005-04-30
|work=Encyclopedia of things
|url=http://www.example.org/
|accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ Doe, John (2005-04-30). "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. Retrieved 2005-07-06.
- {{cite web
|author=Doe, John
|title=My favorite things part II
|date=2005-04-30
|work=Encyclopedia of things
|url=http://www.example.org/
|accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ Doe, John (2005-04-30). "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. Retrieved 2005-07-06.
- {{cite web
|author=Doe, John
|title=My favorite things part II
|date=2005-04-30
|url=http://www.example.org/
|accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ Doe, John (2005-04-30). "My favorite things part II". Retrieved 2005-07-06.
- {{cite web
|author=Doe, John
|title=My favorite things part II
|url=http://www.example.org/
|accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ Doe, John. "My favorite things part II". Retrieved 2005-07-06.
- {{cite web
|title=My favorite things part II
|url=http://www.example.org/
|accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ "My favorite things part II". Retrieved 2005-07-06.
- {{cite web
|url=http://www.nfl.com/fans/
|title=Digest of rules
|publisher= National Football League
|accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ "Digest of rules". National Football League. Retrieved 2005-07-06.
- Non-linking date of retrieval (using accessmonthday and accessyear)
- {{cite web
|title=My favorite things part II
|work=Encyclopedia of things
|url=http://www.example.org/
|accessmonthday=July 6
|accessyear=2005
}}
→ "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things.{{cite web}}
: Unknown parameter|accessmonthday=
ignored (help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=
ignored (|access-date=
suggested) (help)
- Non-linking date fields using datestyle - 1) unspecified default 2) International 3) American
- {{cite web
|author=Doe, John
|title=My favorite things part II
|publisher=Open Publishing
|date=2005-04-30
|url=http://www.example.org/
|accessdate=2005-07-06
|datestyle=
}}
→ Doe, John (2005-04-30). "My favorite things part II". Open Publishing. Retrieved 2005-07-06.{{cite web}}
: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|datestyle=
(help) - {{cite web
|author=Doe, John
|title=My favorite things part II
|publisher=Open Publishing
|date=2005-04-30
|url=http://www.example.org/
|accessdate=2005-07-06
|datestyle=dmy
}}
→ Doe, John (2005-04-30). "My favorite things part II". Open Publishing. Retrieved 2005-07-06.{{cite web}}
: Unknown parameter|datestyle=
ignored (help) - {{cite web
|author=Doe, John
|title=My favorite things part II
|publisher=Open Publishing
|date=2005-04-30
|url=http://www.example.org/
|accessdate=2005-07-06
|datestyle=mdy
}}
→ Doe, John (2005-04-30). "My favorite things part II". Open Publishing. Retrieved 2005-07-06.{{cite web}}
: Unknown parameter|datestyle=
ignored (help)
- Using format
- {{cite web
|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
|publisher=International Narcotics Control Board
|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
|format=PDF
|accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ "List of psychotropic substances under international control" (PDF). International Narcotics Control Board. Retrieved 2005-07-06.
- language
- {{cite web
|author=Joliet, François
|title=Honnit soit qui mal y pense
|date=2005-04-30
|url=http://www.example.org/
|accessdate=2005-07-06
|language=French
}}
→ Joliet, François (2005-04-30). "Honnit soit qui mal y pense" (in French). Retrieved 2005-07-06.
- coauthors
- {{cite web
|first=John
|last=Doe
|coauthors=Smith, Peter; Smythe, Jim
|title=My favorite things part II
|publisher=Open Publishing
|date=2005-04-30
|work=Encyclopedia of things
|url=http://www.example.org/
|accessdate=2006-05-16
}}
→ Doe, John (2005-04-30). "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. Retrieved 2006-05-16.{{cite web}}
: Unknown parameter|coauthors=
ignored (|author=
suggested) (help)
- No author
- {{cite web
|title=My favorite things part II
|publisher=Open Publishing
|date=2005-04-30
|work=Encyclopedia of things
|url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2006-05-16
}}
→ "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. 2005-04-30. Retrieved 2006-05-16.
- No author, no publisher
- {{cite web
|title=My favorite things part II
|date=2005-04-30
|work=Encyclopedia of things
|url=http://www.example.org/
|accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. 2005-04-30. Retrieved 2005-07-06.
- {{cite web
|title=My favorite things part II
|date=2005-04-30
|url=http://www.example.org/
|accessdate=2005-07-06}}
→ "My favorite things part II". 2005-04-30. Retrieved 2005-07-06.
- {{cite web
|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
|date=2005-04-30
|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
|format=PDF
|accessdate=2005-07-06
|language=Greek
}}
→ "List of psychotropic substances under international control" (PDF) (in Greek). 2005-04-30. Retrieved 2005-07-06.
- Using archiveurl and archivedate for webpages that have been archived using services such as WebCite
- {{cite web
|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
|date=2005-04-30
|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
|format=PDF
|accessdate=2005-07-06
|archiveurl=http://www.archive.org/2005-09-11/www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
|archivedate=2005-09-11
}}
→ "List of psychotropic substances under international control" (PDF). 2005-04-30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-09-11. Retrieved 2005-07-06.
- {{cite web
|url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi?archive=currnews&story=20060405-01shore.htm
|title=Interview with Maggie Downs
|date=2006-03-31
|publisher=The Desert Sun
|archiveurl=http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:JAxf4v-pQmgJ:joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi%3Farchive%3Dcurrnews%26story%3D20060405-01shore.htm
|archivedate=2006-04-26
}}
→ "Interview with Maggie Downs". The Desert Sun. 2006-03-31. Archived from the original on 2006-04-26.
- Using quote
- {{cite web
|title=My favorite things part II
|work=Encyclopedia of things
|url=http://www.example.org/
|accessdate=2005-07-06
|quote=Lorem ipsum dolor.
}}
→ "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. Retrieved 2005-07-06.Lorem ipsum dolor.
- Omitting the title in error
- {{cite web
|work=Encyclopedia of things
|url=http://www.example.org/
|accessdate=2005-07-06
|quote=Lorem ipsum dolor.
}}
→ Encyclopedia of things http://www.example.org/. Retrieved 2005-07-06.Lorem ipsum dolor.
{{cite web}}
: Missing or empty|title=
(help)