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This documentation is transcluded from Template:Cite web/doc.
 | This template employs some extremely complicated or esoteric features of template syntax. Please do not attempt to alter it unless you are certain that you understand the setup and are prepared to repair/revert any consequent collateral damage if the results are unexpected. Any experiments should be conducted in a sandbox or your userspace. |
 | This template is used by {{Published}}. If you add or remove parameters from this template, please update {{Published}} and {{Published/row}} as well. Experiments can be conducted in the template sandbox. |
Usage
This template may be used to cite websites which are not serial publications (journals, magazines and newspapers) – for such sources, use {{Cite journal}}.
Template
You may copy the sample templates below for use in other pages. Unused parameters can be omitted.
- Common form for situations where no author of the web page is stated (with current date)
{{cite web |title= |url= |format= |work= |publisher= |date= |dateformat= |accessdate=28 December 2024 |postscript= }}
- Using the
|author=parameter (with current date)
{{cite web |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |editor-link= |coeditors= |editor-type= |title= |url= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |format= |work= |publisher= |date= |dateformat= |month= |year= |accessdate=28 December 2024 |page= |pages= |language= |quote= |postscript= }}
- Using the
|last=and|first=parameters (with current date)
{{cite web |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor-last= |editor-first= |editor-link= |coeditors= |editor-type= |title= |url= |format= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |work= |publisher= |date= |dateformat= |month= |year= |accessdate=28 December 2024 |page= |pages= |language= |quote= |postscript= }}
- All parameters in a horizontal format (delete the ones you do not need)
{{cite web |last= |first= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor-last= |editor-first= |editor= |editor-link= |coeditors= |editor-type= |title= |url= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |format= |work= |publisher= |date= |dateformat= |month= |year= |accessdate= |accessdaymonth= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |page= |pages= |language= |quote= |postscript= }}
- All parameters, vertical format
{{cite web
|last =
|first =
|author =
|authorlink =
|coauthors =
|editor-last =
|editor-first =
|editor =
|editor-link =
|coeditors =
|editor-type =
|title =
|url =
|archiveurl =
|archivedate =
|format =
|work =
|publisher =
|date =
|dateformat =
|month =
|year =
|accessdate =
|accessdaymonth =
|accessmonthday =
|accessyear =
|page =
|pages =
|language =
|quote =
|postscript =
}}
Parameters
All parameters are optional unless otherwise indicated.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Authors and editors | |
| last | The last and first names of the primary author of the web page. Alternatively, specify the primary author's name using |author=.
|
| first | |
| author | The primary author's name. Alternatively, specify the author's first and last names using |first= and |last=.
|
| authorlink | The name of a Wikipedia article about the author, like this: ":en:Mark Twain" (for the article "Mark Twain" in the English Wikipedia) or ":de:Friedrich Schiller" (for the article "Friedrich Schiller" in the German Wikipedia).
|
| coauthors | The name(s) of the co-author(s) of the web page. Names can be wikilinked, if desired. Separate a series of names with semicolons, like this: "[[:en:Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf|Lord Woolf]]; Jeffrey Jowell; Andrew Le Sueur; Catherine M. Donnelly". (You may also link to an article at the English Wikipedia like this: "[[w:Mark Twain|Mark Twain]]" or "{{w|Mark Twain}}".)
|
| editor-last | The last and first names of the primary editor of the web page. Alternatively, specify the primary editor's name using |editor=.
|
| editor-first | |
| editor | The name of the editor of the web page. Alternatively, specify the editor's first and last names using |editor-first= and |editor-last=.
|
| editor-link editorlink |
The name of a Wikipedia article about the editor. For guidance on how to use this parameter, see |authorlink= above.
|
| coeditors | The name(s) of the coeditor(s) of the web page. For guidance on how to use this parameter, see |coauthors= above.
|
| editor-type | If you do not use this parameter, the template displays ", ed." after the editor's name and ", eds." if you specify the names of coeditors as well. To have the template display some other kind of indicator, such as "ed.-in-chief" (editor in chief) or "gen. ed." (general editor), use this parameter. |
| Title | |
| title | Mandatory: The title of the article. |
| url | Mandatory: The URL (Internet address) of the web page. |
| archiveurl | The URL of the web page at which the original web page has been archived using a service such as the Internet Archive or WebCite. If you use this parameter, |archivedate= must be used as well.
|
| archivedate | The date when the original web page was archived. This parameter must be used together with |archiveurl=.
|
| format | The format of the document at the web page, such as "DOC" for a Microsoft Word document or "PDF" for a document in the Portable Document Format. It is not necessary to specify "HTML" as a web page is assumed to be in HTML if no format is specified.
|
| accessdate | The date when the web page on which the article appears was accessed. |
| accessdaymonth | The parameters |accessdaymonth=, |accessmonthday= and |accessyear= can be used instead of |accessdate=, like this:
|
| accessmonthday | |
| accessyear | |
| Imprint | |
| work | The name of the website in which the web page appears. The name may be wikilinked, like this: "{{w|Singapore Infopedia}}" (for the English Wikipedia), "[[:fr:Wikipédia|Wikipédia]]".
|
| publisher | The name of the publisher of the journal. The name may be wikilinked. |
| date | The date when the article appeared in the journal. It may be entered a format such as "4 July 2010", "July 4, 2010" or "2010-07-04". Alternatively, state just the month and year of publication or the year of publication alone using |month= and |year=.
|
| dateformat | If |dateformat= is not specified, readers who are logged in will see the date formatted according to their "Date format" preferences. Alternatively, one of the following date formats can be specified: "dmy", "mdy", "ymd" or "ISO 8601".
|
| month | Use |month= and |year= to state the month and the year of the web page, or |year= alone to specify the year of publication. Alternatively, provide a full date using |date=.
|
| year | |
| Other parameters | |
| page | If the document at a web page has page numbers, use |page= to specify the first page number, or |pages= to specify the first and last page numbers. Separate a span of pages with an en dash, like this: "520–534".
