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== Usage ==
== Usage ==
Citations within a page should use consistent formats. However, there is no consensus about which format is best. The following examples are for citations where one or more authors are listed in a single <tt><nowiki>|author=authors</nowiki></tt> parameter, using any format. Also shown below are two separate date formats that are commonly used:
=== Copyable examples with pre-filled accessdate ===
Citations within a page should use consistent formats. However, there is no consensus about which format is best. The following examples are for citations where one or more authors are listed in a single <tt><nowiki>|author=authors</nowiki></tt> parameter, using any format. Also shown below are two separate date formats that are commonly used:


;'''Day Month Year'''
;Day Month Year
<code><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=24 February 2012}}</nowiki></code>
<code><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>
;'''Month Day, Year'''
;Month Day, Year
<code><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=February 24, 2012}}</nowiki></code>
<code><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>


=== All parameters ===
;Day Month Year, all parameters
When copying all parameters delete those which are not needed.
<code><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |first= |last= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |month= |year= |work= |publisher= |page= |pages= |language= |format= |id= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}<nowiki>|quote= }}</nowiki></code>
;Month Day, Year, all parameters
<code><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |first= |last= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |month= |year= |work= |publisher= |page= |pages= |language= |format= |id= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}<nowiki>|quote= }}</nowiki></code>


<code><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |first= |last= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |month= |year= |work= |publisher= |page= |pages= |language= |format= |id= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= |quote= }}</nowiki></code>
=== Paramenters ===
<code style="whitespace: pre-wrap;"><nowiki>{{</nowiki>'''cite web''' <nowiki>|</nowiki>url= <nowiki>|</nowiki>title= <nowiki>|</nowiki>''first''= <nowiki>|</nowiki>''last''= <nowiki>|</nowiki>''author''= <nowiki>|</nowiki>''authorlink''= <nowiki>|</nowiki>''coauthors''= <nowiki>|</nowiki>''date''= <nowiki>|</nowiki>''month''= <nowiki>|</nowiki>''year''= <nowiki>|</nowiki>''work''= <nowiki>|</nowiki>''publisher''= <nowiki>|</nowiki>''page''= <nowiki>|</nowiki>''pages''= <nowiki>|</nowiki>''language''= <nowiki>|</nowiki>''format''= <nowiki>|</nowiki>''id''= <nowiki>|</nowiki>''archiveurl''= <nowiki>|</nowiki>''archivedate''= <nowiki>|</nowiki>''accessdate''=<nowiki>|</nowiki>''quote''= <nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>
 
The only mandatory parameters are '''url''' and '''title'''.  If '''archiveurl''' and '''archivedate''' are used, both of of them or neither must be used.
 
;url:  URL of the resource.
 
;title:  Title of the resource.
 
;first:  First name of the single author.  Not needed if '''author''' is used instead.
 
;last:  Last name of the single author.  Not needed if '''author''' is used instead.
 
;author:  Name of the author(s), not needed to use if the resource have only one author and '''first''' and '''last''' are used instead.
 
;authorlink:  Link to authors home page, user page or profile.
 
;coauthors:  FIXME (unknown usage)
 
;date:  Date of resource.  Could be a full date or a partial date like month and year.
 
;month:  The month the resource was published.  Not needed if date is used.
 
;year:  The year the resource was published.  Not needed if date is used.
 
;work:  See '''url'''.
 
;publisher:  The publisher of the resource.  May include a link.
 
;page:  The page in the resource (online book, catalogue etc.) that is relevant.  Use '''pages''' if more than one page.
 
;pages:  The numbered pages in the resource that is relevant.  Separate ranges with en dash <nowiki>&ndash;</nowiki> (&amp;ndash;) and non sequaential pages with comma (,).
 
;language:  The language of the resource if it is not English or the language of a translated page.
 
;format:  Format of the resource, for example pdf, doc or djvu.
 
;id:  FIXME (unknown usage)
 
;archiveurl:  Link to an archived copy of a web page.  Both of '''archiveurl''' and '''archivedate''' or neither must be used.
 
;archivedate:  Date when original URL was archived.
 
;accessdate:  The date the resource was found and added this page, or date it was updated.  For example '''date={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}''', or '''date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}'''.
 
;quote:  A quote from the resource.


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