Template:Cite web
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{{Cite arXiv}} | arXiv preprint |
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{{Cite AV media}} | audio and visual |
{{Cite AV media notes}} | audio and visual liner notes |
{{Cite book}} | books |
{{Cite conference}} | conference papers |
{{Cite DVD notes}} | DVD liner notes |
{{Cite encyclopedia}} | edited collections |
{{Cite episode}} | radio or television episodes |
{{Cite interview}} | interviews |
{{Cite journal}} | magazines, journals, academic papers |
{{Cite mailing list}} | public mailing lists |
{{Cite map}} | maps |
{{Cite news}} | news articles |
{{Cite newsgroup}} | online newsgroups |
{{Cite podcast}} | audio or video podcast |
{{Cite press release}} | press releases |
{{Cite serial}} | audio or video serials |
{{Cite sign}} | signs, plaques |
{{Cite speech}} | speeches |
{{Cite techreport}} | technical reports |
{{Cite thesis}} | theses |
{{Cite web}} | web sources |
This Citation Style 1 template is used to create citations for web sources that are not characterized by another CS1 template.
Contents
Usage
Copy a blank version to use. All parameter names must be in lowercase. Use the "|" (pipe) character between each parameter. Delete unused parameters to avoid clutter in the edit window. Some samples may include the current date. If the date is not current, then
the page.
For references with author credit
For references without author credit
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{{cite web |url= |title= |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= |quote= }} |
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Vertical list | Prerequisites | Brief instructions / notes |
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{{cite web |url= |url-access= |url-status= |title= |last= |first= |author-link= |last2= |first2= |author-link2= |date= |year= |orig-year= |editor-last= |editor-first= |editor-link= |editor2-last= |editor2-first= |editor2-link= |department= |website= |series= |publisher= |agency= |location= |page= |pages= |at= |language= |script-title= |trans-title= |type= |format= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |doi-broken-date= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |via= |quote= |ref= |postscript= |subscription= |registration= }} |
last last last2 editor-last editor-last editor2-last url, archive-date archive-url url url |
required required |
- If a field name is listed in the Prerequisites column it is a prerequisite for the field to the left.
Choosing between {{Cite web}} and {{Cite news}}
Before 2014, editors had to decide whether to use {{Cite web}} or {{Cite news}} based on their features. In 2014, Template:Em the differences between the two templates were eliminated.
As of Template:Diff, {{Cite web}} and {{Cite news}} have the following differences:
- {{Cite news}} can be used for offline (paper) sources whereas {{Cite web}} generates a missing URL error when no URL is provided
- {{Cite news}} accepts
|issue=
and|volume=
parameters while {{Cite web}} does not (See Template:Section link; see also {{Cite magazine}}.)
But given the same set of valid parameters, their output is exactly the same:
Cite web: | Silverman, Dwight (July 15, 2011). "Microsoft envisions a universal OS, but it might not be called Windows". Houston Chronicle. Hearst Corporation. Retrieved May 26, 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> |
Cite news: | Template:Cite news |
Examples
{{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=My Favorite Things, Part II |last=Doe |first=John |publisher=Open Publishing |date=April 30, 2005 |website=Encyclopedia of Things |access-date=December 5, 2019}}
- Doe, John (April 30, 2005). "My Favorite Things, Part II". Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved December 5, 2019.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
{{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=My Favorite Things, Part II |last=Doe |first=John |date=30 April 2005 |website=Encyclopedia of Things |access-date=5 December 2019}}
- Doe, John (30 April 2005). "My Favorite Things, Part II". Encyclopedia of Things. Retrieved 5 December 2019.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
{{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=My Favorite Things, Part II |last=Doe |first=John |date=2005-04-30 |access-date=2019-12-05}}
- Doe, John (2005-04-30). "My Favorite Things, Part II". Retrieved 2019-12-05.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
{{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=My Favorite Things, Part II |last=Doe |first=John |access-date=5 December 2019}}
- Doe, John. "My Favorite Things, Part II". Retrieved 5 December 2019.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
{{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=My Favorite Things, Part II |access-date=2019-12-05}}
- "My Favorite Things, Part II". Retrieved 2019-12-05.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
{{cite web |url=https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/nfl-rules-digest/ |title=NFL Rules Digest |website=NFL Football Operations |publisher=[[National Football League]] |access-date=December 5, 2019}}
- "NFL Rules Digest". NFL Football Operations. National Football League. Retrieved December 5, 2019.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
Using format
{{cite web |url=http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Pdf/Customs/List_of_Psychotropic_Substances.pdf |title=List of psychotropic substances under international control |publisher=International Narcotics Control Board |format=PDF |access-date=5 December 2019}}
- "List of psychotropic substances under international control" (PDF). International Narcotics Control Board. Retrieved 5 December 2019.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
Foreign language and translated title
{{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=Honi soit qui mal y pense |last=Joliet |first=François |date=30 April 2005 |access-date=5 December 2019 |language=French |trans-title=Shame on those who think evil of it}}
- Joliet, François (30 April 2005). "Honi soit qui mal y pense" [Shame on those who think evil of it] (in French). Retrieved 5 December 2019.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
