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This template is used to cite online sources in Wikipedia articles. {{Cite news}} can also be used when citing a news source; for general information about citations in Wikipedia articles, see Wikipedia:cite sources.

A general discussion of the use of templates for adding citation of open-source web content to Wikipedia articles is available at citation templates.

Contents

Usage

Please note that in order to avoid the article being tagged as having a broken citation, none of the parameters should be capitalised. Use "url", "title", etc. - not "Url", "Title", etc.

Common forms

Common form (with current date)

{{cite web |title= |url= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=3 July 2009}}

Using last, first and coauthor(s) (with current date)

{{cite web |last= |first= |coauthors= |title= |url= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=3 July 2009}}

Using author and authorlink (with current date)

{{cite web |author= |authorlink= |title= |url= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=3 July 2009}}

Using archived version

{{cite web |author= |title= |url= |archiveurl= |date= |archivedate= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=3 July 2009}}

All parameters

When copying all parameters in either the horizontal or vertical layouts, delete those which are not needed.

All parameters, horizontal layout

{{cite web |first= |last= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= |url= |archiveurl= |work= |publisher= |location= |trans_title= |page= |pages= |language= |format= |doi= |date= |month= |year= |archivedate= |quote= |accessdate=3 July 2009}}

All parameters, vertical layout
{{cite web
 |first       = 
 |last        = 
 |author      = 
 |authorlink  = 
 |coauthors   = 
 |title       = 
 |url         = 
 |archiveurl  = 
 |work        = 
 |publisher   = 
 |location    = 
 |page        = 
 |pages       = 
 |language    = 
 |trans_title =
 |format      = 
 |doi         = 
 |date        = 
 |month       = 
 |year        = 
 |archivedate = 
 |accessdate  = 
 |quote       = 
}}

Required parameters

  • title: Title of online item.
  • url: URL of online item. Start the url with the communications protocol, e.g. http://.

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
  • a date parameter:
    • either date: Full date of publication. Should be in the same format as used in the main text of the article and should not be wikilinked. (per Manual of Style (dates))
    • or year: Year of publication, and month: Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use date instead. Should 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
    • location: Geographical place of publication.
  • 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).
    • trans_title: A translated title of the article, in case the original title is in a foreign language. Would normally be used in conjunction with the 'language' parameter.
  • doi: A digital object identifier for the document, such as 10.1038/news070508-7
    • Doilabel: If the doi contains some characters that must be escaped, use "doilabel" for the unescaped version. See {{doi}}: "id" is equivalent to "doi" and "label" is "doilabel"
  • archive parameters (if used, must be used both of them together)
    • archiveurl: The URL of an archived copy of the page, if (or in case) the url becomes unavailable. Typically used to refer to services like WebCite and Archive.org.
    • archivedate: Date when the item was archived. Should be in the same format as used in the main text of the article and should not be wikilinked. (per Manual of Style (dates))
  • accessdate: Full date when item was accessed, in the appropriate date format for the article. Should not be wikilinked.
  • quote: Relevant quote from online item.
  • separator / postscript: The punctuation to use between fields / at the end of the citation

Duplicate periods

By default, cite web separates fields with periods, so don't encode a field ending with a period or a duplicate period will be added. Example: publisher=Camelot, Inc will correctly show as Camelot, Inc. but publisher=Camelot, Inc. will incorrectly show as Camelot, Inc..

Examples

Some standard use cases
  • {{cite web |author=Doe, John |title=My favorite things part II |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005 }}
    → Doe, John (30 April 2005). "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. http://www.example.org/. Retrieved on 6 July 2005. 
  • {{cite web |author=Doe, John |title=My favorite things part II |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005 }}
    → Doe, John (30 April 2005). "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. http://www.example.org/. Retrieved on 6 July 2005. 
  • {{cite web |author=Doe, John |title=My favorite things part II |date=30 April 2005 |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005 }}
    → Doe, John (30 April 2005). "My favorite things part II". http://www.example.org/. Retrieved on 6 July 2005. 
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/fans/ |title=Digest of rules |publisher= National Football League |accessdate=6 July 2005 }}
    → "Digest of rules". National Football League. http://www.nfl.com/fans/. Retrieved on 6 July 2005. 
Using format
Foreign language and translated title
coauthors
  • {{cite web |first=John |last=Doe |coauthors=Smith, Peter; Smythe, Jim |title=My favorite things part II |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=16 May 2006 }}
    → Doe, John; Smith, Peter; Smythe, Jim (30 April 2005). "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. http://www.example.org/. Retrieved on 16 May 2006. 
No author
  • {{cite web |title=My favorite things part II |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=16 May 2006 }}
    → "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. 30 April 2005. http://www.example.org/. Retrieved on 16 May 2006. 
No author, no publisher
  • {{cite web |title=My favorite things part II |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005 }}
    → "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. 30 April 2005. http://www.example.org/. Retrieved on 6 July 2005. 
Using "archiveurl" and "archivedate" for webpages that have been archived
Using "quote"
  • {{cite web |title=My favorite things part II |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005 |quote=Lorem ipsum dolor. }}
    → "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. http://www.example.org/. Retrieved on 6 July 2005. "Lorem ipsum dolor." 
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