Template:Cite web
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This template is used to cite sources in Wikipedia. It is specifically for web sites which are not news sources. This template replaces deprecated template:web reference. It provides lower case parameters only.
Usage
{{cite web
| url =
| title =
| accessdate =
| accessmonthday =
| accessyear =
| author =
| last =
| first =
| authorlink =
| coauthors =
| date =
| year =
| month =
| format =
| work =
| publisher =
| pages =
| language =
}}
{{cite web|url= |title= |accessdate= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |author= |last= |first=
|authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages=
|language= }}
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
- last works with first to produce
last, first - authorlink works either with author or with last & first to link to the appropriate article
- coauthors: allows additional authors
- last works with first to produce
- 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.
- format: Format, e.g. PDF. HTML implied if not specified.
- work: If this item is part of a larger work, name of that work.
- publisher: Publisher, if any.
- pages: Pages, if any, especially if pdf format
- language: language of publication
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