Using author-link
{{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=My Favorite Things, Part II |last=Doe |first=John |author-link=John Doe |publisher=Open Publishing |date=April 30, 2005 |website=Encyclopedia of Things |access-date=December 5, 2019}}
- Doe, John (April 30, 2005). "My Favorite Things, Part II". Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved December 5, 2019.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
Multiple authors
{{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=Our Favourite Things |last1=Doe |first1=John |last2=Smith |first2=Peter |last3=Smythe |first3=Jim |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |website=Encyclopaedia of Things |access-date=5 December 2019}}
- Doe, John; Smith, Peter; Smythe, Jim (30 April 2005). "Our Favourite Things". Encyclopaedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved 5 December 2019.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
No author
{{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=Index of Sharp Things |publisher=Open Publishing |date=2005-04-30 |website=Encyclopedia of Things |access-date=2019-12-05}}
- "Index of Sharp Things". Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. 2005-04-30. Retrieved 2019-12-05.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
No author, no publisher
{{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=Index of Sharp Things |date=30 April 2005 |website=Encyclopedia of Things |access-date=5 December 2019}}
- "Index of Sharp Things". Encyclopedia of Things. 30 April 2005. Retrieved 5 December 2019.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
{{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=Index of Sharp Things |date=April 30, 2005 |access-date=December 5, 2019}}
- "Index of Sharp Things". April 30, 2005. Retrieved December 5, 2019.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
{{cite web |url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |title=List of psychotropic substances under international control |date=2005-04-30 |format=PDF |access-date=2019-12-05 |language=Greek}}
- "List of psychotropic substances under international control" (PDF) (in Greek). 2005-04-30. Retrieved 2019-12-05.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
Using "archive-url" and "archive-date" (and optionally "url-status") for webpages that have been archived
|url-status=dead
and the main link is to the archive:
{{cite web |url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |title=List of psychotropic substances under international control |date=2005-04-30 |format=PDF |access-date=2019-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050907150136/http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |archive-date=2005-09-07}}
- "List of psychotropic substances under international control" (PDF). 2005-04-30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-09-07. Retrieved 2019-12-05.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
|url-status=live
, the main link is to the original:
{{cite web |url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi?archive=currnews&story=20060405-01shore.htm |title=Interview with Maggie Downs |date=March 31, 2006 |publisher=The Desert Sun |archive-url=http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:JAxf4v-pQmgJ:joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi%3Farchive%3Dcurrnews%26story%3D20060405-01shore.htm |archive-date=April 26, 2006 |url-status=live}}
- "Interview with Maggie Downs". The Desert Sun. March 31, 2006. Archived from the original on April 26, 2006.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
|url-status=unfit
or <syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">usurped</syntaxhighlight>
, the original is not linked at all:
{{Cite web |url=http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/03772.html |title=London, United Kingdom Forecast : Weather Underground (weather and elevation at Heathrow Airport) |publisher=The Weather Underground |access-date=5 December 2019 | archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5yo0HaAk7 |archive-date=19 May 2011 |url-status=unfit}}
- "London, United Kingdom Forecast : Weather Underground (weather and elevation at Heathrow Airport)". The Weather Underground. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2019.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
Using quote
{{cite web |url=http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/c.html |title=Daylight saving time: rationale and original idea |website=WebExhibits |date=2008 |access-date=5 December 2019 |quote=... Lord Balfour came forward with a unique concern: 'Supposing some unfortunate lady was confined with twins ...'}}
- "Daylight saving time: rationale and original idea". WebExhibits. 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
... Lord Balfour came forward with a unique concern: 'Supposing some unfortunate lady was confined with twins ...'
<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
Parameters
Syntax
Nested parameters rely on their parent parameters:
- parent
- OR: parent2—may be used instead of parent
- child—may be used with parent (and is ignored if parent is not used)
- OR: child2—may be used instead of child (and is ignored if parent2 is not used)
- Where aliases are listed, only one of the parameters may be defined; if multiple aliased parameters are defined, then only one will show.
By default, sets of fields are terminated with a period (.). This can be an issue when the last field uses an abbreviation or initial that ends with a period, as then two periods will display (..). The only solution is to not include the last period in the value for the set of fields.
COinS
This template embeds COinS metadata in the HTML output, allowing reference management software to retrieve bibliographic metadata. See: Wikipedia:COinS. As a general rule, only one data item per parameter. Do not include explanatory or alternate text:
- Use
|date=27 September 2007
not|date=27 September 2007 (print version 25 September)
Use of templates within the citation template, is generally discouraged as many of these templates will add a lot of extraneous HTML or CSS that will be rendered in the metadata. Also, HTML entities, for example
, –
, etc, should not be used in parameters that contribute to the metadata.
