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Used when making references, although references are '''not necessary''' and are '''discouraged'''. See [[Wikipedia:Template:Cite web]] for how to use this template.
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Used when making references, see [[Wikipedia:Template:Cite web]]
 
This template is used to [[WP:CITE|cite sources]] in Wikipedia. It is specifically for web sites which are not news sources.  It provides lower case parameters only. 
 
A general discussion of the use of templates for adding citation of open-source web content to Wikipedia articles is available at [[Wikipedia:Citation templates|citation templates]].
 
== Usage ==
;Common form for cases where little is known about authorship of the page (with current date)
<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}}<nowiki> |format= |work= }}</nowiki></tt>
 
;Using last, first (with current date)
<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}}<nowiki> |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</nowiki></tt>
 
;Using author (with current date)
<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}}<nowiki> |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</nowiki></tt>
 
;Using non-linked retrieved date, last, first
<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</nowiki></tt>
 
;Using non-linked retrieved date, author
<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</nowiki></tt>
 
;All parameters, horizontal format (delete the ones you don't need)
<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate= |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth = |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</nowiki></tt>
 
;All parameters, vertical format
<pre>{{cite web
| url =
| title =
| accessdate =
| accessdaymonth =
| accessmonthday =
| accessyear =
| author =
| last =
| first =
| authorlink =
| coauthors =
| date =
| year =
| month =
| format =
| work =
| publisher =
| pages =
| language =
| archiveurl =
| archivedate =
| quote =
}}</pre>
 
=== Required parameters ===
* '''url''': URL of online item.
* '''title''': Title of online item.
''For producing a [[WP:CONTEXT#Dates|wikilinked date]] of retrieval:''
:* '''accessdate''': Full date when item was accessed, in [[ISO 8601]] YYYY-MM-DD format, for example "accessdate = {{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}}". ''Must not be wikilinked''
''For producing a non-wikilinked date of retrieval:''
:* '''accessmonthday''' and '''accessyear''': Month and day when item was accessed, for example "accessmonthday = May 10", <u>and</u> year when item was accessed, for example "accessyear = 2005". Produces: ''Retrieved on May 10, 2006.''
:* '''accessdaymonth''' and '''accessyear''': Month and day when item was accessed, for example "accessmonthday = 10 May", <u>and</u> year when item was accessed, for example "accessyear = 2005". Produces: ''Retrieved on 10 May 2006.''
 
=== Optional parameters ===
* '''author''': Author
** '''last''' works with '''first''' to produce <code>last, first</code>
** '''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
* '''date''': Full date of publication, preferably in [[ISO 8601]] YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. ''2006-02-17''. May be wikilinked.
** OR:  '''year''': Year of publication, and '''month''': Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use ''date'' instead. Must not be wikilinked.
* '''format''': Format, e.g. PDF.  HTML implied if not specified.
* '''work''': If this item is part of a larger work, name of that work.
* '''publisher''': Publisher, if any.
* '''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.  This is especially useful for [[PDF]] format, where the page can be linked to with the <code>#page=''number''</code> anchor tagged on the end of the URL:
*: <code><nowiki>pages = [http://www.example.org/file.pdf#page=123 p. 123]</nowiki></code>
* '''language''': language of publication (don't specify "English" as this is the default).
* '''archiveurl''': URL of the archive location of the item (requires '''archivedate''')
* '''archivedate''': Date when the item was archived (requires '''archiveurl'''), in [[ISO 8601]] YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. ''2006-02-17''. Must not be wikilinked; it will be linked automatically.
* '''quote''': Relevant quote from online item.
 
== Examples ==
;Some standard use cases
* <nowiki>{{cite web
| author=Doe, John
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| publisher=Open Publishing
| date=[[2005-04-30]]
| work=Encyclopedia of Things
| url=http://www.example.org/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | author=Doe, John | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=[[2005-04-30]] | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}</span>
 
* <nowiki>{{cite web
| author=Doe, John
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| date=[[2005-04-30]]
| work=Encyclopedia of Things
| url=http://www.example.org/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | author=Doe, John | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=[[2005-04-30]] | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}</span>
 
* <nowiki>{{cite web
| author=Doe, John
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| date=[[2005-04-30]]
| url=http://www.example.org/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | author=Doe, John | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=[[2005-04-30]] | url=http://www.example.org | accessdate=2005-07-06}}</span>
 
* <nowiki>{{cite web
| author=Doe, John
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| url=http://www.example.org/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | author=Doe, John | title=My Favorite Things Part II | url=http://www.example.org | accessdate=2005-07-06}}</span>
 
