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Note that the use of these templates is not required.

Citing a book

{{cite book}}

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{{cite book | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor = | others = | title = '''REQUIRED''' | origdate = | origyear = | origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = | date = | year = | month = | publisher = | ___location = | language = | id = | pages = | chapter = | chapterurl = | quote = }}	{{cite book | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = | title = '''REQUIRED''' | publisher = | ___location = | id = }}

Citing a journal

{{cite journal}}

{{cite journal | first = | last = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = | month = | title = '''REQUIRED''' | journal = | volume = | issue = | pages = | id = | url = }}

{{cite journal | author = | year = | month = | title = '''REQUIRED''' | journal = | volume = | issue = | pages = | id = | url = }}

Citing a news article

{{cite news}}

{{cite news
  | first=
  | last=
  | author=
  | url=
  | title=
  | work=
  | publisher=
  | pages=
  | page=
  | date=
  | accessdate=
}}

• title is required, rest is optional.
• author: Author
  • last works with first to produce last, first
• publisher: Publisher, if any.
• accessdate: Date when item was accessed. Use ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format.
• work: If this item is part of a larger work, name of that work.
• pages overrides page
• See Template talk:Cite news for more help on using this template.

Note: {{news reference}} is now deprecated; please use {{cite news}} instead for new references, and gradually migrate existing references.

Citing the web

{{cite web}}

{{cite web
 | last = 
 | first = 
 | authorlink = 
 | coauthors = 
 | year = 
 | url = 
 | title = 
 | format = 
 | work = 
 | publisher = 
 | accessdate = 
 | accessyear = 
}}