COinS metadata is created for these parameters:
|periodical=
,|journal=
,|newspaper=
,|magazine=
,|work=
,|website=
,|encyclopedia=
,|encyclopaedia=
,|dictionary=
|chapter=
,|contribution=
,|entry=
,|article=
,|section=
|title=
|publicationplace=
,|publication-place=
|date=
,|year=
,|publicationdate=
,|publication-date=
|series=
|volume=
|issue=
,|number=
|page=
,|pages=
,|at=
|edition=
|publisher=
,|distributor=
,|institution=
|url=
|chapterurl=
,|chapter-url=
,|contributionurl=
,|contribution-url=
,|sectionurl=
|author#=
,|Author#=
,|authors#=
,|author#-last=
,|author-last#=
,|last#=
,|surname#=
- any of the identifiers (
|isbn=
,|issn=
,|doi=
,|pmc=
, etc)
What's new
Template:Citation Style documentation/whats new
Deprecated
The following parameters are deprecated. Their use will place the page into Category:Pages containing cite templates with deprecated parameters:
- access-date · accessday · accessdaymonth · accessed · accessmonth · accessmonthday · accessyear: Use accessdate to include the full date of access.
- day: Use date to include the day, month and year.
- dateformat · doilabel: These parameters are no longer supported.
Description
Authors
- <span id="csdoc_author" />last: Surname of author. Do not wikilink—use authorlink instead. Where the surname is usually written first—as in Chinese—or for corporate authors, simply use last to include the same format as the source. Aliases: last1, author, authors, author1.
- first: Given or first names of author, including title(s); for example: Firstname Middlename or Firstname M. or Dr. Firstname M., Sr. Do not wikilink—use authorlink instead. Aliases: first1. Requires last; first name will not display if last is empty.
- OR: for multiple authors, use last1, first1 through last9, first9 for up to nine authors. By default, if nine authors are defined, then only eight will show and "et al." will show in place of the last author. See the display parameters to change. Aliases: author1 through author9.
- authorlink: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author—not the author's website; do not wikilink. Aliases: authorlink1, author-link, author1-link, author1link.
- OR: for multiple authors, use authorlink1 through authorlink9. Aliases: author1-link through author9-link.
- <span id="csdoc_others" />others: To record other contributors to the work, such as Illustrated by John Smith or Translated by John Smith.
- When using shortened footnotes or parenthetical referencing styles with templates, do not use multiple names in one field or else the anchor will not match the inline link.
Title
- <span id="csdoc_title" />title: Title of source page on website; can be wikilinked to an existing Wikipedia article or url may be used to add an external link, but not both. Displays in quotes.
- Titles containing certain characters will display and link incorrectly unless those characters are encoded.
newline | [ | ] | | |
---|---|---|---|
space | [ | ] | | |
- <span id="csdoc_trans_title" />trans_title: If the source cited is in a foreign language, an English translation of the title can be given here. The template will display this in square brackets after the work field and it will link to the url field, if used. Use of the language parameter is recommended.
- This parameter is required and will generate an error if not defined. On errors, main, help and template pages are placed into Category:Articles with incorrect citation syntax. Set
|template doc demo=true
to disable categorization; mainly used for documentation where the error is demonstrated.
- <span id="csdoc_work" /><span id="csdoc_website" />website: Title of website; may be wikilinked. Displays in italics. Aliases: work
- type: Provides additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case. Displays in parentheses following the title. Examples: Thesis, Booklet, CD liner, Press release.
- language: The language the source is written in, if not English. Displays in parentheses with "in" before the language name. Use the full language name; do not use icons or templates.
Date
- <span id="csdoc_date" />date: Date of source being referenced. Can be full date (day, month, and year) or partial date (month and year, year). Use same format as other publication dates in the citations.<ref name="date" group="date"></ref> Required when year is used to disambiguate
{{sfn}}
links to multiple-work citations by the same author in the same year.[more] Do not wikilink. Displays after the authors and is enclosed in parentheses. If there is no author, then displays after publisher.
- <span id="csdoc_year" />OR:
- year: Year of source being referenced. Required with some types of
{{sfn}}
citations;[more] otherwise use date. - <span id="csdoc_month" />month: Name of the month or season of publication. If you also have the day, use date instead. Do not wikilink.
- year: Year of source being referenced. Required with some types of
- <span id="csdoc_origyear" />origyear: Original publication year; displays after the date or year. For clarity, please supply specifics. For example:
|origyear=First published 1859
or|origyear=Composed 1904
.
Website
- work: Name of the source periodical; may be wikilinked if relevant. Displays in italics. Aliases: journal, newspaper, magazine, periodical.
- issue: When the publication is one of a series that is published periodically. Alias: number.
- When set, work changes the formatting of other parameters:
- title is not italicized and is enclosed in quotes.
- chapter is italicized and is not enclosed in quotes.
- location and publisher are enclosed in parentheses.
- page and pages do not show p. or pp.
- edition does not display.
- type does not display.
Publisher
- <span id="csdoc_publisher" />publisher: Name of publisher; may be wikilinked if relevant. The publisher is the company that publishes the work being cited. Do not use the publisher parameter for the name of a work (e.g., a book, encyclopedia, newspaper, magazine, journal, website). Not normally used for periodicals. Corporate designations such as "Ltd", "Inc" or "GmbH" are not usually included. Omit where the publisher's name is substantially the same as the name of the work (for example, The New York Times Co. publishes The New York Times newspaper, so there is no reason to name the publisher). Displays after title.
- <span id="csdoc_location" /><span id="csdoc_place" />place: Geographical place of publication; generally not wikilinked; omit when the name of the work includes the location; examples: The Boston Globe, The Times of India. Displays after the title; if work is defined, then location is enclosed in parentheses. Alias: location
- <span id="csdoc_publication-place" />publication-place: If any one of publication-place, place or location are defined, then the location shows after the title; if publication-place and place or location are defined, then place or location are shown before the title prefixed with "written at" and publication-place is shown after the title.
