Wikipedia:Template index/Sources of articles/Citation quick reference: Difference between revisions

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Citing a news article: rm obsolete ref. to wikilinking dates to provide date user preferences
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| url =
| title =
| accessdate = | accessmonthday = | accessyear =
| author = | last = | first =
| authorlink =
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* '''url''' (required): URL of online item.
* '''title''' (required): Title of online item.
* one of '''accessdate''' in YYYY-MM-DD format with no wikilink (e.g. "accessdate = 2006-02-17"), or '''accessmonthday''' and '''accessyear''', for example "accessmonthday = May 10 |accessyear = 2005". (One or the other required.)
* either '''author''', or '''last''' and '''first''' to produce <code>last, first</code>. Don't wikilink these; instead use '''authorlink''' to link to the appropriate wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs. Add optional '''coauthors''' to record additional authors. (optional)
* '''date''': Full date of publication, YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. ''2006-02-17''. May be wikilinked. Or, use '''year''', and optionally '''month'''. If you also have the day, use ''date'' instead. (optional)