Template:Cite sports-reference/sandbox

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This template is a Citation Style 1 specific-source template based on {{Cite web}}. For centralised Citation Style 1 discussions, see Help talk:Citation Style 1.

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Template:Cite sports-reference displays an external link to a web page at Sports-Reference.com. It is implemented via the {{Cite web}} template for use as a reference within an article.

Links to Olympics at Sports-Reference.com, also known as SR/Olympics, are archived since the Sports Reference Olympic site closed on 14 May 2020. The web archive defaults to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. The archive date defaults to 4 December 2016 because pages after that display incorrect output for extended characters. A specific archive may be specified via the |archive-url= and |archive-date= parameters.

Usage

{{Cite sports-reference |title= [link text/name] |url= [full url] |access-date= [date accessed] }}

Day Month Year format

{{Cite sports-reference |title= [link text/name] |url= [full url] |access-date= 31 August 2025 }}

Month Day, Year format

{{Cite sports-reference |title= [link text/name] |url= [full url] |access-date= August 31, 2025 }}

All parameters

{{Cite sports-reference |title= |url= |access-date= |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-status= |quote= |df= |ref= }}

Examples

Usage	Result
`{{Cite sports-reference \|title= Larysa Latynina \|url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/larysa-latynina-1.html \|access-date= 5 May 2011 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110501003537/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/larysa-latynina-1.html \|archive-date= 1 May 2011 \|url-status= dead }}`	Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Larysa Latynina". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
`{{Cite sports-reference \|title= 2004 Modern Pentathlon: Men's Individual \|url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/MOP/mens-individual.html \|access-date= 13 November 2012 }}`	Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "2004 Modern Pentathlon: Men's Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
`{{Cite sports-reference \|title= Bob Djokovich \|url= https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/bob-djokovich-1.html \|accessdate= July 16, 2012 }}`	"Bob Djokovich". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
`{{Cite sports-reference \|title= Arkansas Razorbacks \|url= https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/arkansas/ \|access-date= August 12, 2014 }}`	"Arkansas Razorbacks". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
`{{Cite sports-reference \|title= Heinie Zimmerman wins the retro-active 1912 NL Triple Crown \|url= https://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2015/03/heine-zimmerman-1912-triple-crown/ \|accessdate= March 5, 2015 \|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150306075319/http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2015/03/heine-zimmerman-1912-triple-crown/ \|archivedate= March 6, 2015 \|url-status= live }}`	"Heinie Zimmerman wins the retro-active 1912 NL Triple Crown". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on March 6, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

Tracking categories

Unknown and unnamed parameters:

URL not specified:

Olympic athlete URL:

Templates and modules used

Module:String
Module:Wd
{{PAGENAMEBASE}} and {{First word}}, implemented with Module:String
{{Cite web}}, implemented with Module:Citation/CS1
{{Str endswith}}
{{Yesno-yes}}
Module:Check for unknown parameters

External links

List of archived pages at www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/

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