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

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| origdate =

| origyear =

| origmonth =

| url =

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| date =

| year =

| month =

| publisher =

| ___location =

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| last = Elford

| authorlink =

| coauthors =

| year = 1974

| month =

| date =

| title = <The Icelanders - Their Ontario Year.>

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| author =

| year =

| month =

| title = <!-- required -->

| journal =

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| authorlink =

| author =

| coauthors =

| title =

| url =

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** '''last''' works with '''first''' to produce <code>last, first</code>

** '''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

* '''url''': Link to the news item if available online

** '''format''': Format, i.e. PDF. Don't specify for HTML (implied as default).

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| first =

| authorlink =

| coauthors =

| date =

| year =

| month =

| work =

| publisher =

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;Using author

<tt><nowiki>{{Cite web |url= |title= |accessdate= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</nowiki></tt>

;Using last, first

<tt><nowiki>{{Cite web |url= |title= |accessdate= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</nowiki></tt>

The most common parameters are as follows. See also the complete documentation in [[Template:Cite web]].

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* '''title''' (required): Title of online item.

* '''accessdate''' in same format as dates in body of article.

* 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, in same format as main text of article. Or, use '''year''', and optionally '''month'''. If you also have the day, use ''date'' instead. (optional)

* '''archiveurl''': URL of the archive ___location of the item, and '''archivedate''': Date when the item was archived, in same format as main text of the article.