Template:Cite IUCN/doc

A template for citing the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Usage

This template uses {{cite journal}} to render IUCN Red List citations. It will accept all parameters that are available to {{cite journal}} though only a few are needed because this template will automatically provide a standardized set of parameters. Data for the parameters that editors need to provide can be found on the appropriate Red List page. The parameters that editors need to provide are:

• title: usually the species name; italics for proper formatting are not provided
• page: the electronic page number; the template will use this value to create a correct url to link the value in |title=; in the form e.T<digits>A<digits> where <digits> is one or more of the 0–9 digits
• lastn / firstn or any of the other author name parameters available to {{cite journal}} see Template:Cite journal § Authors
• date: the year of publication (alias year)
• errata: the year that an assessment errata is published – from IUCN citation text: (errata version published in year)
• amends: the year that 'this assessment' amends – from IUCN citation text: (amended version of year assessment)
• volume: usually same as date; may be omitted if date set

A handy tool for creating these templates is {{make cite IUCN}}.

Copy and paste

{{Cite IUCN  |lastn= |firstn= |date= |title= |page= |doi= |access-date=25 December 2024 }}

{{Cite IUCN | lastn = | firstn = | date = | title = | page = | doi = | access-date = 25 December 2024 }}

Examples

• Sillero-Zubiri, C. & Do Linh San, E. (2016). "Mungos gambianus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T13922A45199653. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T13922A45199653.en. Retrieved 18 October 2018. [new-style url provided]
• Goodrich, J.; Lynam, A.; Miquelle, D.; Wibisono, H.; Kawanishi, K.; Pattanavibool, A.; Htun, S.; Tempa, T.; Karki, J.; Jhala, Y.; Karanth, U. (2015). "Panthera tigris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015. IUCN: e.T15955A50659951. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T15955A50659951.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help) [old-style url provided and replaced]
• BirdLife International (2017). "Passer domesticus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103818789A111172035. Retrieved 26 October 2018.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help) [old-style url provided and replaced]
• BirdLife International (2019). "Motacilla alba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019.3. 2019: e.T22718348A137417893. Retrieved 14 December 2019. [no journal parameter provided]

Error and maintenance messaging

This template emits a variety of error and maintenance messages.

Error messages

• IUCN uses an identifier to point to a particular page in their database. For |page= and |doi= the identifier portion of these parameter values has the form: T<digits>A<digits> where <digits> is one or more of the 0–9 digits. The template emits these error messages when the identifier portions of the parameter values do not match the expected form.

• This template uses {{cite journal}} for rendering. cs1|2 templates are designed to cite single sources. Because IUCN identifiers in |doi= and |page= point to individual pages in the IUCN database, all of the identifiers should match. The template emits these errors when the identifiers in a {{cite IUCN}} template do not match. Caveat lector: regardless of the value assigned to |doi= (or urls that link to IUCN through the dx.doi.org resolver), doi links are redirected to the most recent assessment, not to the assessment specified in the |doi= parameter's value. For example, this template taken from Springbok at the time of this writing:

  {{cite IUCN |publisher=[[IUCN]] |title=''Antidorcas marsupialis'' |author=IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group |year=2016 |volume=2016 |page=e.T1676A115056763 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T1676A50181753.en |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1676/115056763}}

  IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2016). "Antidorcas marsupialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T1676A115056763. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T1676A50181753.en.

  |page= and |url= have the same identifiers (to the current version of the assessment) but |doi= has a different (older identifier) yet clicking the doi-link takes the reader to the current assessment. Rewriting the url value to use the identifier from |doi= gives working link to the older assessment:

  https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1676/50181753

Maintenance messages

Maintenance messages emitted by this template are normally hidden. To make these maintenance messages visible, include the following text in your common CSS page (common.css) or your specific skin's CSS page (skin.css):

.citation-comment {display: inline !important;}  /* display cite IUCN maintenance messages (also shows cs1|2 maint messages) */

• |volume= / |date= mismatch
• |volume= / |doi= mismatch
• |date= / |doi= mismatch

  {{cite IUCN}} validates the volume information in |volume= against the volume information in |doi= and compares these values with the content of |date= or |year=. These values should all be the same.

• old-form url

  There are two old-form urls for the IUCN Red List. {{cite IUCN}} modifies these old-form urls into a new-form url using identifier data from |page= or |doi=, in that order if available. If an identifier is not available, the template will switch from the http scheme to the https scheme which will sometimes make a 'dead' old-form url work. When either of these changes is made, the template emits this message. Templates cannot save changes like this to the wiki-text so editors should evaluate the results of these url changes and modify the template's wiki text to remove the url and add |page= (preferred) and/or |doi=.

