Template:Cite web

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Goal

This template is used to cite online sources in wiki articles.

Usage

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 |author=authors parameter, using any format. Also shown below are two separate date formats that are commonly used:

Day Month Year

{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |publisher= |accessdate=19 April 2024}}

Month Day, Year

{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |publisher= |accessdate=April 19, 2024}}

Day Month Year, all parameters

{{cite web |url= |title= |first= |last= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |month= |year= |work= |publisher= |page= |pages= |language= |format= |id= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=19 April 2024 |quote= }}

Vertical format for use in external links section:

* {{cite web
 | url = 
 | title = 
 | first = 
 | last = 
 | author = 
 | authorlink = 
 | coauthors = 
 | date = 
 | month = 
 | year = 
 | work = 
 | publisher = 
 | page = 
 | pages = 
 | language = 
 | format = 
 | id = 
 | archiveurl = 
 | archivedate = 
 | accessdate = 19 April 2024
 | quote = 
 }}

Month Day, Year, all parameters

{{cite web |url= |title= |first= |last= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |month= |year= |work= |publisher= |page= |pages= |language= |format= |id= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=April 19, 2024 |quote= }}

Vertical format for use in external links section:

* {{cite web
 | url = 
 | title = 
 | first = 
 | last = 
 | author = 
 | authorlink = 
 | coauthors = 
 | date = 
 | month = 
 | year = 
 | work = 
 | publisher = 
 | page = 
 | pages = 
 | language = 
 | format = 
 | id = 
 | archiveurl = 
 | archivedate = 
 | accessdate = April 19, 2024
 | quote = 
 }}

Paramenters

{{cite web |url= |title= |first= |last= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |month= |year= |work= |publisher= |page= |pages= |language= |format= |id= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= |quote= }}

The only mandatory parameters are url and title. If archiveurl or archivedate are used, both of them 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 – (–) 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=19 April 2024, or date=April 19, 2024.

quote

A quote from the resource.