- <span id="csdoc_publication-date" />publication-date: Date of publication when different from the date the work was written. Displays only if year or date are defined and only if different, else publication-date is used and displayed as date. Use the same format as other dates in the article; do not wikilink. Follows publisher; if work is not defined, then publication-date is preceded by "published" and enclosed in parenthesis.
Template:Citation Style documentation/agency
Series
- series or version: When the source is part of a series, such as a book series or a journal where the issue numbering has restarted.
In-source locations
- <span id="csdoc_page" />page: The number of a single page in the source that supports the content. Use either
|page=
or|pages=
, but not both. Displays preceded by<syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">p.</syntaxhighlight>
unless|nopp=y
. - <span id="csdoc_pages" />OR: pages: A range of pages in the source that supports the content. Use either
|page=
or|pages=
, but not both. Separate using an en dash (–); separate non-sequential pages with a comma (,); do not use to indicate the total number of pages in the source. Displays preceded by<syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">pp.</syntaxhighlight>
unless|nopp=y
.- <span id="csdoc_nopp" />nopp: Set to y to suppress the
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">p.</syntaxhighlight>
or<syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">pp.</syntaxhighlight>
notations where this is inappropriate; for example, where|page=Front cover
.
- <span id="csdoc_nopp" />nopp: Set to y to suppress the
- <span id="csdoc_at" />OR: at: For sources where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient. Overridden by
|page=
or|pages=
. Use only one of|page=
,|pages=
, or|at=
.
- Examples: page (p.) or pages (pp.); section (sec.), column (col.), paragraph (para.); track; hours, minutes and seconds; act, scene, canto, book, part, folio, stanza, back cover, liner notes, indicia, colophon, dust jacket, verse.
URL
- <span id="csdoc_url" />url: URL of an online location where the text of the publication can be found. Cannot be used if title is wikilinked. If applicable, the link may point to the specific page(s) referenced. Remove spurious tracking parameters from URLs, e.g.
#ixzz2rBr3aO94
or?utm_source=google&utm_medium=...&utm_term=...&utm_campaign=...
. Do not link to any commercial booksellers, such as Amazon.com. See: WP:PAGELINKS.- <span id="csdoc_accessdate" />accessdate: Full date when original URL was accessed; use the same format as other access and archive dates in the citations; requires url.<ref name="date" group="date"></ref> Do not wikilink. Not required for web pages or linked documents that do not change; mainly for use of web pages that change frequently or have no publication date. Can be hidden or styled by registered editors.
- <span id="csdoc_archiveurl" />archiveurl: The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the url becomes unavailable. Typically used to refer to services like WebCite (see: Wikipedia:Using WebCite) and Internet Archive (see: Wikipedia:Using the Wayback Machine); requires archivedate and url.
- <span id="csdoc_archivedate" />archivedate: Date when the original URL was archived; preceded by default text "archived from the original on". Use the same format as other access and archive dates in the citations. This does not necessarily have to be the same format that was used for citing publication dates.<ref name="date" group="date"></ref> Do not wikilink.
- <span id="csdoc_deadurl" />deadurl: When the URL is still live, but pre-emptively archived, then set
|deadurl=no
. This changes the display order with the title retaining the original link and the archive linked at the end.
- <span id="csdoc_template doc demo" />template doc demo: The archive parameters will be error checked to ensure that all the required parameters are included, or else {{citation error}} is invoked. With errors, main, help and template pages are placed into Category:Articles with incorrect citation syntax. Set
|template doc demo=true
to disable categorization; mainly used for documentation where the error is demonstrated.
- <span id="csdoc_format" />format: Format of the work referred to by url; for example: PDF, DOC, or XLS; displayed in parentheses after title. HTML is implied and should not be specified. Does not change the external link icon. Note: External link icons do not include alt text; thus, they do not add format information for the visually impaired.
- URLs must begin with a supported URI scheme.
http://
andhttps://
will be supported by all browsers; however,ftp://
,gopher://
,irc://
,ircs://
,mailto:
andnews:
will require a plug-in or an external application and should normally be avoided. IPv6 host-names are currently not supported. - If URLs in citation template parameters contain certain characters, then they will not display and link correctly. Those characters need to be percent-encoded. For example, a space must be replaced by
%20
. To encode the URL, replace the following characters with:
sp | " | ' | < | > | [ | ] | { | | | } |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
%20 | %22 | %27 | %3c | %3e | %5b | %5d | %7b | %7c | %7d |
- Single apostrophes do not need to be encoded; however, unencoded multiples will be parsed as italic or bold markup. Single curly closing braces also do not need to be encoded; however, an unencoded pair will be parsed as the double closing braces for the template transclusion.
Anchor
- <span id="csdoc_ref" />ref: ID for anchor. By default, no anchor is generated. The ordinary nonempty value
|ref=ID
generates an anchor with the given ID; such a linkable reference can be made the target of wikilinks to full references, especially useful in short citations like shortened notes and parenthetical referencing. The special value|ref=harv
generates an anchor suitable for the {{harv}} template. See: Anchors for Harvard referencing templates.
