Template:Cite web
- This template documentation is transcluded from Template:Cite web/doc [edit]
This template is used to cite sources in Wikiquote. It is specifically for web sites which are not news sources. This template replaces deprecated w:template:web reference. It provides lower case parameters only.
Usage
- Vertical format
{{cite web
| url =
| title =
| author =
| authorlink =
| last =
| first =
| coauthors =
| date =
| year =
| month =
| language =
| format =
| work =
| pages =
| publisher =
| archiveurl =
| archivedate =
| accessdate =
| accessmonthday =
| accessyear =
}}
- Horizontal format
{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |authorlink= |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month=
|language= |format= |work= |pages= |publisher= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=
|accessmonthday= |accessyear= }}
Required parameters
- url: URL of online item.
- title: Title of online item.
- One of the two date format parameters:
- accessdate: Full date when item was accessed, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17. Must not be wikilinked; it will be linked automatically.
- accessmonthday and accessyear: Month and day when item was accessed, e.g. May 10, and year when item was accessed, e.g. 2005. Will not be wikilinked.
Optional parameters
- author: Author
- authorlink works either with author or with last & first to link to the appropriate wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs.
- last works with first to produce
last, first - coauthors: allows additional authors
- date: Full date of publication, preferably in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17. May 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.
- language: language of publication
- format: Format, e.g. PDF. HTML implied if not specified.
- work: If this item is part of a larger work, name of that work.
- pages: Pages, if any, especially if pdf format
- publisher: Publisher, if any.
- archiveurl: URL of the archive location of the item (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; it will be linked automatically.
See also
- w:Wikipedia:Citing sources: Style guide
- w:Wikipedia:Citation templates: Related templates
- w:Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikicite
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite news
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.com/ |accessdate=2005-07-06}}
→ Doe, John (2005-04-30). My Favorite Things Part II. Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved on 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.com/ |accessdate=2005-07-06}}
→ Doe, John (2005-04-30). My Favorite Things Part II. Encyclopedia of Things. Retrieved on 2005-07-06.
- {{cite web |author=Doe, John |title=My Favorite Things Part II |date=[[2005-04-30]] |url=http://www.example.com/ |accessdate=2005-07-06}}
→ Doe, John (2005-04-30). My Favorite Things Part II. Retrieved on 2005-07-06.
- {{cite web |author=Doe, John |title=My Favorite Things Part II |url=http://www.example.com/ |accessdate=2005-07-06}}
→ Doe, John. My Favorite Things Part II. Retrieved on 2005-07-06.
- {{cite web |title=My Favorite Things Part II |url=http://www.example.com/ |accessdate=2005-07-06}}
→ My Favorite Things Part II. Retrieved on 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 on 2005-07-06.
- No parameters
- {{cite web}}
→ Error on call to Template:cite web: Parameters url and title must be specified.
- accessdate in ISO YYYY-MM-DD format
- {{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.com/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ Doe, John (2005-04-30). My Favorite Things Part II. Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved on 2005-07-06.
- 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 on 2005-07-06.
- language
- {{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.com/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
| language=English
}}
→ Doe, John (2005-04-30). My Favorite Things Part II (in English). Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved on 2005-07-06.
- coauthors
- {{cite web | first=John | last=Doe | coauthors=Peter Smith, Jim Smythe | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=[[2005-04-30]] | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.com/ | accessdate=2006-05-16
}}
→ Doe, John; Peter Smith, Jim Smythe (2005-04-30). My Favorite Things Part II. Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved on 2006-05-16.
- 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.com/ | accessdate=2006-05-16
}}
→ My Favorite Things Part II. Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing (2005-04-30). Retrieved on 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.com/ | accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ My Favorite Things Part II. Encyclopedia of Things (2005-04-30). Retrieved on 2005-07-06.
- {{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=[[2005-04-30]] | url=http://www.example.com/ | accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ My Favorite Things Part II (2005-04-30). Retrieved on 2005-07-06.
- {{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=[[2005-04-30]] | url=http://www.example.com/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 | language=English
}}
→ My Favorite Things Part II (in English) (2005-04-30). Retrieved on 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=English
}}
→ List of psychotropic substances under international control (in English) (PDF) (2005-04-30). Retrieved on 2005-07-06.
- Using archiveurl and archivedate to refer to items that went away but are available from an archive site
- {{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=English
| 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 (in English) (PDF) (2005-04-30). Archived from the original on 2005-09-11. Retrieved on 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.