Template documentationUsage
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This tamplate covers mostly the same use case as the {{Cite web}} template. The main differences are:
- This template does not require a
|url=parameter - This template accepts
|issue=and|volume=parameters
So this temlpate better accomodates news sources that are sourced from print.
This template formats a citation to a news article in print, video, audio or web using the provided source information (e.g. author, publication, date) and various formatting options.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last name | last last1 author author1 | The surname of the author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link'. | Line | suggested |
| First name | first first1 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link'. | Line | suggested |
| Author link | author-link author-link1 author1-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors | Page name | optional |
| Last name 2 | last2 author2 | The surname of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link2'. | Unknown | optional |
| First name 2 | first2 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second author; don't wikilink. | Unknown | optional |
| Author link 2 | author-link2 author2-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second author. | Page name | optional |
| Last name 3 | last3 author3 | The surname of the third author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link3'. | Unknown | optional |
| First name 3 | first3 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third author; don't wikilink. | Unknown | optional |
| Author link 3 | author-link3 author3-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third author. | Page name | optional |
| Last name 4 | last4 author4 | The surname of the fourth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link4'. | Unknown | optional |
| First name 4 | first4 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth author; don't wikilink. | Unknown | optional |
| Author link 4 | author-link4 author4-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth author. | Page name | optional |
| Last name 5 | last5 author5 | The surname of the fifth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link5'. | Unknown | optional |
| First name 5 | first5 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth author; don't wikilink. | Unknown | optional |
| Author link 5 | author-link5 author5-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth author. | Page name | optional |
| Last name 6 | last6 author6 | The surname of the sixth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link6'. | Unknown | optional |
| First name 6 | first6 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth author; don't wikilink. | Unknown | optional |
| Author link 6 | author-link6 author6-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author. | Page name | optional |
| Last name 7 | last7 author7 | The surname of the seventh author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link7'. | Unknown | optional |
| First name 7 | first7 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh author; don't wikilink. | Unknown | optional |
| Author link 7 | author-link7 author7-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh author. | Page name | optional |
| Last name 8 | last8 author8 | The surname of the eighth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link8'. | Unknown | optional |
| First name 8 | first8 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth author; don't wikilink. | Unknown | optional |
| Author link 8 | author-link8 author8-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth author. | Page name | optional |
| Last name 9 | last9 author9 | The surname of the ninth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link9'. | Unknown | optional |
| First name 9 | first9 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth author; don't wikilink. | Unknown | optional |
| Author link 9 | author-link9 author9-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth author. | Page name | 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 |
| Display authors | display-authors | number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used; | Number | optional |
| Name list style | name-list-style | Set to 'amp' or 'and' to change the separator between the last two names of the name list to ' & ' or ' and ', respectively. Set to 'vanc' to display name lists in Vancouver style. | String | optional |
| Source date | date | Full date of the source; do not wikilink | Date | suggested |
| Year of publication | year | Year of the source being referenced; use 'date' instead, if month and day are also known | String | optional |
| Original date | orig-date | Original date of publication; provide specifics | String | optional |
| Editor last name | editor-last editor-last1 editor1-last editor-surname editor-surname1 editor1-surname editor editor1 | The surname of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-last', 'editor', and 'editors' | Unknown | optional |
| Editor first name | editor-first editor-first1 editor1-first editor-given editor-given1 editor1-given | 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' | Unknown | optional |
| Editor link | editor-link editor-link1 | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-link' | Page name | optional |
| Others | others | Used to record other contributions to the work, such as 'Illustrated by John Smith' or 'Translated by John Smith' | String | optional |
| Source title | title | The title of the article as it appears in the source; displays in quotes | String | required |
| Script title | script-title | For titles in non Latin-based alphabet (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek etc). Prefix with two-character language code followed by a colon. e.g |script-title=ja:東京タワ | String | optional |
| Translated title | trans-title | An English language title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended | String | optional |
| 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 "//..."
| URL | suggested |
| 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' if the original URL is broken. If the original URL is 'live' but no longer supports the article text, set to 'deviated'. Set to 'unfit' or 'usurped' if the original URL is no longer suitable (spam, advertising, etc.) which will make 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' | URL | 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 |
| Name of publication | work journal magazine periodical newspaper website | Name of the newspaper, magazine or periodical; displays after title
| String | suggested |
| Department | department | Department within the periodical | String | optional |
| Publisher | publisher institution | Name of the parent institution or company that publishes the newspaper, magazine, or periodical; displays after name of the publication
| String | optional |
| Location of publication | location place | 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 | suggested |
| At | at | May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient | String | optional |
| Language | language | The language in which the source is written, if not English; use a two-letter language code (use ISO 639-1) or the full language name. Do not use icons or templates.
| 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 |
| Edition | edition | When the publication has more than one edition; for example: '2nd', 'Revised' etc.; suffixed with ' ed.' | 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
| Date | optional |
| Date format | df | Sets rendered dates to the specified format | String | optional |
| Via | via | Identify the aggregator of the resource that provided the digital version (usually a database provider), when it differs from the publisher (e.g., for The Wikipedia Library)
| String | optional |
| Volume | volume | For one publication published in several volumes. Usually a number. Do not prepend with vol. or v.
| String | optional |
| Issue | issue number | Issue identifier when the source is part of a series that is published periodically. Usually a number. Do not prepend with no.
| Line | optional |
| No pp | no-pp | Set to 'y' to suppress the 'p.' or 'pp.' display with 'page' or 'pages' when inappropriate (such as 'Front cover')
| Boolean | 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 |
| 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 | Date | optional |
| ISBN | isbn ISBN | International Standard Book Number; use the 13-digit ISBN where possible | String | optional |
| ISSN | 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 |
| Quote | quote | Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; needs to include terminating punctuation | String | optional |
| Translated quote | trans-quote | English translation of the quotation if the source quoted is in a foreign language. Displays in square brackets. | 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 and sfn templates | String | optional |
| Postscript | postscript | The closing punctuation for the citation; ignored if 'quote' is defined; to suppress use reserved keyword 'none'
| 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 |
| Agency | agency | The news agency (wire service) that provided the content
| String | optional |