Identifiers
- <span id="csdoc_id" />id: A unique identifier, used where none of the specialized identifiers are applicable; wikilink or use a template as applicable.
These identifiers create links and are designed to accept a single value. Using multiple values or other text will break the link and/or invalidate the identifier.
- <span id="csdoc_arxiv" />arxiv: arXiv identifier; for example:
arxiv=hep-th/9205027
- <span id="csdoc_asin" />asin: Amazon Standard Identification Number
- <span id="csdoc_asin-tld" />asin-tld: ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US; valid values:
ca
,cn
,co.jp
,co.uk
,de
,es
,fr
,it
- <span id="csdoc_asin-tld" />asin-tld: ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US; valid values:
- <span id="csdoc_bibcode" />bibcode: Bibcode; used by a number of astronomical data systems; for example:
1974AJ.....79..819H
- <span id="csdoc_doi" />doi: Digital object identifier; for example:
10.1038/news070508-7
. It is checked to ensure it begins with (<syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">10.</syntaxhighlight>
).- <span id="csdoc_doi_brokendate" />doi_brokendate: Date the DOI is broken; use the same format as other dates in the article.
- <span id="csdoc_isbn" />isbn: International Standard Book Number; for example:
978-0-8126-9593-9
. (See: Wikipedia:ISBN and ISBN). Dashes in the ISBN are optional, but preferred. Use the ISBN actually printed on or in the book. Use the 13-digit ISBN – beginning with 978 or 979 – when it is available. If only a 10 digit ISBN is printed on or in the book, use it. ISBNs can be found on the page with the publisher's information – usually the back to the title page – or beneath the barcode as a number beginning with 978 or 979 (barcodes beginning with any other numbers are not ISBNs). For sources with the older 9 digit SBN system, prefix the number with a zero; thus, SBN 902888-45-5 should be entered as|isbn=0-902888-45-5
. Do not convert a 10 digit ISBN to 13 digit by just adding the 978 prefix; the last digit is a calculated check digit and just making changes to the numbers will make the ISBN invalid. This parameter should hold only the ISBN without any additional characters. It is checked for length, invalid characters – anything other than [0123456789 -] with "X" permitted as the last character in a 10 digit ISBN – and the proper check digit. Alias: ISBN - <span id="csdoc_issn" />issn: International Standard Serial Number; eight characters may be split into two groups of four using a hyphen, but not an en dash or a space.
- <span id="csdoc_jfm" />jfm: Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik
- <span id="csdoc_jstor" />jstor: JSTOR abstract; for example: "
jstor=3793107
" will generate JSTOR 3793107. - <span id="csdoc_lccn" />lccn: Library of Congress Control Number
- <span id="csdoc_mr" />mr: Mathematical Reviews
- <span id="csdoc_oclc" />oclc: OCLC
- <span id="csdoc_ol" />ol: Open Library
- <span id="csdoc_osti" />osti: Office of Scientific and Technical Information
- <span id="csdoc_pmc" />pmc: PubMed Central; use article number for full-text free repository of a journal article.
- <span id="csdoc_pmid" />pmid: PubMed; use unique identifier.
- <span id="csdoc_rfc" />rfc: Request for Comments
- <span id="csdoc_ssrn" />ssrn: Social Science Research Network
- <span id="csdoc_zbl" />zbl: Zentralblatt MATH
Quote
- quote: Relevant text quoted from the source. Displays enclosed in quotes. When supplied, the citation terminator (a period by default) is suppressed, so the quote needs to include terminating punctuation.
Editors
- <span id="csdoc_editors" />editor-last: Surname of editor. Do not wikilink—use editor-link instead. Where the surname is usually written first—as in Chinese—or for corporate authors, simply use editor-last to include the same format as the source. Aliases: editor1-last, editor, editors.
- editor-first: Given or first names of editor, including title(s); example: Firstname Middlename or Firstname M. or Dr. Firstname M., Sr. Do not wikilink—use editor-link instead. Aliases: editor1-first.
- OR: for multiple editors, use editor1-last, editor1-first through editor4-last, editor4-first for up to four editors.
- editor-link: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor—not the editor's website; do not wikilink. Aliases: editor1-link.
- OR: for multiple editors, use editor1-link through editor4-link.
- Display:
- If authors: Authors are first, followed by the editors and the included work, then the main work.
- If no authors: Editors appear before the included work; a single editor is followed by "ed."; multiple editors are followed by "eds."; more than three editors will be followed by "et al., eds."
Laysummary
- <span id="csdoc_lay" />laysummary: URL link to a non-technical summary or review of the source; the URL title is set to "Lay summary".
- laysource: Name of the source of the laysummary. Displays in italics and preceded by an endash.
- laydate: Date of the summary. Displays in parentheses.