• new-form url

  {{cite IUCN}} emits this message when |url= holds a new-form url. This form of url is acceptable but, for consistency, should be removed so that the template may create the url from |page= (preferred) and/or |doi=.

• unknown url

  When the content of |url= is not recognized as old-, original-, or new-form, the template emits this message. Commonly, such urls are doi links (https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN... or https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN...). When |url= holds a doi link, the parameter should be changed to |doi=10.2305/IUCN...

• no identifier

  When |url=, |page=, and |doi= are all empty or omitted, {{cite IUCN}} cannot construct a url. To resolve this issue add |page= (preferred) and/or |doi=.

• title has extraneous text

  The template emits this message when |title= has either of these annotations:

  • errata annotation: (errata version published in year) – remove this text and add |errata=year
  • amendment annotation: (amended version of year assessment) – remove this text and add |amends=year

Tracking categories

• Category:Cite IUCN maint (1,182)
• Category:Cite IUCN errors (0)
• Category:Cite IUCN without doi (5,029) - not an error condition, but something to be tracked

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Cite IUCN in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Cite IUCN

TemplateData

Formats a citation of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Template parameters This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Title title Usually the species name (in which case it should be italicised) String required Page page The electronic page number Line suggested Family name last last1 author author1 Last name or surname of the first author, or the whole name for an author with only given names or an organisation; don't wikilink, use "author-link" Line suggested Given name first first1 Given name of the first author; if an author has only given names, use "last"; don't wikilink, use "author-link" Line suggested Year year date Year of publication Date suggested Volume volume Usually same as "year", may be omitted if "year" is set Line optional Access date access-date Date that the citation was verified to support the text Date suggested Author link author-link author-link1 author1-link Title of existing Wikipedia page on the first author Page name optional Family name 2 last2 author2 Last name or surname of the second author, or the whole name for an author with only given names or an organisation; don't wikilink, use "author-link2" Line optional Given name 2 first2 Given name of the second author; if an author has only given names, use "last2"; don't wikilink, use "author-link2" Line optional Author link 2 author-link2 author2-link Title of existing Wikipedia page on the second author Page name optional Family name 3 last3 author3 Last name or surname of the third author, or the whole name for an author with only given names or an organisation; don't wikilink, use "author-link3" Line optional Given name 3 first3 Given name of the third author; if an author has only given names, use "last3"; don't wikilink, use "author-link3" Line optional Author link 3 author-link3 author3-link Title of existing Wikipedia page on the third author Page name optional Family name 4 last4 author4 Last name or surname of the fourth author, or the whole name for an author with only given names or an organisation; don't wikilink, use "author-link4" Line optional Given name 4 first4 Given name of the fourth author; if an author has only given names, use "last4"; don't wikilink, use "author-link4" Line optional Author link 4 author-link4 author4-link Title of existing Wikipedia page on the fourth author Page name optional Family name 5 last5 author5 Last name or surname of the fifth author, or the whole name for an author with only given names or an organisation; don't wikilink, use "author-link5" Line optional Given name 5 first5 Given name of the fifth author; if an author has only given names, use "last5"; don't wikilink, use "author-link5" Line optional Author link 5 author-link5 author5-link Title of existing Wikipedia page on the fifth author Page name optional Family name 6 last6 author6 Last name or surname of the sixth author, or the whole name for an author with only given names or an organisation; don't wikilink, use "author-link6" Line optional Given name 6 first6 Given name of the sixth author; if an author has only given names, use "last6"; don't wikilink, use "author-link6" Line optional Author link 6 author-link6 author6-link Title of existing Wikipedia page on the sixth author Page name optional Family name 7 last7 author7 Last name or surname of the seventh author, or the whole name for an author with only given names or an organisation; don't wikilink, use "author-link7" Line optional Given name 7 first7 Given name of the seventh author; if an author has only given names, use "last7"; don't wikilink, use "author-link7" Line optional Author link 7 author-link7 author7-link Title of existing Wikipedia page on the seventh author Page name optional Family name 8 last8 author8 Last name or surname of the eighth author, or the whole name for an author with only given names or an organisation; don't wikilink, use "author-link8" Line optional Given name 8 first8 Given name of the eighth author; if an author has only given names, use "last8"; don't wikilink, use "author-link8" Line optional Author link 8 author-link8 author8-link Title of existing Wikipedia page on the eighth author Page name optional