* <nowiki>{{cite web
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| url=http://www.example.org/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | url=http://www.example.org | accessdate=2005-07-06}}</span>
 
* <nowiki>{{cite web
| url=http://www.nfl.com/fans/
| title=Digest of Rules
| publisher= National Football League
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}</nowiki><br>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | url=http://www.nfl.com/fans/
| title=Digest of Rules | publisher= National Football League | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}</span>
 
;Non-linking date of retrieval (using accessmonthday and accessyear)
* <nowiki>{{cite web
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| work=Encyclopedia of Things
| url=http://www.example.org/
| accessmonthday=July 6
| accessyear=2005
}}</nowiki><br/> → <span style="background:white">{{cite web
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| work=Encyclopedia of Things
| url=http://www.example.org/
| accessmonthday=July 6
| accessyear=2005
}}</span>
 
;Using format
* <nowiki>{{cite web
| title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
| publisher = International Narcotics Control Board
| url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| format = PDF
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}</nowiki><br/> → <span style="background:white">{{cite web
| title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
| publisher = International Narcotics Control Board | url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| format = PDF | accessdate=2005-07-06}}</span>
 
;language
* <nowiki>{{cite web
| author=Joliet, François
| title=Honnit soit qui mal y pense
| date=[[2005-04-30]]
| url=http://www.example.org/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
| language=French
}}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | author=Joliet, François | title=Honnit soit qui mal y pense | date=[[2005-04-30]] | url=http://www.example.org | accessdate=2005-07-06 | language=French}}</span>
 
;coauthors
* <nowiki>{{cite web | first=John | last=Doe | coauthors=Peter Smith, Jim Smythe | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=[[2005-04-30]] | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2006-05-16
}}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | first=John | last=Doe | coauthors=Peter Smith, Jim Smythe | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=[[2005-04-30]] | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2006-05-16 }}</span>
 
;No author
* <nowiki>{{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=[[2005-04-30]] | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2006-05-16
}}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=[[2005-04-30]] | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2006-05-16 }}</span>
 
;No author, no publisher
* <nowiki>{{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=[[2005-04-30]] | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06
}}</nowiki></br>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=[[2005-04-30]] | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}</span>
 
* <nowiki>{{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=[[2005-04-30]] | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=[[2005-04-30]] | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}</span>
 
* <nowiki>{{cite web
| title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
| date=[[2005-04-30]]
| url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| format = PDF
| accessdate=2005-07-06
| language=Greek
}}</nowiki><br/> → <span style="background:white">{{cite web
| title=List of psychotropic substances under international control | date=[[2005-04-30]]
| url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf | format = PDF | accessdate=2005-07-06
| language=Greek }}</span>
 
; Using archiveurl and archivedate to refer to items that went away but are available from an archive site
* <nowiki>{{cite web
| title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
| date=[[2005-04-30]]
| url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| format = PDF
| accessdate=2005-07-06
| archiveurl=http://www.archive.org/2005-09-11/www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| archivedate=2005-09-11
}}</nowiki><br/> → <span style="background:white">{{cite web
| title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
| date=[[2005-04-30]]
| url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| format = PDF
| accessdate=2005-07-06
| archiveurl=http://www.archive.org/2005-09-11/www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| archivedate=2005-09-11 }}</span>
 
* <nowiki>
{{cite web
|url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi?archive=currnews&story=20060405-01shore.htm
|title=Interview with Maggie Downs
|date=[[2006-03-31]]
|publisher=The Desert Sun
|archiveurl=http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:JAxf4v-pQmgJ:joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi%3Farchive%3Dcurrnews%26story%3D20060405-01shore.htm
|archivedate=2006-04-26
}}</nowiki><br/> → <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi?archive=currnews&story=20060405-01shore.htm
|title=Interview with Maggie Downs
|date=[[2006-03-31]]
|publisher=The Desert Sun
|archiveurl=http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:JAxf4v-pQmgJ:joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi%3Farchive%3Dcurrnews%26story%3D20060405-01shore.htm
|archivedate=2006-04-26}}</span>
 
; Using quote
* <nowiki>{{cite web
| title = My Favorite Things Part II
| work = Encyclopedia of Things
| url = http://www.example.org/
| accessdate = 2005-07-06
| quote = Lorem ipsum dolor.
}}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web
| title = My Favorite Things Part II
| work = Encyclopedia of Things
| url = http://www.example.org/
| accessdate = 2005-07-06
| quote = Lorem ipsum dolor.
}}</span>
 
;No parameters (error)
* <nowiki>{{cite web}}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web}}</span>


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Latest revision as of 21:39, 17 September 2009

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