Display options
- <span id="csdoc_display" /><span id="csdoc_author-mask" />author-mask: Replaces the name of the first author with em dashes or text. Set author-mask to a numeric value n to set the dash n em spaces wide; set author-mask to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, "with". You must still include the values for all authors for metadata purposes. Primarily intended for use with bibliography styles where multiple works by a single author are listed sequentially. Do not use in a list generated by
{{reflist}}
,<references />
or similar as there is no control of the order in which references are displayed. - <span id="csdoc_author-name-separator" />author-name-separator: Controls the separator between last and first names; defaults to a comma and space (
,
); if the parameter is present, but blank, no separator punctuation will be used; a space must be encoded as 
do not use an asterisk (*
), colon (:
) or hash (#
) as they will be interpreted as wikimarkup. - <span id="csdoc_author-separator" />author-separator: Controls the separator between authors; defaults to a semicolon and space (
;
); if the parameter is present, but blank, no separator punctuation will be used; a space must be encoded as 
do not use an asterisk (*
), colon (:
) or hash (#
) as they will be interpreted as wikimarkup. - <span id="csdoc_display-authors" /><span id="csdoc_displayauthors" />display-authors: Controls the number of author names that are displayed when a citation is published. To control the displayed number of author names, set display-authors to the desired number. For example,
|display-authors=2
will display only the first two authors in a citation. By default, the only the first eight cited authors are displayed; subsequent authors beyond eight are represented in the published citation by "et al." If a citation contains nine author names and one wishes all nine author names to display, "et al." may be suppressed by setting|display-authors=9
. Aliases: displayauthors.
- <span id="csdoc_lastauthoramp" />lastauthoramp: Switches the separator between the last two names of the author list to space ampersand space (
&
) when set to any value. Example:|lastauthoramp=yes
- <span id="csdoc_postscript" />postscript: Controls the closing punctuation for a citation; defaults to a period (
.
); if the parameter is present, but blank, no terminating punctuation will be used. Ignored if quote is defined. - <span id="csdoc_separator" />separator: Controls the punctuation used to separate lists of authors, editors, etc. Defaults to a period (
.
); if the parameter is present, but blank, no separator punctuation will be used; a space must be encoded as 
do not use an asterisk (*
), colon (:
) or hash (#
) as they will be interpreted as wikimarkup.
Subscription or registration required
These parameters add a link note to the end of the citation:
- registration: For online sources that require registration, set
|registration=yes
; superseded by subscription if both are set. - subscription: For online sources that require a subscription, set
|subscription=yes
; supersedes registration if both are set.
TemplateData
TemplateData for Cite web
Formats a citation to a website using the provided information such as URL and title. Used only for sources that are not correctly described by the specific citation templates for books, journals, news sources, etc.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
URL | url URL | The URL of the online location where the text of the publication can be found. Requires schemes of the type "http://..." or maybe even the protocol relative scheme "//..."
| String | required |
Title | title | The title of the source page on the website; will display with quotation marks added. Usually found at the top of your web browser. Not the name of the website.
| String | required |
Last name | last last1 author author1 author1-last author-last surname1 author-last1 subject1 surname author-last subject | The surname of the author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors
| Line | suggested |
First name | first given author-first first1 given1 author-first1 author1-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors
| Line | suggested |
Author link | authorlink author-link subjectlink subject-link authorlink1 author-link1 author1-link subjectlink1 author1link subject-link1 subject1-link subject1link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors
| Page | optional |
Authors list | authors people host credits | List of authors as a free form list. Use of this parameter is discouraged, "lastn" to "firstn" are preferable. Warning: do not use if last or any of its aliases are used.
| String | optional |
Last name 2 | last2 author2 | The surname of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink2'.
| Line | optional |
First name 2 | first2 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second author; don't wikilink.
| Line | optional |
Author link 2 | authorlink2 author2-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second author.
| Page | optional |
Source date | date | Full date when the source was published; if unknown, use access-date instead; do not wikilink
| Date | suggested |
Year of publication | year | Year of the source being referenced; deprecated in favor of 'date', except for the special case of ISO dates with CITEREF in CS2 or Harvard citations
| String | optional |
Editor last name | editor-last editor1-last editor editors | The surname of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors.
| Line | optional |
Editor first name | editor-first editor1-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-first'
| Line | optional |
Editor link | editor-link editor1-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors
| Page | optional |
Editor last name 2 | editor2-last editor2 | The surname of the second editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor2-link'.
| Line | optional |
Editor first name 2 | editor2-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second editor; don't wikilink.
| Line | optional |
Editor link 2 | editor2-link editor2link editorlink2 | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second editor.
| Page | optional |
Name of the website | website work | Title (name) of the website (or its short URL if no plain-language title is discernible); may be wikilinked; will display in italics. Having both 'publisher' and 'website' is redundant in many cases.
| String | suggested |
Series identifier | series | Series identifier when the source is part of a series, such as a book series or a journal
| String | optional |
Publisher | publisher | Name of the publisher; may be wikilinked. Having both 'publisher' and 'website' (a.k.a. 'work') is redundant in many cases.
| String | optional |
Location of publication | location | Geographical place of publication; usually not wikilinked; omit when the publication name includes place; alias of 'place'
| String | optional |
Page | page | Page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.'
| String | optional |
Pages | pages | Pages in the source that support the content (not an indication of the number of pages in the source); displays after 'pp.'
| String | optional |
At | at | May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient
| String | optional |
Language | language lang | The language in which the source is written, if not English; use the full language name or one of the standard MediaWiki language codes; do not use icons or templates; separate multiple languages with commas (with no 'and' before the last one)
| String | optional |
Script title | script-title | For titles in languages that do not use a Latin-based alphabet (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, etc). Prefix with two-character ISO639-1 language code followed by a colon. For Japanese use: |script-title=ja:...
