Template:Cite web/doc

This template is used to cite online sources in Wikipedia articles. Cite news can also be used when citing a news source; for general information about citations in Wikipedia articles, see Wikipedia:cite sources.

A general discussion of the use of templates for adding citation of open-source web content to Wikipedia articles is available at citation templates.

Usage
Please notice that none of the parameters should be capitalised, to avoid the article being tagged as having a broken citation. Use "url", "title", etc. - not "Url", "Title", etc.

Common forms
 
 * Common form (with current date)

 
 * Using last, first and coauthor(s) (with current date)

 
 * Using author (with current date)

 
 * Using archived version

All parameters
When copying all parameters, in either horizontal or vertical layout, delete those you don't need.  
 * All parameters, horizontal layout


 * All parameters, vertical layout

Required parameters

 * url: URL of online item. Start the url with the communications protocol e.g. http://.
 * title: Title of online item.

Optional parameters

 * author: Author
 * last works with first to produce
 * 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
 * a date parameter:
 * either date: Full date of publication. Should be in the same format as used in the main text of the article and should not be wikilinked. (per Manual of Style (dates))


 * or year: Year of publication, and month: Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use date instead. Should not be wikilinked.
 * format: Format, e.g. PDF. HTML implied if not specified.
 * work: If this item is part of a larger "work", such as a book, periodical or website, write the name of that work.
 * publisher: Publisher, if any—for example if the website is hosted by a government service, educational institution, or company
 * location: Geographical place of publication.
 * pages: pp. 5–7: first page and optional last page. This is for listing the pages relevant to the citation, not the total number of pages in the book.
 * language: language of publication (don't specify "English" as this is the default).
 * doi: A digital object identifier for the document, such as  10.1038/news070508-7 
 * Doilabel: If the doi contains some characters that must be escaped, use "doilabel" for the unescaped version. See doi: "id" is equivalent to "doi" and "label" is "doilabel"
 * archive parameters (if used, must be used both of them together)
 * archiveurl: The URL of an archived copy of the page, if (or in case) the url becomes unavailable. Typically used to refer to services like WebCite and Archive.org.
 * archivedate: Date when the item was archived. Should be in the same format as used in the main text of the article and should not be wikilinked. (per Manual of Style (dates))
 * accessdate: Full date when item was accessed, in the appropriate date format for the article. Should not be wikilinked.
 * quote: Relevant quote from online item.
 * separator / postscript: The punctuation to use between fields / at the end of the citation

Duplicate periods
By default, cite web separates fields with periods, so don't encode a field ending with a period or a duplicate period will be added. Example: publisher=Camelot, Inc will correctly show as Camelot, Inc. but publisher=Camelot, Inc. will incorrectly show as Camelot, Inc..

Examples

 * Some standard use cases












 * Using format


 * language


 * coauthors


 * No author


 * No author, no publisher






 * Using "archiveurl" and "archivedate" for webpages that have been archived




 * Using "quote"

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