Template:Cite web/doc
This template is used to cite sources in Wikipedia. It is specifically for web sites which are not news sources. It provides lower case parameters only.
Usage
- Common form for cases where little is known about authorship of the page (with current date)
{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=2024-12-27 |format= |work= }}
- Using last, first (with current date)
{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=2024-12-27 |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}
- Using author (with current date)
{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=2024-12-27 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}
- Using non-linked retrieved date, last, first
{{cite web |url= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}
- Using non-linked retrieved date, author
{{cite web |url= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}
- All parameters
{{cite web | url = | title = | accessdate = | accessmonthday = | accessyear = | author = | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | date = | year = | month = | format = | work = | publisher = | pages = | language = | archiveurl = | archivedate = | quote = }}
Required parameters
- url: URL of online item.
- title: Title of online item.
For producing a wikilinked date of retrieval:
- accessdate: Full date when item was accessed, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, for example "accessdate = 2006-02-17". Must not be wikilinked
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 = 2005".
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, 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. 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).
- 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.
- 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.com/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Doe, John (2005-04-30). "My Favorite Things Part II". Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved 2005-07-06. Check date values in:|date=
(help)
- {{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
}}
→ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Doe, John (2005-04-30). "My Favorite Things Part II". Encyclopedia of Things. Retrieved 2005-07-06. Check date values in:|date=
(help)
- {{cite web
| author=Doe, John
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| date=[[2005-04-30]]
| url=http://www.example.com/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Doe, John (2005-04-30). "My Favorite Things Part II". Retrieved 2005-07-06. Check date values in:|date=
(help)
- {{cite web
| author=Doe, John
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| url=http://www.example.com/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Doe, John. "My Favorite Things Part II". Retrieved 2005-07-06.
- {{cite web
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| url=http://www.example.com/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"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
}}
→ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"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.com/
| accessmonthday=July 6
| accessyear=2005
}}
→ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"My Favorite Things Part II". Encyclopedia of Things. Unknown parameter|accessyear=
ignored (|access-date=
suggested) (help); Unknown parameter|accessmonthday=
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
}}
→ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"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.com/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
| language=French
}}
→ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Joliet, François (2005-04-30). "Honnit soit qui mal y pense" (in French). Retrieved 2005-07-06. Check date values in:|date=
(help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
- 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
}}
→ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Doe, John (2005-04-30). "My Favorite Things Part II". Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved 2006-05-16. Unknown parameter|coauthors=
ignored (|author=
suggested) (help); Check date values in:|date=
(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.com/ | accessdate=2006-05-16
}}
→ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"My Favorite Things Part II". Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. 2005-04-30. Retrieved 2006-05-16. Check date values in:|date=
(help)
- 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
}}
→ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"My Favorite Things Part II". Encyclopedia of Things. 2005-04-30. Retrieved 2005-07-06. Check date values in:|date=
(help)
- {{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=[[2005-04-30]] | url=http://www.example.com/ | accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"My Favorite Things Part II". 2005-04-30. Retrieved 2005-07-06. Check date values in:|date=
(help)
- {{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=[[2005-04-30]] | url=http://www.example.com/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
→ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"My Favorite Things Part II". 2005-04-30. Retrieved 2005-07-06. Check date values in:|date=
(help)
- {{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
}}
→ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"List of psychotropic substances under international control" (PDF) (in Greek). 2005-04-30. Retrieved 2005-07-06. Check date values in:|date=
(help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
- 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
| archiveurl=http://www.archive.org/2005-09-11/www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| archivedate=2005-09-11
}}
→ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"List of psychotropic substances under international control" (PDF). 2005-04-30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-09-11. Retrieved 2005-07-06. Check date values in:|date=
(help)
-
{{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
}}
}}
→ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"Interview with Maggie Downs". The Desert Sun. 2006-03-31. Archived from the original on 2006-04-26. Check date values in:|date=
(help)
- Using quote
- {{cite web
| title = My Favorite Things Part II
| work = Encyclopedia of Things
| url = http://www.example.com/
| accessdate = 2005-07-06
| quote = Lorem ipsum dolor.
}}
→ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"My Favorite Things Part II". Encyclopedia of Things. Retrieved 2005-07-06.Lorem ipsum dolor.
- No parameters (error)
- {{cite web}}
→ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Empty citation (help)