| String | optional |
Translated title | trans-title trans_title | An English language title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended
| String | optional |
Type | type | Additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case
| String | optional |
Format | format | Format of the work referred to by 'url'; examples: PDF, DOC, XLS; do not specify HTML
| String | optional |
Others | others | Used to record other (non-author) contributions to the work, such as 'Illustrated by John Smith' or 'Translated by John Smith'. Only one ''others'' parameter is allowed: e.g., 'Illustrated by Jane Doe; Translated by John Smith'
| String | optional |
Original year | orig-year origyear | Original year of publication; provide specifics
| String | optional |
Place of publication | publication-place | Publication place shows after title; if 'place' or 'location' are also given, they are displayed before the title prefixed with 'written at'
| String | optional |
Publication date | publication-date | Date of publication when different from the date the work was written; do not wikilink
| String | optional |
Published via | via | Name of the entity hosting the original copy of the work, if different from the publisher. This entity is committed not to alter the work. GitHub, SourceForge, CodePlex, YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion and Netflix are examples of service dedicated to acting on behalf of the publisher, but Archive.org, Wikimedia Commons and grc.com have done this on certain occasions.
| String | optional |
No pp | nopp | Set to 'y' to suppress the 'p.' or 'pp.' display with 'page' or 'pages' when inappropriate (such as 'Front cover')
| String | optional |
arXiv identifier | arxiv | An identifier for arXive electronic preprints of scientific papers
| String | optional |
ASIN | asin | Amazon Standard Identification Number; 10 characters
| String | optional |
ASIN TLD | asin-tld | ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US
| String | optional |
Bibcode | bibcode | Bibliographic Reference Code (REFCODE); 19 characters
| String | optional |
biorXiv | biorxiv | biorXiv identifier; 6 digits
| Line | optional |
CiteSeerX | citeseerx | CiteSeerX identifier; found after the 'doi=' query parameter
| Line | optional |
DOI | doi | Digital Object Identifier; begins with '10.'
| String | optional |
DOI broken date | doi-broken-date | The date that the DOI was determined to be broken
| String | optional |
ISBN | isbn | International Standard Book Number; use the 13-digit ISBN where possible
| String | optional |
ISSN | issn | International Standard Serial Number; 8 characters; may be split into two groups of four using a hyphen
| String | optional |
jfm code | jfm | Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik classification code
| String | optional |
JSTOR | jstor | JSTOR identifier
| String | optional |
LCCN | lccn | Library of Congress Control Number
| String | optional |
MR | mr | Mathematical Reviews identifier
| String | optional |
OCLC | oclc | Online Computer Library Center number
| String | optional |
OL | ol | Open Library identifier
| String | optional |
OSTI | osti | Office of Scientific and Technical Information identifier
| String | optional |
PMC | pmc | PubMed Center article number
| String | optional |
PMID | pmid | PubMed Unique Identifier
| String | optional |
RFC | rfc | Request for Comments number
| String | optional |
SSRN | ssrn | Social Science Research Network
| String | optional |
Zbl | zbl | Zentralblatt MATH journal identifier
| String | optional |
id | id | A unique identifier used where none of the specialized ones are applicable
| String | optional |
URL access level | url-access | Classification of the access restrictions on the URL ('registration', 'subscription' or 'limited')
| String | optional |
URL status | url-status | If set to 'live', the title display is adjusted; useful for when the URL is archived preemptively but still live. Set to "dead" or 'usurped' for broken links. Entering 'unfit' or 'usurped' makes the original link not appear at all.
| String | suggested |
Archive URL | archive-url archiveurl | The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archive-date'
| String | suggested |
Archive date | archive-date archivedate | Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink
| String | suggested |
URL access date | access-date accessdate | The full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink
| Date | suggested |
Quote | quote | Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; must include terminating punctuation
| String | optional |
Ref | ref | An anchor identifier; can be made the target of wikilinks to full references; special value 'harv' generates an anchor suitable for the harv template
| String | optional |
Postscript | postscript | The closing punctuation for the citation; ignored if 'quote' is defined
| String | optional |
Subscription required | subscription | When set to yes, displays “(subscription required)” to indicate an online source that requires subscription
| String | optional |
Registration required | registration | When set to yes, displays “(registration required)” to indicate an online source that requires registration
| String | optional |
Separator | separator | The punctuation used to separate lists of authors, editors, etc.; a space must be encoded as   do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark
| String | optional |
Lay URL | layurl | URL link to a non-technical summary or review of the source; alias of 'laysummary'
| String | optional |
Lay source | laysource | Name of the source of the laysummary; displays in italics, preceded by an en dash
| String | optional |
Lay date | laydate | Date of the summary; displays in parentheses
| String | optional |
Author mask | author-mask | Replaces the name of the first author with em dashes or text; set to a numeric value 'n' to set the dash 'n' em spaces wide; set to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, 'with' instead
| String | optional |
Last name 3 | last3 author3 | The surname of the third author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink3'.
| Line | optional |
First name 3 | first3 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third author; don't wikilink.