For a PDF document, you can use |
| pages | |
| language | The language of the web page, wikilinked to a Wikipedia article if desired. It is not necessary to specify "English" as this it is assumed that a web page is in English if no language is specified.
|
| quote | A quotation from the article. |
| postscript | By default, a full stop (period) is displayed at the end of the citation. To suppress the full stop, use "postscript=no". To specify a comma or some other punctuation mark, use "postscript=,". Colons and semicolons must be surrounded by <nowiki> tags, like this: "postscript=<nowiki>;</nowiki>".
|
Examples
| Wikitext | Result |
|---|---|
{{cite web |author=John Doe |title=My Favorite Things Part II |url=https://www.example.org |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of Things |accessdate=6 July 2005}}
|
John Doe (30 April 2005). My Favorite Things Part II. Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved on 6 July 2005. |
{{cite web |last=Twain |first=Mark |authorlink=:en:Mark Twain |coauthors=Smith, Peter; Smythe, Jim |editor=Shakespeare, William, ed. |editorlink=:en:William Shakespeare |title=My Favorite Things Part II |url=https://www.example.org |publisher=Open Publishing |date=2005-04-30 |accessdate=2006-05-16}}
|
Twain, Mark; Smith, Peter; Smythe, Jim; Shakespeare, William, ed., ed. (2005-04-30). My Favorite Things Part II. Open Publishing. Retrieved on 2006-05-16. |
{{cite web |title=List of psychotropic substances under international control |url=https://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |format=PDF |publisher=International Narcotics Control Board |accessdate=July 6, 2005}}
|
List of psychotropic substances under international control (PDF). International Narcotics Control Board. Retrieved on July 6, 2005. |
{{cite web |author=François Joliet |title=Honnit soit qui mal y pense |url=https://www.example.org |date=30 April 2005 |language={{w|French language|French}} |accessdate=6 July 2005}}
|
François Joliet (30 April 2005). Honnit soit qui mal y pense (in French). Retrieved on 6 July 2005. |
{{cite web |title=My Favorite Things Part II |date=April 30, 2005 |url=https://www.example.org | accessdate=July 6, 2005}}
|
My Favorite Things Part II (April 30, 2005). Retrieved on July 6, 2005. |
{{cite web |title=List of psychotropic substances under international control |url=https://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |format=PDF |archiveurl=https://www.archive.org/2005-09-11/www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |archivedate=11 September 2005 |date=30 April 2005 |accessdate=6 July 2005}}
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List of psychotropic substances under international control (PDF) (30 April 2005). Archived from the original on 11 September 2005. Retrieved on 6 July 2005. |
{{cite web |title=My Favorite Things Part II |url=https://www.example.org |work=Encyclopedia of Things |accessdate=6 July 2005 |quote=Lorem ipsum dolor.}}
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My Favorite Things Part II. Encyclopedia of Things. Retrieved on 6 July 2005. "Lorem ipsum dolor." |
No description.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | url | no description | URL | required |
| title | title | no description | Unknown | required |
| archiveurl | archiveurl archive-url | no description | URL | optional |
| archivedate | archivedate archive-date | no description | Date | optional |
| author | author | no description | Unknown | optional |
| last | last | no description | Unknown | optional |
| authorlink | authorlink | no description | Unknown | optional |
| first | first | no description | Unknown | optional |
| coauthors | coauthors | no description | Unknown | optional |
| editorlink | editorlink | no description | Unknown | optional |
| editor-link | editor-link | no description | Unknown | optional |
| editor | editor | no description | Unknown | optional |
| editor-last | editor-last | no description | Unknown | optional |
| editor-first | editor-first | no description | Unknown | optional |
| coeditors | coeditors | no description | Unknown | optional |
| editor-type | editor-type | no description | Unknown | optional |
| date | date | no description | Date | optional |
| dateformat | dateformat | no description | Unknown | optional |
| year | year | no description | Unknown | optional |
| month | month | no description | Unknown | optional |
| language | language | no description | Unknown | optional |
| format | format | no description | Unknown | optional |
| work | work | no description | Unknown | optional |
| website | website | no description | Unknown | optional |
| page | page | no description | Number | optional |
| pages | pages | no description | Unknown | optional |
| publisher | publisher | no description | Unknown | optional |
| accessdate | accessdate access-date | no description | Date | optional |
| accessmonthday | accessmonthday | no description | Unknown | optional |
| accessyear | accessyear | no description | Unknown | optional |
| accessdaymonth | accessdaymonth | no description | Unknown | optional |
| postscript | postscript | no description | Unknown | optional |
| quote | quote | no description | Unknown | optional |