| Line | optional |
Author link 3 | authorlink3 author3-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third author.
| Page | optional |
Last name 4 | last4 author4 | The surname of the fourth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink4'.
| Line | optional |
First name 4 | first4 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth author; don't wikilink.
| Line | optional |
Author link 4 | authorlink4 author4-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth author.
| Page | optional |
Last name 5 | last5 author5 | The surname of the fifth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink5'.
| Line | optional |
First name 5 | first5 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth author; don't wikilink.
| Line | optional |
Author link 5 | authorlink5 author5-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth author.
| Page | optional |
Last name 6 | last6 author6 | The surname of the sixth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink6'.
| Line | optional |
First name 6 | first6 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth author; don't wikilink.
| Line | optional |
Author link 6 | authorlink6 author6-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author.
| Page | optional |
Last name 7 | last7 author7 | The surname of the seventh author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink7'.
| Line | optional |
First name 7 | first7 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh author; don't wikilink.
| Line | optional |
Author link 7 | authorlink7 author7-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh author.
| Page | optional |
Last name 8 | last8 author8 | The surname of the eighth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink8'.
| Line | optional |
First name 8 | first8 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth author; don't wikilink.
| Line | optional |
Author link 8 | authorlink8 author8-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth author.
| Page | optional |
Last name 9 | last9 author9 | The surname of the ninth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink9'. If nine authors are defined, then only eight will show and 'et al.' will show in place of the last author.
| Line | optional |
First name 9 | first9 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth author; don't wikilink.
| Line | optional |
Author link 9 | authorlink9 author9-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth author.
| Page | optional |
Author name separator | author-name-separator | Changes the separator between last and first names; defaults to a comma and space; a space must be encoded as   do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark
| String | optional |
Author separator | author-separator | Changes the separator between authors; defaults to a semicolon and space; a space must be encoded as   do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark
| String | optional |
Display authors | display-authors displayauthors | Number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used. By default, all authors are displayed. Examples: |display-authors=2 will display only the first two authors in a citation followed by et al. |display-authors=etal displays all authors in the list followed by et al.
| String | optional |
Last author ampersand | lastauthoramp | When set to any value, changes the separator between the last two names of the author list to 'space ampersand space'
| String | optional |
Editor last name 3 | editor3-last editor3 | The surname of the third editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor3-link'.
| Line | optional |
Editor first name 3 | editor3-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third editor; don't wikilink.
| Line | optional |
Editor link 3 | editor3-link editor3link editorlink3 | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third editor.
| Page | optional |
Editor last name 4 | editor4-last editor4 | The surname of the fourth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor4-link'.
| Line | optional |
Editor first name 4 | editor4-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth editor; don't wikilink.
| Line | optional |
Editor link 4 | editor4-link editor4link editorlink4 | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth editor.
| Page | optional |
Editor last name 5 | editor5-last editor5 | The surname of the fifth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor5-link'.
| Line | optional |
Editor first name 5 | editor5-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth editor; don't wikilink.
| Line | optional |
Editor link 5 | editor5-link editor5link editorlink5 | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth editor.
| Page | optional |
Editor last name 6 | editor6-last editor6 | The surname of the sixth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor6-link'.
| Line | optional |
Editor first name 6 | editor6-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth editor; don't wikilink.
| Line | optional |
Editor link 6 | editor6-link editor6link editorlink6 | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth editor.
| Page | optional |
Editor last name 7 | editor7-last editor7 | The surname of the seventh editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor7-link'.
| Line | optional |
Editor first name 7 | editor7-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh editor; don't wikilink.
| Line | optional |
Editor link 7 | editor7-link editor7link editorlink7 | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh editor.
| Page | optional |
Editor last name 8 | editor8-last editor8 | The surname of the eighth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor8-link'.
| Line | optional |
Editor first name 8 | editor8-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth editor; don't wikilink.
| Line | optional |
Editor link 8 | editor8-link editor8link editorlink8 | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth editor.
| Page | optional |
Editor last name 9 | editor9-last editor9 | The surname of the ninth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor9-link'.
| Line | optional |
Editor first name 9 | editor9-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth editor; don't wikilink.
| Line | optional |
Editor link 9 | editor9-link editor9link editorlink9 | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth editor.
| Page | optional |
Edition | edition | Specify the edition or revision of the source, when applicable. For example: '2nd' or '5.1'. What you supply here is suffixed by ' ed.'
| String | optional |
Bibcode access level | bibcode-access | If the full text is available from ADS via this Bibcode, type 'free'.
| String | optional |
DOI access level | doi-access | If the full text is free to read via the DOI, type 'free'.
| String | optional |
HDL access level | hdl-access | If the full text is free to read via the HDL, type 'free'.
| String | optional |
Jstor access level | jstor-access | If the full text is free to read on Jstor, type 'free'.
| String | optional |
OpenLibrary access level | ol-access | If the full text is free to read on OpenLibrary, type 'free'.
| String | optional |
OSTI access level | osti-access | If the full text is free to read on OSTI, type 'free'.
| String | optional |
See also
This template produces COinS metadata; see COinS in Wikipedia for background information.
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Cite web/doc. (edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages. Please add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template. |